Do you have flair with flambé? Do you possess pizzazz with pastry? Do you kick-it in the kitchen?

Well then perhaps you have hopes of becoming a chef.  The following five cooking apps will help aspiring chefs take the guesswork out of cooking, hone their culinary skills, discover new recipes, and learn new food preparation tricks, and even help you create your own custom cook book. These are available for iPhone and Android phones.

Here are the top apps for aspiring chefs…

1. Ratio ($4.99 – for iPhone)

Based on the scrumptious best-seller of the same name by Michael Ruhlman, Ratio is an app that teaches the relationships of cooking.  For example, what ingredients make up the foundation for common recipes—such as meat preparation, batter, dough for breads, sauces, casseroles, and desserts.  So if you’re an aspiring chef, Ratio is your kitchen 101, an invaluable tool for cooking food and a long-term reference on your road to becoming a culinary expert.

2.  How to Cook Everything ($4.99 – for iPhone)

Another app based on a best-selling cooking book, How to Cook Everything, was created by culinary genius Mark Bittman, and provides cooking techniques, kitchen tips, meal planning, and over 2,000 recipes accompanied by 400 illustrations. This app organizes its database of recipes into intuitive categories for browsing or searching. It also provides users with grocery lists to help you be prepared before you even put your chef’s hat on.

3. Epicurious (Free – for Android)

The Epicurious app, like the website, contains a database of over 30,000 recipes care of renowned cookbooks, magazines, and even professional chefs. Obviously this app provides a massive cooking resource—filled with delicious recipes from cookbooks, full shopping lists of all ingredients, and favorites bookmarking tool to create your own online recipe box. Did I mention the recipes you’ll find come from the pages of renowned cookbooks, magazines, and professional chefs around the world?

4. Chef ($2.99 – for iPhone)

Chef is much more than your standard recipe app. This app lets aspiring chefs create their own mobile cookbook. Just browse the database of over 13,000 recipes or submit your own delectable dishes at ChefsLittleHelper.com. All of your saved favorites will sync up to your mobile device, presented in your personal recipe collection. So when you need to access the recipe for “Grandma’s Famous Cabbage Rolls” for that pot luck event—it’s right there at your fingertips.

5.  Kitchen Calculator PRO ($3.99 – for iPhone)

Do you struggle with measurements when it comes to doubling recipes to feed a larger group of diners or cutting large servings down to feed just one? I certainly do! And the Kitchen Calculator PRO app helps even seasoned chefs quickly convert the toughest measurements in a pinch. Use the user-friendly interface to plug in your measurement as it appears in the recipe, and presto, the app will do the rest of the kitchen math for you.

Bio: Jane Johnson is a writer for GoingCellular, a popular site that provides cell phone related news, commentary, reviews on popular service providers and phones like the T-Mobile Android Samsung phone range.

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Once you have cooked my chicken chili recipe let it simmer low and slow, stirring occasionally, so all the flavors meld and the chicken and beans grab onto the savory mix of spices and seasonings.

It fills me with joy to share the different things I’m whipping up in my kitchen. Besides the article here, I’m also growing my online presence and passion for cooking and foodies over at FoodLoversWebsite. I encourage you to check it out, give me a shout if you are interested in getting together for an interview or if you would like to be a guest author.

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I’ve had this wonderful chicken recipe dozens of different ways. Sometimes I make my own dumplings from scratch. Of course, I am usually trying to impress someone when I go to that extra effort.  But no matter it is delicious. And unnecessary. There are so many delightful ways to make dumplings, you should experiment with different techniques, One of the nicest and easiest ways is to make biscuits and drop it into the boiling chicken liquid.

Here is a variation on a great crock pot recipe. This is the quick , down and dirty method where you don’t even have to make the dumplings from scratch and you’ll never know the difference. Just don’t tell them.  Chicken and Dumplings can be on your dinner table tonight. Bon Appetit!

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Grilled Chicken Fillets with Lemon Rosemary Sauce

INGREDIENTS:

2/3 cup mayonnaise

zest of 1/2 lemon

1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary

1 large garlic clove, crushed or grated

One package of chicken fillets, pounded thin (or as many as you need)

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Prepare sauce:  Whisk together the first 5 ingredients and set aside.

Prepare chicken:  Place chicken fillets between heavy plastic wrap or inside a plastic food bag.  Lightly pound with the flat side of a meat mallet or the bottom of a small cast iron pan, pounding lightly and working your way from the center to the edge until chicken fillet is even thickness.  Salt and pepper each fillet, both sides.

Lightly oil grill grate or rack and set grill temperature to medium. These chicken fillets will cook very quickly, be sure to plan to stay with them while cooking.

When grill is up to temperature, arrange the chicken on the grill and bring the sauce out.

Cook for about 3 to 4 minutes or until you have nice grill marks on the chicken.

Flip and brush the cooked side with sauce, leaving the chicken on the grill for about 3 or 4 minutes more.

Flip and again brush the top with sauce and leave the chicken on the grill this time for about 1 or 2 minutes more. Chicken should feel firm when squeezed with tongs. It is actually better and I recommend that you use a meat thermometer, and cook to an internal temperature for chicken of 165 degrees.

Remove from grill and let sit for 3 or 4 minutes before serving.

This chicken fillet recipe is delicious, simple and quick to prepare. Serve with your favorite sides and Enjoy!

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I love to cook chicken. And a chicken fillet recipe is only the tip of the iceberg. I am very fussy about my chicken recipes.   I know how to cook chicken, I really do. I can cook it dozens of ways, baked, fried, stewed, crock pot, roasted even boiled. Chicken is one of the most versatile ingredients on the planet. But like I said, I am really fussy about it. I don’t want it even a tiny bit under done. And I like flavor, not just cooked so it’s not raw. I want it to be sensational.

I thought since I love cooking and cooking with chicken is a favorite, then maybe I could share my recipesor recipes I find from others and create an atmosphere of great cooks sharing

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I don’t consider myself a chef by any stretch of the imagination. I grew up in the south (Missouri) and my mom was a great cook. Talk about flavor… she had it all. I learned a lot of my cooking from her.  And I don’t want you to think this is only going to be a blog about chicken recipes.  No I sure know how to cook a lot more than that. I just had to get started somewhere, and the most versatile ingredient on the planet seemed just right.

So that is what I am doing with this blog. I am going to share my chicken fillet recipes and all my other chicken recipes, and even my other dinner recipes with you. I can show you how to cook chicken and make it taste great. And you’ll have fun doing it. And while we are at it, we can even fry up a burger. So let’s get started.

Be sure to introduce yourself if you like a recipe or share one of your own.

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