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diabetic

trinaseu — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:58:14 GMT

hiya just new to big oven and wondered with such a huge site why there is no diabetic chat or sugar free even? I have gestationa l diabeties and was on the hunt for some festive recipies

Import feature not working - sometimes

tammy419 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:32:25 GMT

So, I am fairly new to the BigOven app, still in my trial actually, but I have been hammering away at it quite a bit. I have used the "Import" button when viewing recipes in BigOven from the "archives" and it has worked on several occasions. But there is this one recipe that everytime I hit the "Import" button, it displays a completely different recipe and the desired recipe does not import. Have tried it several times with the same result. The recipe I am trying to import is Artichoke Pesto Hummus and the recipe that is displayed both in the left nav and in the viewing area everytime is another recipe I have successfully imported, Black Bean, Tomato and Avocado Salad. However, I will try to import another completely different recipe and it works fine. Is there something different about the Artichoke Pesto Hummus recipe that I am not seeing? Thank you!

BigOven import ignores MM headings

Marchbanks — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:03:09 GMT

I'm an old-skool Meal-Master user (how old? version 5 in 1989, that's how old), finally looking for something to replace my venerable copy of MM v8.08. BigOven was well in the running . . . UNTIL.

I imported a hundred recipes from an .MMF (normal, plain, flat-text format, no MMMs or or anything included in headers and footers to confuse the issue) and was way distressed to find that BO had ignored EVERY SINGLE ONE of the MM ingredient section headings! Just blew right past 'em, didn't make the least attempt to incorporate that information. "Bit bucket for you!" seems to be the import routine's attitude.

Is this a bug? Is there something that must be done during the import process that I don't yet understand? 'Cos I guarantee you, if BO can't be made to import headings properly, it's out of consideration and out the door. I don't have the leisure to sift through my 13,000 recipes (which I already had to reformat by hand(!) once, when I imported to MM from QuikBook several years ago) and piddle round with adding back the headings manually.

Sam

RE: Importing Mastercook formatted recipes issue

blulyin — Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:17:31 GMT

It appears to be working properly now. One question though. Which program formats recipes using @@@@@, Meal-Master? Just curious because some of the recipes in the MammasRecipes.zip file begin with this rather than the Mastercook formatting.

Thanks for the quick fix

How do I import this type of file?

LinuxBear — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:50:22 GMT

MMMMM----- Recipe via UNREGISTERED Meal-Master (tm) v8.05

Title: BAMBERGER KRAUTBRATEN (BAMBERGER MEAT AND CABBAGE C
Categories: German, Ham
Yield: 4 Portionen

1 lb Cabbage; Head, Small
1 tb Vegetable Oil
2 Onions; Medium, Chopped
1/2 lb Pork; Lean, Cubed
1 lb Ground Beef; Lean
1 ts Caraway Seed
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Pepper
1/2 c White Wine; Dry
1 ts Vegetable Oil
3 Bacon; Strips, Thick Sliced

Remove outer, wilted cabbage leaves and core. Place cabbage in a
large pot of boiling water and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Remove
and drain. gently pull off 12 leaves and set aside. Finely chop the
rest of the cabbage. Heat 1 T vegetable oil; add onions, pork, and
ground beef. Cook until lightly browned. Drain off excess fat. Add
the chopped cabbage, caraway seeds, salt, and pepper. Pour in the
white wine. Cover and simmer the mixture for 10 minutes, stirring
often. Grease an ovenproof dish with 1 t of vegetable oil; line the
dish with half the cabbage leaves. Spoon in the meat mixture, cover
with the rest of the cabbage leaves. Cut bacon strips in half and
arrange on top. Place in preheated 350 degree F. oven; bake for
approximately 45 minutes.

MMMMM

uploading all recipes to the web

katehandel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:43:12 GMT

I have over 200 recipes in my BigOven desktop app and I'll like to be able to see all of them easily on my phone, which is what I take with me to the store.

Is there a simple way to upload all these recipes to the website AND add them all to my favorites so that I can access them on my iPhone? Or is there another trick to do this easily?

Thanks!!

Kate

BigOven-save research time for the perfect grocery application

Spindoctor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:56:15 GMT

Buy the company that made GroceryIQ for the iPhone and make it work with BigOven. The best of both worlds combined.

Looking for Android Beta Testers

stevemur — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:56:08 GMT

Do you have an Android-OS powered mobile phone? If so, and you'd like to beta test a free 170,000+ BigOven Recipe App on your phone, please jot us a note at support @ bigoven.com.

It's not quite ready but should be soon. Thanks, and happy cooking!

