Say Mmm Blog: Archive

Mobile Mmm...recipe ideas on your phone

Need a recipe idea? Just pull out your phone. Whether you are out at the grocery store, relaxing on the coach or just killing time somewhere, you can now search through tens of thousands of popular recipes from all over the web on Say Mmm. We recently added a new recipe discovery area on Say Mmm, and now have optimized the recipe search for mobile smart phones. You can just swipe the screen to go...

May 3rd

Developing for Evernote

A couple months ago Say Mmm launched an Evernote Integration, and we wanted to share a little bit about the experience of developing for Evernote. There were a number of reasons why we wanted to do an Evernote integration, and chief among them was the product fit. Evernote has a great platform for saving and viewing all types of content across multiple devices, and a lot of recipes are saved on...

Apr 10th

Amazon Grocery Offers

Did you know you can save on groceries on Amazon? And have items delivered to you for free? Amazon has a lot of good deals, but only for certain parts of your grocery list. The challenge is knowing which items to look for and comparing prices across items. Say Mmm makes finding deals on Amazon simple by doing the work for you. Just click on the “Amazon offers” link when viewing any of your...

Apr 6th

Creating meals from recipes

Say Mmm has several free online tools for making meal planning simple, and we have now extended some of these features to work with our new recipe search. You can group recipes into meals that can be easily saved or shared with friends on Facebook, Pinterest, or your favorite social network. Just use one of the share buttons or copy and paste the URL. Plus when you are ready to go shopping, you...

Apr 2nd

Discover great recipe ideas

Discovering and sharing new recipe ideas is now even easier on Say Mmm. Our new recipe search feature lets you search for ideas from some of the best recipes from all over the Internet. People have saved hundreds of thousands of recipes on Say Mmm and a good number of those are recipes on public websites. So we made it simple for anyone to discover and use some of the more popular recipes from...

Mar 31st

Fairy cakes or patty cakes?

Do you like fairy cakes? What’s a fairy cake? Before we get to that, see if you can answer this question… Which of the following is a common recipe ingredient? a) Tatties b) Rocket c) Swedes d) Chump If you answered all of the above you are right. Tatties are potatoes, rocket is arugula, swedes are rutabagas (as well as nice people), and chump is a cut of lamb or pork. What language...

Feb 9th

SEO for Recipes

We are happy to announce a new SEO for Recipes tool that bloggers can use to optimize recipe text for search engines using the hRecipe microformatting. There was a very interesting article in GigaOm by Kevin Fitchard about the idea that digital cookbooks should be more like digital music. Similar to how the standard of iTunes has revolutionalized digital music, the idea is that a standard media...

Jan 12th

WordPress Plugin - Recipes to Grocery Lists

Recently we added a Grocery Lists for Blogs feature, that bloggers could use to add organized grocery lists with nutritional estimates to recipes on any blog or website. Now for bloggers on WordPress, our new WordPress Recipes to Grocery Lists plugin makes it as simple as clicking a button to add a grocery list link or image anywhere in the recipe. When a reader clicks to view the grocery list, it...

Jan 7th

Say Mmm on Evernote

Good news for Evernote fans…now you can use Say Mmm to do more with recipes and grocery lists on Evernote. Millions of people use Evernote to remember and organize all sorts of information, and that includes lots of recipes and grocery lists. With our new API integration, people can use some of Say Mmm’s more popular features for creating and organizing grocery lists right on Evernote. It’s free...

Dec 28th

What makes a recipe healthy...or not?

When you are trying out a new recipe, it’s nice to know how healthy it is, and we recently released a feature to estimate nutritional info for any recipe. Just copy and paste the ingredients or the link to the recipe here to get a nutrition breakdown and an organized grocery list. Many larger recipe websites are nice enough to give you a the main nutritional values for their recipes, but...

Dec 6th

Combine grocery lists for recipes

We recently added a new public feature that will automatically create an organized grocery list with nutrition information for any recipe or recipe link, plus give a nutritional estimate. We have had a great response from our users and were thrilled to see it recommended by Real Simple as one of their picks of the week for ways to simplify your life. When making a grocery list its likely you’ll...

Dec 4th

Say Mmm a finalist at the Founder Showcase

We are happy to announce that Say Mmm was selected as a finalist in the upcoming Founder Showcase on Nov 8. The Founder Showcase is a quarterly start up pitch event that gathers top technology CEOs, investors, and early-stage companies in Silicon Valley for one action-packed night to network and help launch a promising start up to greatness. Michael Arrington, founder of Techcrunch, will be...

Nov 7th

Get nutritional information for any recipe

Curious how healthy a recipe is? Say Mmm has your answer. We are happy to announce a new feature, unique to Say Mmm, that will estimate nutritional information for any recipe. All you have to do is copy and paste the list of ingredients or the link to the online recipe. Say Mmm will not only show you nutritional and daily percentage estimates, but also visually display which ingredients...

