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Several of you asked for resources on the dairy post– I’ll work on pulling those together for you, but in the meantime, a frivolous Friday post:
I know iPhone’s are the gold standard, yet somehow I still chose an Android phone when I finally hopped on the smartphone wagon. I might be reconsidering that choice now that I’m on my third Rezound in 3 months. I just don’t know how all you iPhone-users get along without Flash. Anyways, since I’ve become an expert in starting from scratch when it comes to apps, I thought I’d share a few of my favorite Android apps with you- specifically the photo apps I use since I always get questions about them on Instagram {I’m sideofsneakers, btw}.
My favorite free photo apps for Android:
Photo Grid is my favorite collage-making app. Sometimes just one feed. Photo Grid lets you make a collection of pictures, choose your layout, your background you want.
The best text-on-photo app I’ve found for Android. I think the iPhone version lets you make a solid background behind the text which would be an awesome feature, but I still love it nonetheless. You can choose a variety of fonts, change the size, color, shadow, etc. Again, you can share it right from the app.
My favorite feature of this photo editing app is the crop function. If you’re going to be using a photo for Instagram, it needs to be a square. It’s helpful to already have the picture cropped before you add any effects, borders, or text. Pixlr Express easily lets you do this. I also love the photo correction features, like brightening, contrast, color correction, etc. The overlays, effects, and borders are fun too.
This is my go-to for fine tuning photo correction- you can choose an adjustment and select how much or little effect you want by sliding your finger. This one crops too, and has a great center-focus feature.
The big brother to Pixlr Express. This app has lots of fun effects, but finding the one you want to use takes a little longer than the express version.
More fun effects & overlays, because you can never have too many. 
I would use this one more if it had a built in crop feature, but it is fun to layer different effects and see what you come with.
This isn’t so much a photo app as a social media-esque app: it’s a super simple photo sharing app. I use it to share pictures with my mom and the husband when he’s out of town. I can just click share from the picture on my phone and it uploads to a gallery they can see. Much easier than emailing attachments or sending a billion texts.
After my first phone died I quickly learned backing up my photos automatically was key- enter Dropbox. I already use this on my computer for work, so it was easy to add the app to my phone and have it automatically upload my pictures.
Any favorites to add to the list?
Apps
Sad, right? That I can even make a statement like that. That I wouldn’t shop without apps. Who thought this behind-the-technology-curve girl who hasn’t even owned a smartphone for a year would say that?
But once you have the convenience in your hand, it’s hard to ignore. Our lives only seem to get busier and more hectic, and somehow having so many resources in the palm of my hand seems to help my sleep-deprived, scattered brain keep it together, if only just a little bit.
{This is a follow-up post to my Freshpedition post, in which 2 guys venture across the country showing how technology can bring fresh food to surprising places.}
1. Catch
{iPhone; Android; free}
Catch is an on-the-go bookmarking app. You can use it from your phone or computer, meaning everything is all synced up no matter where you are. I use this for a lot of things, but most often for recipes or meal ideas. As I’m reading blogs, news, or searching for recipes online, I “Catch” things I want to remember. Then I can easily open the app when I’m making my grocery list or while I’m at the grocery store to see what exactly it was I was thinking about making and what I need to make it.
I’m pretty sure it’s like Evernote, but I could just never get on board with that one, I’m not sure why.
2. Cozi
{iPhone; Android; free}
Cozi is best known as a shared family calendar. That’s a great feature, but I use it instead for it’s list-making abilities. From to-do lists to shopping lists, it’s nice to have it all in one place. As we run out of things or I think of something I want to eat, I add it to the shopping list. When I’m at the grocery store I never have to worry about forgetting to copy down the grocery list from the board in the kitchen or trying to remember what we have or don’t have. You can also store recipes in a recipe box and drag and drop meal ideas into a calendar for the week so you never have to wonder what’s for dinner.
3. Dirty Dozen
{iPhone; Android; free}
I’ve never been much of an organic food buyer. I know, I know. But now that I’m feeding a precious life with a brain new digestive system, I’ve been paying more and more attention to organic foods and pesticides. Even though all organic would be the best scenario, there’s no getting around the fact that organic foods cost more and there’s just not room in the budget for that. Enter the “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean 15”: the 12 most pesticide-contaminated produce items and the 15 least contaminated items. Even though there’s only 12 on the dirty list, I can rarely remember more than one or two. Pulling up this app makes it easy for me to make a decision while wondering among the fruits and veggies at the store.
What apps do you use to make your grocery shopping/meal planning experience easier? How does technology play a role in healthy living or eating for you?
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