Shop`NCook User`s Manual
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1. owse Collectons Dairy salted butter WEIGHT 16 oz Delicatessen amp mea unsalted butter WEIGHT 1 tb Drug store hi HT Fish amp shellfish whipped butter WEIG 8 oz Frozen food buttermilk WEIGHT 1 quar Fruits cream VOLUME 1 9 Game amp wild fowl Gardening 5 clotted cream WEIGHT 1 9 Hardware amp genera cr me fraiche WEIGHT 1 9 hii ae s coms so seme eeoa A KIC eo the ingredients of your recipes automatically and analyze their nutritional and cost information You access the database by clicking Main database below the supermarket section of the navigation column To modify to database click on the Edit button of the toolbar In the database editor you can e add and remove categories and items e rename categories 3 95 3 95 3 75 1 09 3 79 1 59 2 59 4 29 4 29 4 29 3 99 539 6 49 3 59 1 85 Cost The database of grocery items has a central function in the software It contains more than 2000 grocery items with synonyms and nutritional analysis and plays an important role in the algorithm that allows Shop NCook to recognize e rename custom items Predefined items cannot be renamed but you can do it in supermarkets instead e change the order of the categories and items or sort them by alphabetical order e select which categories and items are main e define the preferred shopping units e input cost data Pro edition only Although it is allowed it is strongly discouraged to remove the predefined2. You indicate to the software which data the columns of your file contain article name aisle brand etc You can also ignore columns If you are importing for the first time select to import as new articles You can also select to match automatically the articles with the database of grocery items If you are updating the supplier data select to update and select a column to match the original supermarket data with the data being imported Usually the product id and the barcode are a good choices for the matching column as they are unique If they are not available you can choose also the article name When updating you don t need to import all the data of all the columns again You can only specified the columns you want to update like the price column After importing the data the new supermarket is opened in edit mode You can save or discard the modifications When importing a supplier data for the first time you may have to link manually the articles with the database of grocery items This has only to be done the first time you import You won t have to do it when updating the data To link an article to the main database click on the pull down menus of the DB Item column and select among the proposed choices If you don t find an appropriate item you can get another set of choices by typing a word in the field of the pull down menu and clicking on the arrow again By clicking on the button next to the pull down menu you
3. Default character font size and color for the recipe and shopping list display and print out Print e Margin size e Include headings in the shopping list e Print the shopping list in two columns e Include a main comment to the shopping list E Mail tab e E mail settings e Preferred format plain text or HTML e Character encoding e List of e mail addresses for fast access Nutrition tab e Nutrients to display in the nutritional analysis e Switch between the energy in Cal or in kJ e Format of the nutritional analysis Costing tag only Pro edition e Currency e Enable the correction for refuse e Default profit margin e Hourly labor rate Network tab e Language of the recipe on the Direct Access database e Check automatically for software update SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Troubleshooting If you encounter problem with using the software select Send Error Report in the Help menu describe the problem in detail Don t forget to write your e mail address and indicate if you want a reply and we will be in touch with you rapidly
4. Edit Cookbook Recipes Costing Sync Window Help cooxsooxs Category 8 main All a oD Chicken310 icome Nb servings Portion size amp Ricette in italiano Overview 6 1 Calculate Reset NUN apase Califomia rolis IB ONLINE DATABASE Cooked sushi rice Recipe Shopping items Nutrition Costing Direct Access Crab or shrimp Louis salad te SHOPPING LIST Mabodotu California rolls Sushi vinegar Shopping List Tiramisu Category JapaneseRicelMain item Selector dishestA ppetizersShop NCook A e 1 ATR Yield 6 servings b SUBLISTS Total food cost 4 84 h li Food cost per portion 0 81 Dal ly supp ies Total labour cost 0 00 f MENUS Labour cost per portion 0 00 Margin 72 Menus q Price per serving 2 88 g SUPERMARKETS Source An Introduction to Japanese Home Cooking by i Main Database f Mathilde Rufenacht Suma z a Strictly speaking California rolls are not Japanese you would be hard pressed to find them in BROWSE COLLECT Japan but they are a marvelous example how cooking techniques can be deliciously adapted to local Browse Collections ingredients I give this recipe here as a beacon for all experimental cooks 2 cups cooked sushi rice see separate recipe 6 sheets nori seaweed Filling i medium cucumber 1 avocado V2 tbsp lemon juke 9 imitation crab stick or cooked snow crab meat Sides wae shi a SAAN Oe You open a cookbook by clicking on its name on the column on the right The main cookbook is a sp
5. a BRENT Goji juice Drink BERRY C JU318 12x3 141 SOFT DRINKS Beetroot Juice org EDEN JU024 12X7 25 96 v ma cima Blueberry Juice Drink BERRY C JU0SS 12X L 16 77 M NON DAIRY a pa L Tropical Fruit Juice SUNCREST JUS48 12X1L ess M CHOCOLATE Carrot Juice organic EDEN JU026 12X7 25 96 t HERRS FROZEN ne R mE as So awn ent LY b AA MW 6 Creating supermarkets allow you to customize your shopping list in many ways e make shopping lists for several stores and organize them by aisles e list the exact product names including brand and size e know the actual number of units of the products you must purchase e estimate precisely the cost of the shopping list e get the lowest possible price for your grocery list Before creating a supermarket make sure you understand the difference between the articles that are stored in supermarkets and the grocery items that are stored in the main database Creating a supermarket You can create a supermarket by clicking on the button of the mini toolbar You can also create a supermarket when importing supplier s data In the supermarket information window that opens you must input at the minimum a name for the new supermarket select what you want to include all the grocery items of the main database the main grocery items or create an empty supermarket If you need to make a shopping lists in a different language than the main supermarket you can also select a language The ne
6. all your recipes for the week in it while separating the days with headings within the menu You only need to create several menus per day if you plan them for different persons if you want to be able to set a different number of servings per menu or if you want to be able to re use the menus on a meal basis The calendar You can display or hide the calendar by clicking on the arrow at the bottom right of the screen At the top of the calendar you find buttons to display the menu manager or add the ingredients of the selected menu to the shopping list print it or send it by e mail To process menus for several days at a time and for advanced functions display instead the Menu manager The menu table With the and buttons you can add and delete menus Click on the edit button to set the number of servings or to change the name of the menu The lib button allows you to save the selected menu to the library or to retrieve a menu from the library The recipe table The recipe table below the menu table displays the recipes of the selected menu You add a recipe to a menu with drag amp drop or by clicking on the Add to Menu button of the toolbar of the cookbook or Direct Access sections You remove a recipe with the button below the recipe table The button allows you to add a heading or course a comment or a grocery item to your menu You can change the order of the recipes in your menu by using the up and down arrows or wi
