BigOven

I just learned about software that could prove useful to any cook and/or Weight Watcher. I read at Lockergnome.com:

Generate grocery lists and meal plans. Swap recipes online. Much more!

Get integrated access to more than 150,000 recipes, find out the nutritional content of your favorite recipes, and manage your shopping list with ease! BigOven recipe software is an easy new way for you to discover great recipes, create grocery lists and meal calendars quickly, organize your collection, and share your favorite recipes with friends and family.

BigOven starts you off with over four thousand recipes organized into six initial recipe boxes, but you're not limited there. Build up your own personalized recipe collection simply by clicking on the recipes you want from the archive!

BigOven recipe software makes cooking easier
Get all your favorite recipes into BigOven easily, and never again struggle with what to make tonight. Get your own favorite recipe rotation into the program, and they'll become instant memory joggers for meal planning. And your grocery lists will never take more than a few seconds to create. You can enter your own family favorites, or search our massive collection to find new recipes you'd like to make: by ingredient, title, cuisine, occasion, course, keywords, who in your household likes what... you name it. Import from any of the popular recipe file formats - MasterCook, Cook'n, MealMaster, and more. Capture and organize any new recipes you find on the Web with a few clicks of the mouse. With BigOven, you always have a ready answer to the question "What should we eat tonight?"

Create shopping lists, meal plans. Once you've chosen the recipes, just drag and drop them onto a shopping list, and get a sorted grocery list instantly (sample). Or drag recipes onto a meal calendar, and plan days, weeks, months... even years in advance. Resize any recipe instantly, and let BigOven do the math. Get calories and carbs for any recipe. Share recipes with others via email. Post new recipes to our archive and get ratings from others. And much more.

Carry recipes and shopping lists with you to the store or kitchen. Optional companions for PalmOS and Windows Mobile let you quickly publish recipes and shopping lists to your PDA! Print out 3x5" or 4x6" recipe cards quickly.

Get your meal-planning routine organized. By planning ahead, you get in control of your food budget, food variety, and nutritional intake. BigOven saves you considerable time and money at the grocery store, by helping you plan ahead.

If you cook, and you have a Windows PC, you should give BigOven for Windows a try. See why 15 straight independent software reviews have awarded BigOven 5/5 stars!

The software is free for use for 30 days for you to try.

Now, my 2 cents:

I have downloaded (and registered) the program. It is relatively easy to navigate; just look around at every menu.

1. It comes preloaded with a selection of WW--type recipes with points calculated.
2. One can add his own recipe and use the nutritional analysis to determine point values.
3. One can "capture" recipes from the web easily directly into the program.

And, for those not interested in downloading software, go to BigOven. Click on the link "Find a Recipe." In the search box, enter any ingredient or "weight watchers." The site will provide you with a list of available recipes already on their site for your use.

download free trial of BigOven software