Oct 20th

Automatic grocery lists for blogs

Food bloggers, what if you could just add a single button to your site that would convert any of your recipes into organized shopping lists? Wouldn’t that be a helpful feature for your readers? And if it were just a matter of copying and pasting some HTML text, with no installations or accounts to set up? Wouldn’t that be easy? Well…now you can do that. And it’s free. Say Mmm has a set...

Oct 12th

Automatically create grocery lists for online...

About a week ago, we added a new feature to automatically create grocery lists for recipes people enter in Say Mmm, an we are glad that a lot of people are enjoying how this works. Thanks again to everyone that sent us a message with feedback. We are also happy to announce that you can now just enter a link to any online recipe and have a grocery list created for that recipe. There are a few...

Oct 3rd

Automagic grocery lists for your recipes

Automagic grocery lists for your recipes How many carrots in a cup of chopped carrots? Or ounces in a cup of sour cream? One of the pains of grocery shopping is that recipes are designed for cooking, not shopping. They don’t sell items in cups or teaspoons in the store, so you usually have to spend time figuring out what you need in terms of weights or items. Wouldn’t it be better if that was...

Sep 22nd

One-click Meal Plan Gallery

Trying out new recipe ideas is fun, but it can be a pain to put together a plan and a list of everything you need. Now you can discover and use sets of recipes and meal ideas with all the planning work done for you on Say Mmm. You can browse through shared meal plans, and with just a click see all the recipes on one page and an organized grocery list on another page. Grocery lists are dynamic,...

Jun 28th

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Say Mmm graduates from the Founder Institute

We are happy to say that Say Mmm is now a graduate of the Founder Institute, having completed the intensive 4-month program this past week. The Founder Institute is both a set of educational sessions designed specifically for helping startups succeed, and also a global network of graduates and experienced mentors. My goal in entering the program was to evolve Say Mmm and define the next big...

Jun 18th

Full menu plans and grocery lists in a few clicks

Say Mmm makes it easy to organize meal and recipe ideas from anywhere in one place and easily use those ideas in meal plans and shopping lists. And now it’s even easier to use your favorite meal plans, because you can save the whole set of ideas as a plan. Then anytime you want to use the plan, just add a whole plan to your calendar with a few clicks, generate your shopping list, and you’re good...

Jun 6th

Grocery lists for Kraft recipes

Say Mmm makes it easy to save all your meal and recipe ideas from anywhere in one place and use them in meal plans and grocery lists. By adding grocery lists to ideas and recipes, you can save time and automatically generate a shopping list organized by area of the store with common pantry items separated out, and you can create a grocery lists from whole meal plans or by adding individual ideas...

Apr 27th

Published Grocery Lists

Say Mmm has easy ways for bloggers to add a published shopping list to a recipe so readers can just click to print out what they need to get at a store, organized by area of the store. Items from multiple recipes can easily be combined or put into a full meal plan of recipes, like this grocery list on Home Ec 101. Now we have added a way to create a published shopping list for any list, which...

Apr 17th

Japan Tsunami Relief

It has been a very sad week for Japan, with the terrible disasters and damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami followed by long, hard days of efforts to help survivors and of tense struggles with nuclear reactors. We have family in Japan, and luckily they are farther inland and were safe from the destruction along the coast. The silver lining of the tragedy has been in the perseverance of the...

Mar 19th

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Say Mmm on your phone

Check out the latest updates on the mobile site! It looks a lot better, and we have redone the navigation and look and feel of the pages to make the site cleaner and easier to use. The Say Mmm mobile site is designed for smart phone browsers to be simple and fast, and uses web-based technologies to make it work more dynamically and feel more like an app. It works well for iPhones (or iPad/iPod...

Feb 16th

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Sharing recipes with grocery lists publicly

Say Mmm makes it easy to save all your recipes and recipe links all in one place, and you can view them privately or share with select friends. With our publishing features, blogs and websites also create and manage a recipe index with grocery lists, so readers can easily find new ideas and just click to print the recipes or combine grocery items from multiple recipes into a single printable...

Feb 15th

Grocery shopping for a large family

We found this series about grocery shopping by a group of bloggers with larger families, and we thought it was pretty cool that they shared their perspectives and tips on grocery shopping. If you have a large family, you may already know of some of the extra challenges of planning to buy larger quantities of food, stretching the budget even more with smarter shopping, taking an entourage of kids...

Feb 10th

Click to add ideas to plans and grocery lists

We recently added some new integration to make it easier to add recipe and meal ideas directly to your meal plan and to shopping lists. In the plan area, now when you click to add an item, in addition to being able to type a few letters to bring up your meal ideas, there is also a “My Ideas” link that will bring up a window for viewing and adding any of your meals, recipes or restaurants. Just...