7. can also add a new grocery item to the database SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL The shopping list 8080 Shop NCook Pro untitled snc File Edit Cookbook Recipes Costing Sync Window Help SS e A e8 aor Lr All S EA lendar Library man X X Fy X X X amp Chicken 310 a 5 Suma amp Ricette in italia tore GB ONUNE DATABASE sort pRInKS Direct Access O Lemon FEELGOOD 12X375ML 1 89 A Ta Brand Sze Quantity Pricefunt DRINKS ty SHOPPING LIST CUSTOMER LABELS Shopping List O Hazelnuts 100 1 20 QF hem Selector HERBS amp SPICES BULK b SUBLISTS O Parsley BULKHERBS 500G 1 3733 QZ Hits istaetaet ats Daily supplies Grocery List teeta at at 28 29 30 4 f MENUS Canned food O asparagus canned 2can 2 can Shrimp Louis salad x Menus Cheese SUPERMARKETS O mascarpone cheese 17 7 80z 17 86 oz Tiramisu Ld Main Database Dairy 5 O milk 16floz 16 floz Coconut ice Cream X So O butter 16 5 80z Roast turkey with chestnuts 4 05 oz Roast turkey BROWSE COLLECTI with chestnuts 8 11 oz Brussel sprouts with hollandaise sauce 4 05 oz Glazed onions 0 45 t Browse Collections oz Apple strudel g O cream 4floz 4 foz Roast turkey with chestnuts x Recipes O totu 141 402 14 29 oz Mabodofu w California rolls 6 O egg 1638 4 Shrimp Louis salad 6 Brussel sprouts with 7 hollandaise sauce 1 33 Apple strudel 5 Tiramisu Fish amp shellfish O imitation crab stick 9 9 or cooked snow crab meat California
8. ingredient and link it to a corresponding item of the database SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Unit conversion eoe tomato As purchased B E Save Discard Unit information cup chopped 180 09 Add cup sliced 180 09 Add medium whole 2 3 5 dia 123 09 large whole 3 dia 182 09 small whole 2 2 5 dia 91 09 eorh whnla 9 9 eis 1192 Nal Nutritional information Ingredient quantity 100 9 E Apply Description Tomatoes red ripe raw year round average Refuse description Core and stem ends Refuse percent 9 Water 94 50 gf00g Energy 18 kcal 100g Protein 0 88 g 100g Total tat lipid 0 20 g 100g Ash 0 50 9 1009 Carbohydrate 3 92 9 1009 Dietary fibers 1 2 g 100g Sugars 2 63 g 100g Calcium 10 mg 100g iron 0 27 mg 100g Magnesium 11 mg 100g Phosphorus 24 mgi00g Masiaaai as ana mah Ana Unit conversion plays an important role in Shop NCook The software converts ingredient quantities to preferred shopping unit when adding to the database then convert again to the article size when assigned to a supermarket Also the cost and nutritional analysis require unit conversion between the ingredient unit to the cost unit or to weight For each item of the main database Shop NCook maintains a table of unit conversion data It has a number of predefined unit conversion data for most of the items of the database When an ingredient is displayed in blue in the Nutrition or Costing tabs of a re
9. recipes To add a search criteria click on the button You can select the cookbooks the search must take place To select several cookbooks press the control key on Windows or the command key on Mac Your cookbooks are indexed to allow an ultra fast search of the recipes If you have just imported a cookbook it may not be yet fully indexed In this case it will be displayed in red and the search results may be partial Printing and sending recipes by e mail To print or send recipes by e mail select the recipe s and click on the Print respectively the Send button of the toolbar You can select several recipes by pressing the control key on Windows or the command key on Mac Sharing on the internet You can upload a recipe to the Direct Access recipe database by clicking on the Share button You will be able to access the recipe you upload on Shop NCook Lite iPhone iPad application SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL The recipe editor 09e Shop NCook Pro Recipe Manager File Edit Cookbook Recipes Costing Sync Window Help a A a a 4 X fi ar FG amp Chicken 310 amp Ricette in italia Recipe Shopping hems I ONLINE DATABASE Tite Sushi vinegar Direct Access Li e English 6 tig SHOPPING LIST a tad iia sa Shopping List Picture Set Picture hem Selector SUBLISTS Category Sauces dressingsiJapaneselShop NCook h Daily supplies Source An Introduction to Japanese Home Cooking by Mathik i MENUS Nb servings 0
10. rolls x O shrimp 4 cup 4 cup Or crab meat Shrimp Louis salad X E Fruits 4 O tart apple 1058 10 67 Apple strudel A M CMe A CAE You display the shopping list by clicking on the Shopping List section on the navigation column on the left Creating a shopping list You create a shopping list by adding ingredients from your recipes meal plans or sublists by clicking on the Add button of the toolbar The recipe quantities are automatically converted to the preferred unit of the database of grocery items The quantities can also be corrected for waste You can also add manually items to the shopping list by selecting them in the Item selector section The items in red that are unknown from the software get added to the miscellaneous category of the shopping list By clicking on the magic wand next to them you can link or add them to the main database and move them to the appropriate category Modifying the shopping list You can change the quantities edit the comments and remove items from the shopping list in the Shopping List section for a finer control use the item selector Emptying the shopping list You empty the shopping list by clicking on the Clear shopping list button of the toolbar or by using the corresponding button in the mini toolbar Saving the shopping list The current shopping list is automatically saved A shopping list can be saved for later use by selecting Save Shopping List As in the File menu
11. software learns your preferences and the more you use it the easier and faster it will become to add a recipe If there are no corresponding ingredient in the database you can add it by clicking the button next to the pull down menu To link an ingredient to a different item of the database select the ingredient and click on the magic wand button The ingredient will be displayed again displayed in red If you leave it like that it will be re linked to the database using the automatic rules when you save the recipe or leave the Shopping items tab Advanced options The Shopping item tab provides also some advanced options Note that these options are not necessary in usual cases Only use them when you know what you are doing 1 Linking an ingredient to a different ingredient from the database For example if the recipe requires egg yolk you may want to link them to whole eggs since this is what you have to purchase When you do that DO NOT add this link to the dictionary or it will affect all the recipes with egg yolk Note also that this will affect the nutritional analysis of the recipe too 2 Specify a different quantity It is almost always better to change the quantity in the Recipe tab You can change the quantity in this tab if you want to purchase a quantity different that the one specified in the recipe This option should not be used to convert the recipe quantities to a different unit This is done preferably by setting t