Reinstalling on a new Vista machine

jenegravley@verizon.net — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:05:30 GMT

I got the program installed and it recognized my previous purchased program serial number.

I cannot find the correct place to copy my recipe files from the old computer. I used the instructions in your FAQ but Vista does not have the same exact file directories. I tried copying them to my documents>(created)MyBigOvenRecipes. I also tried copying them to Users>Public> and that didn't work either.

And if you can tell me the correct place to copy them, and once I do that, how do I get Big Oven to recognize them so they will open like they did on my old computer?

Thank you - Jene Gravley

Demo installation problem.

artc1209 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:23:28 GMT

I just installed the evaluation copy on a Wndows7 system this weekend, and I'm pretty impressed, but I also have a quirky show-stopper.

The system has two users, my wife and I. The demo software will only run under whichever user installed it -- it won't allow the other person to run it, displaying a message that says the eval period has expired. Usually, most software allows any user on the system to run it.

I've uinstalled and re-installed a couple times using both accounts and this seems to be the bug. I suspect the software is putting a counter in the user's app data area somewhere, but I'd like to find a work-around.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Art

New for iPhone - Rate Recipes!

stevemur — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:34:25 GMT

One of the top-requested features on the iPhone is now here: Rate recipes from your mobile device!

More ratings make BigOven better for everyone. As long as they are helpful and polite, we want as many recipe ratings / comments as possible.

One of the top-requested feature from over 2 million iPhone dowloads has been "I'd like to rate this recipe from my iPhone". Well, now it's here! Simply tap the "Rate" button at the bottom of the screen and you can contribute your ratings to the site.

Notice how the rating shows up with a little phone icon (on both the website and mobile device):

BigOven.com and BigOven 170,000+ Recipes - iPhone Now Do Metric (New!)

stevemur — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:28:33 GMT

We're a US-based site, and the vast majority of the recipes posted on BigOven.com contain US-measures, like cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, etc. We've always known, though, that the world is much, much bigger than the US, but we haven't had time to implement auto-conversion to metric on the site and iPhone... until now.

NEW (beta): BigOven now does metric! On both the iPhone and the website, there's a "Metric/US" link. Click it to toggle back and forth between the metric and originally-posted (usually US-based) view of the recipe. You'll find that cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, etc. are converted to mils, pounds to kg, ounces to grams, etc.

Where to look:

On the website, you'll find this link just below the recipe summary panel and before the recipe starts
On the iPhone App, you'll find this Metric/US button toward the bottom of the recipe page.

(Note -- Instant display of metric is not yet available in BigOven for Windows, but you have always been able to do a 1-click import and then click the conversion button to convert to metric.)

If you have beta feedback on this feature, please drop by our Feedback Forum at www.bigoven.com/cs/forums. Thanks and happy cooking!

Not sure how to use this in the real world

bobhope — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:35:02 GMT

What I'm looking for is a place to put my own recipes so I can get them on my iPHone, and sync them up with my shopping application (Grocery Gadget which imports Big Oven). I can see how to "find" a recipe and tag it as a favorite, and how to submit a recipe, but it looks like from a copyright point of view I can't take an existing recipe (like a recipe for scones) and add my own notes (use less sugar and add the rind of on orange to make it awesome). Is there a way I can "submit" recipes of my own, but not make them public? Is BigOven the right software for that?

Menu Planning without Recipes

pfleg — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:07:36 GMT

Does the menu planning tool only accommodate recipes? How do I flesh it out to create my daily plan with all the bits in the proper places? Some meals/snacks either don't need a recipe at all or need just a few extra items (I know you can add them to shopping list). I'd like to use the menu planner as our family's nutrition intake guideline, a complete summary of intentions including meals out (then I know I don't have to cook). How do I add "fruit" as a snack (which I may or may not need to show up on the shopping list and if needed can appear as "fruit"), or "crackers" as a side item to go with the dip recipe I'm planning, or if I make soup for supper with a recipe, how do I show that we'll be having leftovers of it for lunch without ending up with a double set of ingredients required on the shopping list, or "dinner out" ...so that I can create a complete MENU PLAN? Thanks for your help. :)

Congratulations, promfh, you've won Best Food Photo, October 2009!

stevemur — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:16:31 GMT

Congratulations promfh, you've won $100 in Amazon.com Gift Certificates in our Monthly Photo Contest! It's on its way to you via email.

You won for the photo:

Molasses Ginger Cookies

We loved everything about this photo, from its superb food styling -- creative arrangement, great lighting depth, focus, color and even a few bonus points for whimsy.

Each month, we give away a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card to the person who submitted the best photo for the month. (That person is ineligible to win the following month, but may win again the month afterward.)