Feb 7th

Help Getting Organized

It’s nice to feel organized, but getting organized can seem like a hard or like an unattainable goal. One trick is to see organization as a process, and just get started in smaller ways, and before you know it you’ll develop habits that make staying organized easier. To help you get started, we have put together some helpful tools and tips on getting organized, and are excited to be working with...

Feb 3rd

Printable meal plan calendar

Say Mmm makes it easy to plan one or more meals a day in an online calendar you can see from any computer or a smart phone. Sometimes its also helpful to print out your meal plan and post it on the refrigerator for an easy reminder or for others to see. We have had a simple way to print out meals in a list view, and based on a number of requests we have added the ability to print out plans in...

Jan 26th

Free Online Recipe Features for Blogs

Over the past month we have added a number of improvements to the site, but with the holidays and just being busy haven’t had the chance to blog about them. With the new year we are starting fresh with this update on some of the new free features and improvements we have made for blogs and websites. Why tools for blogs? Say Mmm is about making planning and grocery shopping easier for people, and...

Jan 5th

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Grocery Lists for Recipes and Meal Plans on Home...

We like to make things simple for people, and we are happy to be working with Home Ec 101 on making meal planning even simpler for their readers and our users. Say Mmm has free planning and grocery shopping tools, and Home Ec 101 has a lot of great recipes that are healthy and easy to make. By combining these two, we are making it easier for Home Ec 101 readers to just click to get a grocery...

Dec 8th

Weekly Recipes and Grocery Lists

Salted Caramel Pumpkin Pie - A classic pumpkin pie with a little bit of a twist from Baking Bites. Recipe Grocery list Bacon and Onion Pan Fried Potatoes - A nice Thanksgiving side dish that is simple to make from Picky Palate. Recipe Grocery list Oreo Turkeys - A cute little treat that makes a great Thanksgiving decoration from Our Best Bites. Recipe Grocery list Andouille Sausage Dressing...

Nov 23rd

Grocery Shopping Tip - The Cost of Convenience

The lure of convenience calls to every working family. None of us have enough time so we reach for little bags of cookies, or big bags of burgers. But what is this costing us? We don’t have enough time to prepare, so we spend money on convenience, so we have to work more to make the extra money, so we have less time to prepare, so we spend more money … do you see where I’m going with this? Who...

Nov 16th

Weekly Recipes and Grocery Lists

Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole - Some good comfort food with lots of veggies and a tasty cheese sauce from What Megan’s Making. Recipe Grocery list Soft Polenta with Grilled Vegetables - A vegetarian dish flavored by a few simple ingredients from Picky Cook. Recipe Grocery list Twice Baked Acorn Squash - A great way to prepare acorn squash from Made by Francis. Recipe Grocery list ...

Nov 15th

Weekly Recipes and Grocery Lists

Creamy Coconut & Butternut Squash Soup with Sugared Pistachios - The pistachio garnish gives a nice sweetness to this gently flavored soup from Running with Tweezers. Recipe Grocery list Pork Rouladen - A traditional German dish with bacon, onions, and a pickle wrapped in pork from Mommie Cooks. Recipe Grocery list Beef With Snow Peas - A simple stir fry that can be adapted different ways...

Nov 7th

Grocery Shopping Tip - Saving Money

Raise your hand if you have ever walked into a grocery store and spent the next hour trying to remember what it was you went in there for in the first place. (Did you really raise your hand? If so, good for you!) Don’t worry, you’re not alone. It’s hard enough to shop in the limited time we have. Adding in children and other distractions while trying to focus on what we need, plus making sure we...

Nov 4th

Weekly Recipes and Grocery Lists

Butter Poached Lobster with Fresh Tomatoes - A nice recipe from Steamy Kitchen to bring out the flavor and delicate texture of lobster with a few simple ingredients. Recipe Grocery list Mini Apple Walnut Tarts - An elegant little dessert that is easy to make and easy to pop in your mouth from the Wicked Noodle. Recipe Grocery list Shrunken Apple Heads - Add some Halloween fun to your favorite...

Oct 31st

Creating grocery lists is even easier with...

Say Mmm’s free online grocery lists have several smart features to help take the work out of creating shopping lists. You can click to add popular items or items you get frequently, automatically add all the items you need for a recipe or the meals you have planned, have your list organized by store and area of the store, and more. Today we are also adding a new Checklist feature to our premium...

Oct 29th

Grocery Shopping Tip - Grocery Coupons

Forget Diamonds! Coupons are a Girl’s Best Friend! Does clipping coupons really save money? Many will answer with a resounding “Yes” while many will shout “No!” When you do it right, coupons will absolutely save you money. I am no coupon queen, but I typically save about $10 a week on my grocery bill. I don’t spend hours scanning coupon flyers from the Sunday paper. While I do clip a few coupons...