12. ERMARKETS attach or FAE oe Q Main Database Fruits ii Hardware amp general merchandise e99 a Suma uices dough S BROWSE COLLECT fachen supplies eat Browse Collections wits seeds amp dried fruits Pastas po Personal care Poultry Snacks Spices amp seasonings Stationery Vegetables Wine Miscellaneous SrA OC eS You open the item selector by clicking on Item selector in the Shopping List section of the navigator column It allows you to add manually items to the shopping list You can specify the quantities of the item in the comment field At the bottom of each category there are a couple of empty fields that allow you to add to the shopping list items that are not in the database Note that they are not added permanently to the database At start only the main grocery items of the database are displayed To see all the items you can click on the magnifying glass of the toolbar By clicking on the question mark on the right hand side of the items you display the nutritional information of the item You reach also from there the nutritional information editor SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Sublists 908 Shop NCook Pro Sublist Manager File Edit Cookbook Recipes Costing Sync Window Help Se CooKsooxs main b Jg X amp Chicken 310 Picone in haia Daily supplies I ONLINE DATABASE Direct Access tp SHOPPING LIST sa Shopping List A milk 3 titers 3 1 el 3 4
13. Portion size or yield 675 mi eeina Preparationtime 10min Total time 10min SUPERMARKETS kamane Main Database Profit margin Quantity ingredient Comment Suma Prepare a bottle In advance to use when making sushi rice BROWSE COLLECT 450 mi rice vinegar Browse Collections 300g sugar 759 salt Mix in a skillet over low to medium heat until the sugar and salt are diluted Do not boil Put back in the original vinegar bottle close the lid and put at once in cold water to cool as fast as possible in order to keep the flavor of the vinegar To not mix it with usual rice vinegar b Gonat forget to put a label with Sushi vinegar and the date on it w t Ah G 16 gt You reach the recipe editor by clicking on the Edit button of the toolbar of your cookbook or when adding a new recipe with the New button You should first work on the Recipe tab of the editor then switch to the Shopping items tab to check the ingredients have been correctly linked to the database of grocery items Recipe tab Typically your recipes are automatically formatted by the recipe wizard You need to open a recipe in the editor only when the wizard made mistakes or when you want to modify a recipe The ingredient lines are split in three parts the quantity the ingredient name and an optional comment When the wizard did not correctly recognized an ingredient or wrongly recognized as ingredient the text of the recipe select the line to correct and p
14. SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Table of contents Introduction Cookbooks The recipe editor Downloading recipe collections The Direct Access database Meal planner and menus Menu and Pro editions only Ingredients grocery items and articles The database of grocery items Supermarkets Menu and Pro editions only The shopping list The item selector Sublists Recipe and menu costing Pro edition only Nutritional analysis The color code Pantry and substitutions Unit conversion Waste Synchronization Menu and Pro editions only The mini toolbar The preferences Troubleshooting SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Introduction The program Shop NCook is a complete solution for the kitchen that will allow you to effortlessly organize your own recipes e grow your recipe collection by discovering and importing new recipes and collections of recipes from internet e plan your meals streamline your grocery shopping analyze the nutritional content and cost of your recipes and menus e and access your recipes from anywhere with a built in synchronization function This help is for the three editions of Shop NCook Shop NCook Home Shop NCook Menu and Shop NCook Pro Not all these above features may be available in your edition See the table below to learn which features are available in it Shop NCook Shop NCook Shop NCook Home Menu Pro Easy import of recipe v J A Organization in cookbooks y s J Collection of free coo
15. UBLISTS Y A Main Course 14 1516 17 18 Daily supplies gt A Roast turkey with 8 70 16 8 al z 2a jas as E MENUS Y Brussel sprouts 8 Menus AM brussels sprouts 21b 2 lb 2 22 Ib 1 29 287 0 36 SUPERMARKETS Q f buter 1 cup Biloz B1toz 025 202 025 Main Database QA lemon juice 3 tbsp 1 fioz 15ffoz 0 084 013 002 Suma QAM egg 6 6m 6m 011 064 0 08 BROWSE COLLECT XH water 8 Dsp 118 59 11859 Browse Collections Q A sat 0 5 tsp O 110z O110z 0021 000 0 00 a cayenne pepper Recipes Subtotal Brussel 565 0 71 California rolls 6 gt M Glazed onions 8 5 16 0 64 Subtotal Main Co 80 97 10 12 gt M Dessert 14 49 1 81 Total food cost 7a E 0 el be bey bt A WO 6 The cost calculation is based on the cost data of the database of grocery items If no cost information is available in the database the software will use the cost information of the supermarkets If there are several corresponding products with cost information it will use the least expensive You can also import the default cost database provided with the software to get rapidly started with the costing functions To import the database select Import Cost Database in the Costing menu For accurate costing you need however to input your actual cost information To force the software to use the cost data from a given supermarket select Update Cost from Supermarket in the Costing menu to update the main database with the cost information from the supermark
16. You can also save a shopping list as sublist to incorporate it in other shopping lists Printing sending or sharing the shopping list The shopping list can be printed or sent by e mail by using the corresponding buttons of the toolbar Sending the shopping list by e mail is also a convenient way to transmit it to a mobile device By clicking on the Share button you upload it to your Direct Access account to access online or on the go on Shop NCook iPhone iPad application Selecting a supermarket Menu and Pro editions only When you add items to the shopping list they get added to the main database By clicking on the Supermarket button of the toolbar you can move the items from the main database to the selected supermarkets Only the items that have a corresponding article in the supermarket will be moved You can then move the remaining items to another supermarket by using again the Supermarket button To move articles from one supermarket to another move them back to the main database first then select another supermarket in the Supermarket pull down menu You can assign also an article to a supermarket manually by clicking on the supermarket button next to the article name When the software cannot compute the quantity of the article that is required it displays the article in blue Click on the magic wand to fix the article You can display the shopping list of one supermarket at a time by selecting it in the Superm
17. ad oil 1 heaped tbsp 21 0 185 64 od SUBLISTS N toban djan 1 1 1 2t8p 15 0 Daily supplies finely chopped garlic 1 tsp 2 833 4 222 t m finely chopped ginger root 115p 20 16 0 arenes Aosom tema Main Database Pe miso 2 21 2wsp 42 969 85 508 Browse coutecn A sy sauce 11 2 tbsp 23 906 12 67 Be eee sake 2 tbsp 29 1 38 994 01 sugar 1 112 tbsp 18 9 73 143 water 28 cup 157 867 0 0 gara soup no moto a liwe maizena 1 tbsp 80 30 48 water 21bsp 29 6 0 0 Subtotal Mabodofu 973 708 1251 191 SSS Ja OONO e 7 AS CCCI e 7 S Shop NCook knows the nutritional analysis of most of the grocery items of its database and includes the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Nutrients The nutritional information is available for the following nutrients e Water e Energy e Protein e Total fat lipid e Saturated fatty acids e Monounsaturated fatty acids e Polyunsaturated fatty acids e Trans fat e Cholesterol e Ash e Carbohydrate e Dietary fibers e Sugars e Calcium e ron e Magnesium e Phosphorus e Potassium e Sodium e Zinc e Copper e Manganese Selenium Vitamin A IU Vitamin A RAE Retinol vitamin A1 Thiamin vitamin B1 Riboflavin vitamin B2 Niacin vitamin B7 Pantothenic acid vitamin B3 Vitamin B6 Folate Folic acid Food folate Dietary folate equivalent Vitamin B12 Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K Alpha carotene Beta carotene Beta cryptoxanthin Lycope