BigOven gets better and better the more photos are added to the site. We, and all the BigOven.com users, appreciate you helping make the site better! More details on the Monthly Food Photo Contest are here: http://www.bigoven.com/cs/forums/t/4698.aspx

Happy cooking!

Congratulations, sgrishka, you've won $100 for Best Food Photo, September 2009!

stevemur — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:12:35 GMT

Congratulations sgrishka, you've won $100 in Amazon.com Gift Certificates in our Monthly Photo Contest! It's on its way to you via email.

You won for the photo:

Grilled Chili-Rubbed Flank Steak

We loved this photo for its lighting, color balance, photo, and flavor, which jumps on the screen. Each month, we give away a $100 Amazon.com Gift Card to the person who submitted the best photo for the month. (That person is ineligible to win the following month, but may win again the month afterward.)

Happy cooking!

Problem editing recipe from the web

sgrishka — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:28:15 GMT

I have tried to make corrections, from the web site, to the instructions on two different recipes. The only edits I made were to the instructions. In both cases, when I posted the revision, the "Headings" in the ingredient section were changed into "ingredients", preceded by a 1 in the amount field, and all fractional amounts of ingredients were changed to decimal amounts, e.g., 1/4 to .25, 1/3 to .3333. I had to make my changes and repost both recipes from the desk top application to correct the headings and fractional amounts.

RE: Red x when viewing pictures

stevemur — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 04:55:00 GMT

Hmm. The red x indicates that it either cannot find or cannot display the image file that is indicated in the database (see the "Notes/Keywords" tab for the name of the file it is trying to load -- it is looking in the recipe box's "Pictures" subfolder for this file).

Things to double-check:

1) Does this happen on all recipe themes, or just one? The screenshot you supplied (thanks!) was from a blue theme -- does it happen with all recipe themes in Tools/Options/Themes? Do you have read/write permissions on the "My BigOven Recipes" folder that you're using?

2) Does it happen even with the recipes that ship with the "Standard" recipe box?

3) Have you installed your program using the default file locations, or moved the file locations around at all? (BigOven looks for the pictures in the "Pictures" subfolder of whatever "My BigOven Recipes\Rbox" folder you're using. So, for Standard, for instance, the recipe box file "standard.crb" lives in "My BigOven Recipes\Rbox\Standard", and the pictures for it live in a subfolder "My BigOven Recipes\Rbox\Standard\Pictures". If this folder has been moved or renamed in any way, you may see that behavior.

4) Are you noticing it on all recipes or just a couple?

5) Do you have Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher installed? (yes is the right answer here :-) )

View menu calendar for the week and not just the day

organizedchef — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:28:23 GMT

Is there some way to view your weekly meals....7 days at a time instead of just 1 day at a time? It's driving me crazy not being able to see the week at a glance. Please help.

Incorporate one recipe into another

dren91628 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:34:23 GMT

How I incorporate nutritional value of one recipe, e.g., Brocolli Slaw into another recipe, e.g., Bacon Omelet, lightened?

Big Oven for Mac

bevunderwood — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:24:45 GMT

Me too! Like big oven on PC but would really like a mac version.

Screen Import Problem

edbro — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:38:44 GMT

Often when I try a screen import the ingredients list will have stars in front of them that are not on the web page. This messes up the import unless I manually edit the capture first. For example, this is a screen shot of a recipe on BigOven.com:

Stuffed Peppers

"Green peppers stuffed with ground beef and rice and topped with a seasoned tomato sauce."

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Servings: 6 Servings
Total Time (median): 1 : 20 Active Time: 1 : 20
Ingredients

    * 1 pound ground beef
    * 1/2 cup uncooked long grain white rice
    * 1 cup water
    * 6 green bell peppers
    * 2 cans tomato sauce
    * 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
    * 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
    * 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
    * taste
    * 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning

Latest upgrade problems

jshu11 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:00:32 GMT

I have big oven for over a year now and just down loaded the latest version and now the split screen configuration is off. What do I do now? How can this be fixed.

Grocery List

smurphy9172 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:25:31 GMT

Hi there. New to Big Oven and just made a list of items from multiple recipes. A couple suggestions...

There should be a choice to ADD ANOTHER RECIPE or be able to add multiple recipes from the Try Soon section to your shopping list.

When you do add multiple recipes, the shopping list should combine the same ingrediants such as if two recipes added to the shopping cart needed eggs, they should be added together not listed twice.

That's all the input I have otherwise I really like the site and the recipes. thanks you and happy cooking.

Shopping List

Syril — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:22:52 GMT

I cannot create a shopping list from my personnal recipes. Why? what am I doing wrong?

Also, how can I insert a line on the ingredients section

Sara