VeggieBooks 4+
Quick Help for Meals
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
Background and the challenge.
The nearly 40 million clients of this nation’s food pantries suffer elevated rates of obesity, diabetes, cardio-vascular disease, and other diet-related conditions. Numerous studies have shown that increased consumption of fresh produce helps fight chronic diseases. Unfortunately, many clients of pantries do not know how to prepare vegetables in nutritious, varied, and appealing ways. They also need, and want to acquire other food management skills for healthier eating.
Mobile phone app:
In response to these gaps in understanding, we have created an app with easy-to-use recipes and food information that we have tested for relevance to people’s needs. This tool has grown out of our award-winning project that has dramatically expanded the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables reaching low-income people through the nation’s 33,000 community food pantries. Our phone app offers two kinds of content that each pantry client customizes to his or her situation and interests.
First, VeggieBooks enable a food recipient to obtain recipes and food-use tips about fresh vegetables currently available at his or her pantry. A recipient decides which kinds of recipes and tips he or she wants, from among hundreds of specially-designed recipes and ideas.
Second, a section called SecretsBooks invites app users to browse more than 80 illustrated and concrete, no-cost ideas for limiting fats and sugar in the diet, establishing a warm atmosphere at meals, involving children in meal preparations, shopping for groceries in bargain-conscious ways, and other themes we have pre-tested for interest.
App users can get any content they select printed immediately at their pantry as well as saved on the phone.
What’s New
Version 1.3.1
Added capability to switch between English and Spanish within the app, regardless of system settings.
Ratings and Reviews
Space to grow
Let me say, there is lot that is good about this app and there is also space for growth.
Things I like:
• I’m glad there are pictures for every recipe
• I like that the recipe cards are easy to read and have the ingredients separated clearly
• the books are easy to put together
• I like that I can add preferences to what I’m looking for like “recipes for one or two people” or “kid-friendly” or “Asian or Latino flavors”
• I like that the landing page/Home Screen is easy to navigate
Room for growth:
• The pictures of the food on the recipe cards do not look very professional, the lighting isn’t great. The food in those pictures looks unappetizing even though it looks like the recipe would be delicious.
• It would be great if I could choose more settings like “vegetarian” or “vegan”
• the color scheme is rough and unappealing. It would be much more appealing if earth tones were used. For example, the color of the tabs in the recipes is a very sickly-green color that is not very appetizing.
• It would be nice if I could click a button and say “what recipes have I saved that include both cauliflower and broccoli?” That way if I have both of those ingredients I can use them in the same dish.
• I don’t really understand why the book cover photos are pictures of religious figures. I know I can choose other pictures from albums on my phone but I still find it strange that this is the default.
•I assume the developers are working on adding other food group items
I know that is a lot to process but I do think this app has a lot of potential!! I am excited to see how it develops. And I can absolutely see me suggesting it to friends who are looking for healthy food recipes that are easy to access. As a wellness coach, I would like to start suggesting it to my customers as a resource once the app is a little more developed.
App not opening/working
Just downloaded on iOs 16.1.2 and app won’t load.
App Privacy
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Information
- Seller
- Quick Help for Meals, LLC
- Size
- 43.6 MB
- Category
- Food & Drink
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 10.3 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 10.3 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 10.3 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2017 Quick Help For Meals, LLC
- Price
- Free