18. age again as we add regularly cookbooks to download To import a cookbook click on the hem Selector Download Now link Then select the file with scb extension The cookbook will be SUBLISTS automatically installed and opened sea i Download Now nm ip se collection of 30 recipes to Menus Download Now peh Collected Through The Years Kathy L Pugh s collection g SUPERMARKETS TOcpos Main Database Download Now NEW Crockpot Recipes a collection of 160 crock pot recipes Suma Download Now Yummy Cake Recipes a collection of 500 cake recipes BROWSE COLLECTI Download Now Seafood a collection of 225 fish and seafood recipes Browse Collections Download Now Chicken 310 a collection of 310 chicken and poultry recipes Download Now Vegetable Fiesta a collection of 300 vegetable recipes Recipes Download Now Tutti Frutti a collection of 1000 fruit recipes California rolls 6 Download Now Greek Recipes a collection of 70 Greek recipes Download Now Soup Recipes a collection of 340 soup recipes Download Now 100 Grill Recipes a collection of 100 grill recipes A Download Now Picnic Recipes a collection of 100 picnic recipes OO jaie CJE C CCEC Click on Browse Collection to display a browser tool that allows you to download cookbooks and recipe collections from the internet Click first on the link to recipe download page Click then on Shop NCook Cookb
19. arket pull down menu of the toolbar Locking an article Pro and Menu edition only By clicking on the padlock next a supermarket article you can lock it there so that the corresponding ingredients are automatically assigned to this article Getting the best price Pro edition only By selecting Best value you can have the software select the supermarkets to get the best price For the best results you should have price information in all the supermarkets Sending a purchase order to your supplier Pro edition only Click the Send order to supplier button and select a supplier to send a purchase order with the shopping list in attachment The message e mail address and body are pre populated with the data in the supermarket information window SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL The item selector Shop NCook Pro untitled sne File Edit Cookbook Recipes Costing Sync Window Help G cooxsooxs bA mm main A a Chicken 310 rra E mak T amp Ricene in italiano pey G buter Q ng E ONLINE DATABASE Sath amp hair care FERR Q Direct Access Beverages paes San Q ap SHOPPING List Breakfast foods 9 Canned food sour cream Q Shopping List Cereals amp beans gt nian isin Galak Cheese __ whipping cream Q Cleaning supplies margarine Q SUBLISTS Coffee amp tea p d sat Q Daily supplies Condiments amp oil yog q E yogurt drink E MENUS Delicatessen amp meals to go r Q Menus Drug store puadi Q q SUP
20. base 20 Minute chicken parmesan Suma 20 Minute chicken parmesan This is a very simple dish to cook and goes really well with warm rice sn ECOL aed 24 Hour Fruit Salad Ingredients L Ows 250 DIY pizza 1 pound chicken meat thinly slice 3 Step Seared Steak with Roastec I clove garlic Browse Collectons 3 Cheese Potato Gratin s H shallots s 30 Day Low Carb Diet Ketosis Pi cea gt 30 Minute Marinara Sauce 2 of ginger sliced thinly 4 Step Chicken 3 small chillies chopped 4 Bean Relish 5 Ingredient Soup 5 dried chilies soak and cut about 1 2 5 Minute Chocolate Cake in a Mu Marinate 5 Spice Honey Chicken l tsp 5 spice powder L 5 Minute individual Potato Gratins 2tbsp honey 6 cups broth today used Light V 2tsp oyster sauce e pina Daila l tbsp black sov sauce e3 Jas OGOOGO The direct access database is an online database where Shop NCook users can share their recipes The recipes of the database can also be accessed on internet at http DirectAccessRecipes com The iPhone iPad application Shop NCook Lite allows to browse the recipes of the database on the go You can add your own recipes to the database and also add a shopping list You can also delete from the database the recipes you have added To download the index of the latest recipes added to the database click on the Refresh button SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Meal planner and menus Menu and Pro editions only e208 Menu Manager File Edit Coo
21. cipe or a menu it means usually that the software cannot convert the quantity of the ingredient into a usable unit When you click on the magic wand the software will give you the possibility to add the necessary unit conversion information to fix the problem For example if your recipe requires 2 bunches of green onion green onion will be displayed in blue The software will ask you to input the weight of a bunch when you click on the magic wand You need to take a bunch of green onion weigh it and input its weight in the software to fix the problem and enable the calculation of the nutritional and cost information of the green onion You can also access directly the unit conversion table in the nutritional information editor SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Waste Shop NCook can correct the ingredient quantities for waste when adding to the shopping list or when costing For example if your recipe requires 1 cup of chopped onion it corresponds to a weight 5 7 oz or 160 g of onion without peel But you purchase usually onion with peel Therefore the weight of the onion has to be corrected for the peel which is about a 3 increase To see the predefined waste or refuse percent display the nutritional information window of the item You can enable the waste treatment in the Preferences The waste depends on how your ingredients are pre processed For example you can buy clams with shell or without shells This will give a great
22. de you through the steps necessary to fix the ingredient Note that the default nutritional information of the ingredients may be different from the actual nutritional value of the ingredients you are using For a more accurate analysis you should make sure that the nutritional information corresponds to your ingredients DISCLAIMER The nutritional analysis provided is not intended for medical nutrition therapy If you are following a strict diet for medical or dietary reason consult first with a physician or dietician before planning your meals based on this software Displaying the nutritional analysis The nutritional breakdown by ingredients is displayed in the Nutrition tabs of the Cookbooks and Menus section The nutritional analysis is also optionally displayed at the bottom of the recipes and menus You control in the Preferences which nutrients are displayed in the Nutrition tab and the format of the nutritional analysis You can choose among a large selection of available formats Shop NCook allows you also to define your own nutritional data format by writing so called nutrition scripts Nutrition scripts can also compute points from a formula and display them automatically in your recipes Nutrition scripts are outside the scope of this help See Shop NCook support page for more information SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL The color code Shop NCook uses a color code to indicate when an ingredient has a problem that pre
23. difference in the quantity of refuse If you enable the waste correction you should always make sure that it corresponds to the ingredient as you purchase it Note that waste correction should only be done when the quantity in the recipe corresponds to the ingredient without waste If the ingredient is measured with waste then waste correction should not take place SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Synchronization Menu and Pro editions only tem TD COCR CS Shop NCook server Synchronizing allows you to share your data between several computers and mobile devices When you synchronize the cookbooks you have added to the synchronization are uploaded to Shop NCook synchronization server and from there distributed where they are needed The synchronization feature requires a subscription to a synchronization account Contrary to the recipes on the Direct Access database your data stays private Your account is protected by a password Only the people knowing your account information have access to your recipes The data that can be synchronized includes a selection of cookbooks the database of grocery items including cost and nutritional information Optionally the current shopping list and the supermarket can be synchronized Note that the synchronization should not be relied on to backup your recipes as it has not been designed as a backup device You should backup separately your data To initiate the synch
