5 top-rated cooking apps for Thanksgiving (and beyond)

Although finding new recipe ideas and inspiration online is nothing new, there are many excellent cooking apps to make preparing one of the most important dinners of the year a little less intimidating. Here are some of the top-rated apps by foodies:

Chow Thanksgiving Dinner Coach: For first-time holiday hosts, this app is a must. The free app walks cooks through the preparation of each step of all holiday staples—from the stuffing to the mashed potatoes, turkey to the pumpkin pie.

AllRecipes Dinner Spinner: Looking for new holiday recipe ideas? The Dinner Spinner has your back. The app enables chefs to not only search for recipes by keyword, but also to select the type of dish you want to make (breakfast, appetizer, cookies, etc.), a main ingredient (turkey, ham, pasta, etc.), and how much time you have to prepare it. The spinner then shows you all of the recipes in its database that matches your criteria.