Oct 27th

Weekly Recipes and Grocery Lists

Here are a few of the recipes on food blogs we liked this week, and printable grocery lists for the recipes. Cottage Cheese Pancakes - Cottage cheese adds protein and more nutrition to these pancakes from Weelicious. Recipe Grocery list Fish Tacos with Strawberry-Cucumber Salsa - The sweet and cool salsa goes nicely with the fish in this recipe from Perry’s Plate. Recipe Grocery list ...

Oct 24th

Grocery lists done for you for free

Our premium Say Mmm Plus service had a feature for automatically adding all the grocery items needed for meals and recipes to shopping lists, and we have decided to make part of the free Say Mmm service. We have gotten some good feedback on this feature and how helpful it has been to some of our users. Here is one of our favorite comments we have heard related to this feature: “I make tuna...

Oct 22nd

Grocery Shopping Tip - Stockpiling Secrets

Stockpiling. Does the word bring to mind piles upon piles of cans and jerky and maybe even some Spam while air raids are going off? No? Well, good. That’s not what I meant. A stockpile is simply a supply of something stored for future use. How does that help you save money at the grocery store? Consider this scenario. It’s late and you are tired. Supper still needs to be placed on the...

Oct 20th

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Weekly Recipes and Grocery Lists

Here are a few of the recipes on food blogs we liked this week, and printable grocery lists for the recipes. Chipotle Cheddar Corn Bread - A savory cornbread that goes well with honey from LunaCafe. Recipe Grocery list Crispy Tilapia Fingers with Lemon & Garlic Mayonnaise - Transform tilapia into something more sensational and kid-friendly with this recipe from Once Upon a Chef. Recipe...

Oct 17th

New Features - Track calories and costs for meals

Say Mmm has a free online meal planning calendar that helps people stay organized and view their plans by day, week, and month. And we just added a few new features to this calendar as part of Say Mmm Plus for people that like to track the calories or the cost of their meals. There are other calorie tracking sites that require people to select each part of a meal from a database of food items,...

Oct 14th

Weekly Recipes and Grocery Lists

Here are a few of the recipes on food blogs we liked this week, and printable grocery lists for the recipes. Shirley Temple Cupcakes - If you like the drink, try these cupcakes from Katie at the Kitchen Door. Recipe Grocery list Un-Baked Apples - A fun way to enjoy baked apple flavors without the baking from Big Red Kitchen. Recipe Grocery list Spaghetti and Cheese Nests - A cute way to...

Oct 10th

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Easily Plan All Your Meals Online

On Say Mmm, we strive to make the best meal planning tools, and to do so we believe it is important to make the site as intuitive and simple to use as possible. People already have enough complicated things in their lives and never enough time, and our aim is to help save time with more efficient ways to plan. In planning meals, the biggest challenge for most moms is dinner time, so that is where...

Oct 8th

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Grocery Lists for Bloggers

There are a lot of great recipes online, and the unique pictures, stories, and comments connected with them give each recipe and blog its own style and flavor. It’s fun to discover new food ideas and try out new recipes. What’s less fun is going grocery shopping for the things you need and making sure you don’t forget anything. Wouldn’t it be nice if that new recipe you wanted to try had an...

Oct 5th

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Printable Grocery Lists - New Features

Based on some things we have heard from users, we have added some new features to make the Say Mmm printable grocery lists even better. Show the meal plan – When you auto-create a grocery list from your meal planning calendar, you can now show the related meals and dates at the bottom of the shopping list o help remember why you may need a particular item when in the store. Two column list -...

Oct 4th

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New features - Easily track grocery prices

The prices for most grocery items are constantly changing, and you can save a lot of money by learning a little about when and where to get the best grocery prices. Price notebooks can help with this, and to make price tracking even easier, we have added several new grocery list features to Say Mmm Plus. Easily estimate and track budgets You can now track the prices for items in your grocery...

Sep 28th

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Grocery Shopping Tip - When to Shop

Shopping is a science. There are many things to keep in mind while shopping, to cut down on the amount of time needed to complete a successful foray, without spending Junior’s college fund on the three bags of groceries you put in the trunk. First and foremost, I’m sure your mother told you time and time again (at least mine did): never shop hungry. Shopping hungry sets you up for impulse buys. ...

Sep 20th

Grocery List Tip - Store Layout

The grocery store is such an oasis of good smells, yummy foods, and tantalizing treats. It’s amazing what one can find in the aisles of her local food market. There is everything from apples to carrots, cookies to cakes, chicken to milk and so much more. So what is the best way to navigate a grocery store in order to stay within budget? Grocery stores have a strategy in how their wares are placed...

Sep 15th