24. ecial cookbook that cannot be removed or organized by chapters It is the default cookbook that opens when you start the software although you can change this in the preferences When a padlock sign appears next to a cookbook name the cookbook is locked and cannot be modified You can unlock it in the Cookbooks menu You can create a new cookbook by clicking on the button of the mini toolbar or from the File menu In the cookbook information editor Cookbooks menu you can add a text and a picture to display when the cookbook is opened Adding a recipe To add a recipe from the internet open the cookbook of your choice copy the whole recipe to the clipboard and use the clip button of the toolbar Alternatively you can add the recipe by selecting it with the mouse and dragging it onto the recipe display panel A photo can be added in the same way To add a new recipe from scratch click on the New button and type the recipe in the wizard The wizard will analyze the recipe and open it in the recipe editor where you can fine tune it To modify a recipe click on the Edit button of the toolbar For more information see the recipe editor Viewing and scaling the recipes To view a recipe click on its name in the column on the left of the cookbook view If you double click it will open in a separate window There is a scaling tool at the top of the recipe where you can scale the recipe by changing the number of servings or the size of the se
25. ents get added You can also make automatic ingredient substitutions and deselected automatically the ingredients in your pantry by using the Substitution and Pantry features The nutrition and costing tabs give you a break down of the nutritional analysis respectively the cost analysis of your menus Click on the arrows to show or hide the details of the menus and recipes Yearly meal planning Although you can display at the maximum one month of menus at a time you can plan as far in advance as you want If you want to plan your supplies for several months or even years you can add them to the shopping list by adding the first month select another month and repeat the operation as many times as you need SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Ingredients grocery items and articles Shopping items main database canned tomatoes tomatoes SEPO ASEE aeiae apia EEA Benn A In the following chapters you will learn about the database of grocery items supermarkets and shopping lists To understand better their roles you have to understand the difference between ingredients grocery items and articles Ingredients are listed in recipes They need to be linked to a specific grocery item from the main database Different ingredients must be linked to different grocery items The main database contains grocery items You can think of grocery items as the generic name for an article like canned tomato without the brand and size informa
26. et The cost breakdown by ingredient of your recipes and menus is displayed in the Costing tab of the Cookbooks and Menus sections When the software cannot compute the cost of an ingredient it displays it in color Only the ingredient in black are included in the cost analysis To turn an ingredient black click on the magic wand and the software will guide you through the steps necessary You can also edit the cost data by clicking on the magnifying glass The ingredient quantities can also be corrected for waste in the cost calculation The food cost and recommend price can optionally be displayed in the recipe view The recommend price is computed based on the default margin of the preferences or the margin specified in the recipe editor If a labor cost is specified in the preferences it is also included in the price calculation based on the preparation time of the recipe The following formula is used to compute the price Price Total_food_cost labor_hourly_rate preparation_time 1 margin SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Nutritional analysis E COOKBOOKS Menu Manager File Edit Cookbook eee Costing Sync Window Help Coa b Sz main Chicken 310 i Ricette in italia Menu Shopping items Nutiton Costing BB ONLINE DATABASE Quantity Quantity g Calories kcal Protein g Direct Access 5 tis SHOPPING UST tofu 4009 400 0 248 0 27 Shopping List ground pork 2009 200 0 526 0 33 7 Rem Selector sal
27. he preferred shopping unit of the ingredient in the main database editor 3 Deselect the checkbox on the left hand side for optional ingredients so that they are not added to the shopping list by default Note that the checkbox is automatically unchecked if the ingredient is listed as optional in the Recipe tab 4 Deselect the checkbox on the right hand side so that the ingredient is not included in the nutritional analysis 5 Define the weight of the unit of measure of the ingredient by clicking on the balance sign Defining the weight here will only affect this recipe It is generally better to give the unit weight in the nutritional information editor to enable the unit conversion in all the recipes Cooked indicator The cooked indicator may appear next to the ingredient name if the quantity of the cooked ingredient is given in the Recipe tab for example 1 cup cooked rice This affects how the nutritional information the cost and the shopping quantities are computed SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Downloading recipe collections eee Shop NCook Pro Browser File Edit Cookbook Recipes Costing Sync Window Help CooKsooks gt 2 906c GP A amp Chicken 310 Ricette in italia Address httpiwww shopncook comicookbooksNonForm nimi B BB ONLINE DATABASE 5 Directaccess Shop NCook Cookbooks To Download SHOPPING LIST Shopping List Click on the download links to import the cookbooks directly into Shop NCook Check this p
28. hem Selector F butter 4 sticks 7 6 9 10 11 12 13 T SUBLSTS zE 14 15 16 HEEN EN Daily supplies C cheese E 1 2 3 4 g MENUS E ooun TT Menus j 12 I SUPERMARKETS m egg Main Database Fruits Suma F apple 1kg BROWSECOLLECTI A banana Browse Collections ERR save p Recipes California rolls 6 C orange tangerine l Veoeubie oo l M carrot X SHAW Oe S gt Sublists are list of grocery items that you can conveniently add to the shopping list The easiest way to make a sublist is by creating a shopping list and select to save it as sublist in the File menu You can create sublists around a theme like birthday party picnic etc so that you can easily purchase everything you need You should also make a sublist for your pantry items so that you can easily see what is missing and replenish the supplies you keep on hand To add the items of a sublist to the shopping list select the items you want to add and click on the button of the toolbar SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Recipe and menu costing Pro edition only e208 Menu Manager File Edit Cookbook Recipes Costing Sync Window Help COOKBOOKS b amp b Z amp Chicken 310 Ricete in italia Menu Shopping items Nutriton Costing Ep ONLNEDATABASE hem Quantity Quantity With waste Cost 5 S Direct Access j t SHOPPING LIST Thanksgiving Shopping List Nb servings 8 servings 7 item Selector gt Appetizer 1209 1 51 7 8 9 10 11 gt S
