Serving Sizer™ is a recipe ingredient conversion tool.  The program translates favorite recipes into desired serving sizes.  It can convert recipe ingredients to alternative serving sizes and proportions.   This cooking calculator includes quick click buttons for common recipe conversions such as halve, double and triple.  Serving Sizer is also a great tool for converting US weights and measures (cups, pints, lbs, etc...) to and from Metric system equivalents (ml, grams, etc...).

You can even convert European-based recipes into US format!

Cooking has become mainstream with the advent of cooking channels, online sources, clubs, and celebrity chefs.  Average people often find themselves wanting to make the latest recipe seen on TV or online, but for a different number of guests. Now any recipe can be translated to meet specific needs with Serving Sizer(TM).

The software can convert from a favorite celebrity chef's recipe that serves eight, to one that serves a dinner party of five. This tool is useful as well for caterers. A caterer can upsize his favorite family recipe for use with a large crowd. Sure, the math for converting from eight to 80 is easy, but what about eight to 100? Serving Sizer will proportion each ingredient to individual needs. Perhaps the cookbook contains a great recipe that serves six, but the need is for a romantic dinner for two. Convert the recipe to a two person meal with Serving Sizer. Serving Sizer can also translate recipes from other countries into local weights and measures. All this can be accomplished with a few convenient quick clicks on your Palm PDA.

How it works: Enter each ingredient, the recipe's servings, and then the desired number. The program converts the measurement, automatically optimizing to the minimum number of steps, such as one cup and one tablespoon, instead of 17 tablespoons. The units are shown in both metric or US weights and measures, which is easily changed in preferences. Double, triple, and halve buttons make it convenient to convert to these common recipe conversions.

disclaimer:  This program is for conversion only. Cooking disasters are the responsibility of the cook!

excerpt from Handheld Computing magazine, by Harv Laser, Palm Editor

March 2006  "Do you do a lot of cooking for different sized groups of people?  Here's an easy, logical, recipe ingredient conversion tool...Not only can you quickly reduce a four serving recipe to dinner for two, but also can use recipes from other countries easily and accurately.  The simple program is ideal for caterers who want to expand a smaller recipe to serving sizes for large crowds.  Pop-up lists make ingredient measurements a snap and the 5-way navigation support makes it easier to use without a stylus.  Anyone who cooks will enjoy the convenience of this useful little calculator."

You can read the full review in the March 2006 issue
of Handheld Computing magazine, along
with reviews of all Creative Algorithms' software.