Here are some key features of "Now You're Cooking!":

Convenient, Friendly Interface:
· quick-fill data entry
· "Did you know?" tips
· auto-updated droplists
· user-defined external editor and browser
· various toolbars for speed use
· safe and easy upgrade to new NYC versions
· Windows Help (contents, search)
· zip/unzip cookbooks for backup or exchange
· easy cut, copy-paste options
· web links for support and recipe downloads
· cooking glossary with user tips
· easy Backup of entire user folder (with compression)
· store user folder anywhere
· selective Restore of backed up files to user folder
· change screen font size
· numerous user preference settings

Recipe Management:
· organized, customizable recipe interface
· recipe fullview and editview choices
· up to 500 user-defined categories per cookbook
· duplicate recipe checking across cookbooks
· unlimited number of cookbooks
· resize recipes by a multiplier or by #servings
· automatic or manual recipe categorization
· automatic best units for resized ingredients
· tag and untag recipes for later operations
· defrag or reindex cookbooks and image archives
· toggle US-SI, fractions-decimal conversions
· cookbook annotation
· edit, delete, email, print, export recipes from search results
· customizable find-replace text across cookbooks
· attach images to recipes in cookbooks
· proper case recipe names across cookbooks
· customizable edit window layout
· customizable multi-rater, multi-criteria recipe rating
· spell checker (dictionaries in 14 languages)
· graphical analysis of recipe ratings

Finding Recipes:
· multi-criteria recipe search across cookbooks
· edit, delete, email, print, or export from search results
· find recipes that use ingredients on hand
· manual or automatic recipe categorization
· search within a limited range (category, recipes with images, etc)
· user-defined auto-categorization keywords
· click 2 (or more) categories to find recipes assigned to both
· user-defined default categories for new cookbooks

Importing and Exporting Recipes:
· email recipes and cookbooks
· 158,000+ free, importable recipes on website
· robust import of MM, MC, generic formats
· web links to 0.5 million free, importable recipes
· multi-file imports; each file can have mixed formats
· easily create a recipe website with images
· Quick Web Recipes for easy download/import
· customize Export-to-Web web pages
· easy Screen Import for recipes in any format
· export recipes in various formats to your text editor
· save un-imported recipes to a file
· export search results to other cookbooks
· publish NYC cookbooks to MS Word
· move selected recipes to other cookbooks

Meal Planning:
· meal plan using multiple cookbooks
· handles breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
· multi-criteria search from meal plan
· add recipes or individual items to meal plan
· quick view recipes from meal plan
· scale meal plan entries by a multiplier
· maintain multiple menus
· automatic shopping list from menus
· pop-up calendar for date selections
· tag and untag recipes from the menu planner
· unlimited meal plan period
· easily swap menu days

Automatic Shopping List:
· sums like items from meal plan recipes
· add miscellaneous items or delete items on hand
· sums like items with different units (converts)
· append to or replace previous list
· user-definable unit conversions
· maintain multiple shopping lists simultaneously
· auto-expansion of unit conversion combinations
· shopping list sorted by store aisle
· multiple shopping lists
· merge shopping lists

Cost Management:
· shopping list cost comparison for up to 20 stores
· complete coupon manager
· user-defined prices/aisles for up to 20 stores
· coupons sorted by item, brand, or expiration date
· auto-add new ingredients to prices and aisles list
· flag coupon list items with match in shopping list
· flags low price and store for shopping list items
· import/export price lists to/from text files

Nutrition Analysis:
· uses USDA nutrition database SR19
· over 7290 food items in database
· raw, cooked, prepared, or commercial foods
· allows user-defined nutrition data
· nutrition analysis (recipes, meals, menus)
· includes proximates, vitamins, minerals
· over 40 nutrition elements analysed, including trans fats
· Êlories as carbohydrates:protein:fat
· analyze any recipe from any source
· customizable DietPoints calculation
· Úily Values calculated using your calories/day
· add a recipe’s nutrition analysis as a nutrition item
· searchable nutrition database - improved
· auto-link recipe ingredients using ingredient droplist

Fitness Tracking:
· calculate body fat %, BMI, waist ratios, and more
· track body measurements for multiple users over time
· calculate calories/day to gain, lose, maintain weight
· calculate basal metabolic rate

Printed Outputs:
With your choice of fonts, font sizes, orientation, margins, and printer, you can print:
· any or all recipes in various formats
· shopping list
· recipe names by category
· shopping list by store aisle
· meal plan
· shopping list cost comparison at up to 20 stores
· recipes in meal plan
· list of unit conversions
· recipe categories
· list of coupons
· recipe category assignments
· list of prices and aisles
· cookbook recipes by category
· droplists
· nutrition analyses
· recipes on index card sheets (various sizes)
· print-to-text file option
· mini-print preview for recipes

Requirements:

· 10 MB RAM
· 20 MB disk space