29. items of the database as it may affect core functionalities of the software Most of the time you won t need to edit the database directly You can easily add new grocery items when you link manually recipe ingredients or supermarket articles to the database Also you can add or modify the cost data directly from the Costing tab of your recipes and menus If you have Shop NCook Home you should edit the database of grocery items to rename and sort the categories so that they correspond to your supermarket If you have an other edition of Shop NCook this is better done by creating a supermarket for each of the stores in which you purchase Optionally you can select the main checkbox of the grocery items and categories you use frequently to be able to T Main add them easily to the database in the Item selector section Note on the preferred units Each of the grocery items of the database has an associated preferred unit for the shopping list The software tries to convert the quantity to this unit when adding an ingredient to the shopping list If you want to change the preferred unit edit the database and type the unit of your choice in the preferred unit field The preferred unit can also take three special values e WEIGHT the preferred weight unit oz or kg depending on the settings in the Preferences e VOLUME the preferred volume unit fl oz or liter depending on the settings in the Preferences e NO _UNIT_DEFINED di
30. kbook Recipes Costing Sync Window Help amp COOKBOOKS nen Cm i 87 amp Chicken 310 amp Ricette in italia Menu Shopping items Nutrition Costing B ONLINE DATABASE a a 7 J Direct Access Menus q SHOPPING LIST Shopping List 1j 2 6 hem Selector Wednesday November 24 2010 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 SUBLISTS Menu 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Dally supplies California rolls 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 4 m MENUS Thursday November 25 2010 Appetizer SUPERMARKETS Shrimp Louis salad i Main Database Main C Suma Roast turkey with chesmuts we s Brussel sprouts with hollandaise sauce BROWSE COLLECT Caia Bclek Browse Collections x Dessert Appie strudel Recipes Coconut ice Cream California rolls 6 Friday November 26 2010 Menu Mabodofu Tiramisu C C ee prew Erg You plan your meals by dragging and dropping recipes from your cookbooks or from the Direct Access database on to the calendar or by selecting the day in the calendar and using the Add to Menu button of the toolbar You can add several recipes at a time by selecting them with the mouse with the CONTROL key on Windows or the COMMAND key on Mac OS X pressed down and then click on the Add to Menu button The menus Each day can be split into several menus and the menus can be organized further into courses In most cases you only need one menu per day To create a re usable weekly menu you can create one menu per week and put
31. kbooks v A A aae EE i 4 Automatic nutritional analysis v A A Shopping lists Jv J J Sublists y y y Automatic ingredient substitution v A A Possibility to combine recipes Jv s s Pantry v A A Shopping lists for several markets s y Meal plans s s Organization of cookbooks by chapters d Synchronization s s Costing Easy import of supplier s data y Important The screenshots in this help are for the Pro edition of the software If you cannot find features described in this help or if the screenshot of your application doesn t look exactly like the picture refer to the table above to see what is included in your edition Getting started Shop NCook is built in a way that it provides easy to use functionalities from the start without any set up but also allows deep customization of its features to meet your needs Each section of this help can be read independently of the others If you are new to Shop NCook recommend you to start with the next chapter to learn how to add your own recipes and download the collection of cookbooks Try then to play a little with the software and consult the remaining sections as need arises More help resources This manual is not exhaustive For more detailed information on some feature video tutorials frequently asked questions etc or to contact us directly for a personalized help go to our support page SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Cookbooks Shop NCook Pro Recipe Manager File
32. mum height in pixel min value 250 600 Recipe links URL Address htps www shopncook convrecipeLinks nim Expor to HTML Predefined style sheet _ Default style iz External style sheet URL _ Custom style Edit Code You open the Preferences from the mini toolbar You can customize Shop NCook in many ways in the Preferences Here is a non exhaustive list General tab e Change the size of the characters of the software e Select what you want displayed at program start e Page to open when you search for recipes on internet e Default style of the recipes and menu when exporting to HTML Shopping List tab e Enable adding recipe title to the comment field of the shopping list e Correct the weight for refuse e Use preferred shopping units when adding to the shopping list e Use US or metric units as default Recipes tab Enable the pantry and list of substitutions e Select which information is displayed in the recipe header Scaling tab e Scale recipes by default to some fix number of servings e Enable automatic substitutions in recipes e display the original quantities in parenthesis e Convert volume to weight units e Convert metric weight unit to US weight units or vice versa Menu tab Menu and Pro editions only e Create new menu by default with a fixed number of servings e Default mode of the menu manager single menu day week etc e First day of the week of the calendar Appearance e
33. ne Lutein Zeozanthin Alcohol Caffeine Starch Theobromine Phytosterols Sugar alcohol Glutamic acid Viewing the nutritional data You can view the nutritional information of an item of the database in the Item selector by clicking on the question mark next to the item name The window that opens displays the nutritional information of the raw item Click on the Cooked button of the toolbar to display the nutritional information of the cooked item You can scale the nutritional information by inputting a quantity in the toolbar and clicking on the Calculate button Editing the nutritional data In the nutritional information window see above click on the Edit button to open the nutritional information editor In the editor you can import the nutritional data from the USDA database by clicking on the database button of the toolbar You can modify the nutrient values and input new unit conversion information Computation of the nutritional analysis The nutritional analysis of your recipes and menus is computed based on the nutritional information of the raw ingredients It does not take into account the nutrient loss due to processing When the nutritional information of an ingredient cannot be computer the ingredient is displayed in color in the Nutrition tab of the recipe or menu Only the ingredients in black are included in the nutritional analysis To turn an ingredient black click on the magic wand and the software will gui
34. ooks to reach our collection of cookbooks totaling several thousands of recipes When you click on a link to a cookbook it will be downloaded and installed automatically There are also links to several recipe collections When you download a collection that is not in Shop NCook format the operation is slow as the recipes have to be converted You can also select the cookbook to which you want to add the recipes or create a new cookbook by clicking on the button SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL The Direct Access database 000 Shop NCook Pro Direct access File Edit Cookbook Recipes Costing Sync Window Help E COOKBOOKS Category dib _ nan phe 4m ras Chicken310 Sei Ar Roasted Potatoes Nb servings Yield Ricette in italiano Bel Air Scones 0 0 1 _Reset_ B ONLINE DATABASE Blum s Coffee Crunch Cake Lacon aisi Boeuf Bourguignon Recipe Shoppingitems Nutrition Costing _ DirectAccess gt Braised Beel i e a SHOPPING LIST s Sprouts with Hazel Nuts 5 Spice Honey Chicken Beet and Stout Pie gt oy Shopping List Caesar Dressing Total food cost 0 81 woke is duane Mbondiose Sou be we a u p Margin p SUBLISTS 15 Minute Chicken amp Rice Dinner a Daily supplies 2 Step Honey Dijon Chicken MENUS 2 Step Inside Out Chicken Pot Pie g 2 Step Lemon Broccoli Chicken Menus 2 oe Pork Chops wit 2 Step Tomato Chicken Mozzarel W SUPERMARKETS 29 minute Chicken amp Rice Dinner Main Data
35. ress on the magic wand button to fix it If it is an ingredient that the software doesn t know it will give you the possibility to add it to the dictionary so that it recognizes it the next time You can add ingredients by clicking on the button of the toolbar and add new paragraphs by clicking on the A button To add a picture to the recipe click on the Set Picture button Click then on to select from a file or on the clip button to add from the clipboard You can also crop the picture by selecting an area with the mouse and clicking on the scissors For the size of the recipe you can either input the number of servings and the serving size or leave the number of servings to zero and specify the total yield of the recipe If you leave the serving size or yield empty it is taken to be 1 for scaling purpose Shopping items tab Linking to the database of grocery items The main purpose of the Shopping item tab is to link the ingredients to the database of grocery items The software attempts to link the ingredients automatically The ingredients it couldn t link are displayed in a pull down menu in red Click on the arrow to display the possible choices from the database To get another set of choices type an ingredient name in the field and click again on the arrow After establishing a new link the software will ask you if you want to add the ingredient name to the dictionary to establish the link automatically This way the
36. ronization click on the Sync button of the mini toolbar and follow the instructions To add cookbooks to the synchronization scheme open the synchronization options in the Sync dialog select the cookbooks you want to include and click on the Synchronize button Once you have synchronized the first computer you can synchronize another computer by clicking on the Sync button and inputting the same account information To remove all your data from the synchronization server open the synchronization options in the Sync menu desynchronize all the cookbooks supermarkets and shopping list You can then disable the synchronization for your computer in the Sync menu SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL The mini toolbar The mini toolbar is at the bottom left of the screen You can access there some useful functions from anywhere in the software clear the shopping list e create a cookbook sublist or supermarket e search the cookbooks for recipes e search for a recipe on internet e synchronize e open the preferences e open the help SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL The preferences eoe _ Preferences _ General Shopping List Recipes Scaling Menu Appearance Display font size Small O Medium Large Start preferences Tab displayed at start i Cookbooks Cookbook displayed at start main Mi Show the tip window at start M Show the calendar at start image Settings Maximum width in pixel min value 250 600 Maxi
37. rvings If the number of servings is undefined you can change the yield of the recipe The nutritional analysis is displayed at the bottom of the recipe In the Pro edition the food cost estimate is displayed in the recipe header To see the break down per ingredient of the nutritional and cost analysis display the Nutrition respectively Costing tab of the recipe Adding to the shopping list You add the ingredients of a recipe to the shopping list by clicking on the button of the toolbar The Shopping items tab of the recipe gives you more control on which ingredients you add to the shopping list You can also make automatic ingredient substitutions and deselect automatically the ingredients of your pantry with the Substitution and Pantry features You can select in the preferences which information you want displayed in the recipe Organizing the recipes A cookbook can be organized both in categories and in chapters A recipe can belong to several categories but only to one chapter When you display a cookbook in category mode you can select a category in toolbar to display the recipes belonging to it The recipes are displayed by alphabetical order This is the default view of the cookbooks In chapter mode only the recipes belonging to a chapter are displayed You can establish the chapters in the chapter editor Cookbooks menu The recipes can only belong to one chapter and will be displayed in the order you selected in the chap
38. sable the conversion of unit for the item altogether SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Supermarkets Menu and Pro editions only eee Suma File Edit Cookbook Recipes Costing Sync Window Help a es vy E E vw NS eat A a an sn Aisle Article DB item Brand Barcode Productid Size Selling Price Whole Ricen in talia nee VEGETA Apple Juice apple juice CAWSTON JU507 24X2 1363 M D ONLINE DATABASE CHI H MIL l B O eA Ao fj cameny cranberries FROBISHE JU212 24X2 1517 0 ds SHOPPINGLIst COFFEE Mango Juice FROBISHE JU215 24X2 17 62 S PASTA Shopping List iid ESN Apple amp Rhubarb CAWSTON JU444 6XIL 642 M hem Selector Orange Juice orange juice FROBISHE JU210 24X2 17 62 PATES amp DIPS CHIL SUBLISTS BREADS amp BREAD M Papaya Juice Drink SUNCREST JU545 12 X4L 11 21 iv Daily supplies HERB amp FRUIT INFU Pineapple Juice pineapple juice FROBISHE JU214 24x2 1762 F I MENUS HOUSEHOLD CLEA a BODYCARE Mulberry Super Jui MUL BE Ju078 12X3 919 nus BABY amp CHILD FOOD i Gf SUPERMARKETS OLSE FATS Passiontruit Juice D SUNCREST JUS46 12XiL 12 27 M Main Database BAGS BOXES AND Orange Banana M FROBISHE JU217 24X2 19 76 Suma HERBS amp SPICES P Pineapple Coconut SUNCREST JU547 12 X1L 8 84 wv BROWSE COLLECT anaes gerd ag Pineapple Banana FROBISHE JU216 24x2 19 76 Browse Collections ey Acai Juice Drink BERRY C JU316 12X3 141 4 WATERS Blueberry Juice Drink BERRY C Ju039 12X3 nsa PAES
39. ter editor Once all the recipes of a cookbook have been attributed to a chapter the cookbook will be displayed in chapter mode at opening You can switch between chapter and category mode in the Cookbooks menu Combining recipes Recipes are combined when you list a recipe as an ingredient in another recipe For the link to be successful the following condition must be fulfilled 1 The two recipes must belong to the same cookbook 2 The ingredient must be spelled exactly like the recipe name 3 Linking to the database of grocery items has priority over linking to recipes therefore there should not be an ingredient of same name in the database 4 The software must be able to determine which quantity of the recipe is required 5 Arecipe cannot link to another recipe that links to the first one i e there cannot be a loop A simple way to link two recipes is to list the linked recipe as 1 recipe followed by the recipe name for example 1 recipe Hollandaise sauce If you need a specific quantity of the linked recipe for example 1 cup Hollandaise sauce you need to specify the yield of the link recipe so that the recipe can be correctly scaled A linked recipe is underlined in the recipe When you click it it opens correctly scaled in a separate window Searching recipes To open the search tool click on the binoculars in the mini toolbar You can search by ingredients category recipe title or search the whole text of your
40. th drag amp drop The number of servings of your recipes is automatically adjusted to the number of servings of the menu If the number of servings of the menu or the number of servings of the recipe are undefined the recipe is not modified You can also change manually the number of servings of a recipe or scale it by clicking on the edit button The view and print buttons allow you to view respectively print the selected recipes The library You reach the menu library by clicking on the Library tab of the calendar You can store individual menus in the library To add or retrieve a menu from the library use the lib button below the menu table in the Calendar tab The menu manager You display the menu manager by clicking on the Menu manager button on the toolbar of the calendar or by selecting Menus in the column on the left First choose in the toolbar of the menu manager the number of days of menus you want to process You have the choice between a single menu a day of menus an arbitrary number of days up to 14 days a week or a month A month is for the current month of the calendar A week is for the current week starting on Sunday You can change the starting day of the week or the default number of days of the menu manager in the Preferences Click on the Add button to add the ingredients of the selected days of menus to the shopping list The Shopping items tab of the menu manager gives you precise control on which ingredi
41. tion Supermarkets are made of articles Articles are the actual product you buy for the given grocery item like Del Monte tomatoes whole peeled 10 Articles can include brand size price and aisle information There can be several articles per supermarket corresponding to the same grocery item Shopping lists are made of grocery items and articles Supermarkets are only available in the Menu and Pro editions SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL The database of grocery items Main Database File Edit Cookbook Recipes Costing Sync Window Help CS i LAS Find E cooxsooxs A main a Chicken 310 Aisle Main item Pref unit Cost quant Cost unit _ Ricene in italiano Asian food M A mik VOLUME 1 gallon ONLINE DATABASE Baby care Direct ne Baby feeding and n whole milk VOLUME 1 gallon te SHOPPING LIST Baby food low fat milk VOLUME 1 gallon Shopping List aaay fat free milk VOLUME 1 quar akin hem Selector Bath hair care goat s milk VOLUME 1 quart SUBLISTS Beer B chocolate flavored milk VOLUME 1 quart Daily supplies Beverages m strawberry flavored milk VOLUME 1 quart En MENUS Boxed dinners a Breakfast foods soy milk VOLUME 05 gallon ee Canned food chocolate ik VOLUME 05 llo a AET ate soy mi gallon WZ SUPERMARKETS Cereals amp beans i Main Database Cheese vanilla soy milk VOLUME 05 gallon Suma Cleaning supplies butter WEIGHT 16 oz BROWSE COLLECTI Coffee amp tea light butter WEIGHT 1 9 Br Coll Condiments amp oil
42. tuna canned oz sugar oz comstarch JA oz In the Shopping List tab of the Preferences you can enable the pantry and the list of substitutions The pantry The ingredients you keep in your pantry are not added by default to the shopping list when adding from a recipe or a menu Keep in the pantry a list of all the ingredients you have usually on hand To replenish your pantry with a click of the mouse it is practical to create also a corresponding sublist with the ingredients of your pantry The list of substitutions With the list of substitutions you can substitute automatically an ingredient for another Substitutions takes place when adding the ingredients of your recipes to the shopping list It will also affect the cost analysis of your recipes You can select in the Preferences to make the replacement in the recipe itself in which case it will change the nutritional analysis too You can use the substitution feature to group together ingredients that are equivalent for you for example butter and unsalted butter or to substitute another ingredient for health reason like substituting automatically a low fat alternative of the ingredients Editing the pantry and the substitution lists After enabling these functions in the preferences you can click on the edit button to modify them In the pantry and substitution editors click on the button to add a new ingredient Click on the empty ingredient field type the name of the
43. vents it from being added to the nutrition and cost calculation The different colors require different actions to fix the problem The color code is as follows Red Meaning The ingredient is not linked to a grocery item Action Click on the magic wand and link it to the database manually or add it Blue m The ingredient quantity is not specified or the software does not k how to convert the unit Action If the quantity is missing edit the recipe and input a quantity for the ingredient Otherwise click on the magic wand and input the necessary unit conversion information Green Nutrition tab the nutritional information is missing Costing tab the E information is missing Action Click on the magic wand to be taken to the nutritional information editor or to the cost information dialog to input the missing information SHOP NCOOK USER S MANUAL Pantry and substitutions ae Pantry Editor eis fh cen Pantry items are automatically deselected in the ingredient list of the recipes You can specity a threshold quantity from which the item remains selected Leave the quantity empty or set to O for unlimited Ingredient Quantity Unit salt 025 cup water 9 rice oz spaghetti oz tomatoes canned oz tomato sauce canned oz parmesan cheese 100 0 g dried thyme oz olive oil os vinegar oz balsamic vinegar oz soy sauce oz milk 10 e99 40 dried oregano oz pepper oz bread crumbs oz fiour oz bread fiour oz
44. w supermarket appears in the Supermarkets section of the navigation column The supermarket information window The supermarket information window opens when you create a new supermarket or when you click on the information button of the toolbar of the supermarket In the shopping list tab of the information window you can select how to sort the articles in the shopping list by aisles alphabetical order product ids etc You can also select which information you want to include in the shopping list like brand product size quantity price etc You can also include an overhead cost that is the cost to go to the supermarket or the cost to order from this supplier The overhead cost will be used to compute the best value for you shopping list In the ordering information tab you can specify an e mail address and default e mail message to send directly your orders to the supermarket or supplier The overhead cost price information and ordering information tabs are only included in the Pro edition Creating a supermarket to sort the shopping list by aisle In the simplest case you only want to create a supermarket to sort the shopping list by aisles In this case create a supermarket with all the items of the main database Edit the supermarket rename the category names with the aisle number Then sort the supermarket by aisles by clicking on the sort button of the toolbar The supermarket editor In the supermarket editor
45. you can e add and remove aisles or categories and articles e rename aisles and articles e change the order of the aisles and articles or sort them by alphabetical order e link the articles with the database of grocery items e look up an article by barcode You can also input the following information for the articles e brand e product id e size e selling unit e price Pro edition only e indicate if the article can only be bought in whole quantities or not Important note about the article size the selling unit and the price The article size gives the size of one unit of the product The selling unit must correspond to the article size For example the article size may be 6 x 500g and the selling unit may be pack In this case the shopping list will give the quantity to purchase in pack unit each pack corresponding to 6 x 500 g The price must correspond to one unit of the product i e 6 x 500 g or one pack When the selling unit is known by the software for example pound it is possible to omit the article size which would be 1 pound in this case Importing supplier s data Pro edition only You import suppliers data by selecting Import supermarket data in the File menu You can import data file in the following formats e tab delimited e comma separated values e semi colon separated values fixed width columns You can import the data in an existing supermarket and import it as a new supermarket
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