Hoorray! The New Social Cooking App

This is a sponsored conversation by the all new Hoorray app.  All opinions are my own... thanks for supporting the brands that support Shared Appetite!

There was a time in my life when all my friends had these things called smart phones and I was still using the old school classic Razr.  I didn't need it, I told myself.  I wouldn't use it, I self-rationalized.  I held out for a looooooong time.  But then I got one.  Holy jeebus where has this been all my life?!?!  

I created my profile (check out that good-looking dude in the photo) and uploaded my first 5 recipes.  They just so happen to be some of my favorites... and some of the most popular on Shared Appetite!

Creating a recipe is super easy... snap a photo of your finished dish, enter in all the info, and boom... you're done.  The Hoorray app makes it really easy... it took me just a couple minutes to input each recipe.  What I also love about this app is that you can add photos of each step of the cooking process.  This is super helpful when it's hard to put into words what a certain step should look like.

Legit.  Look at what the finished recipe looks like.  Super easy to read and a beautiful interface.  LOVE.

Here's a really cool feature.  You can keep track of what you want to make and then add the ingredients you don't have on hand to your shopping list!  It's as easy as looking at the recipe's ingredients, clicking on what you need to buy, and ta da... instant shopping list.

Making a recipe on Hoorray?  You can let all your friends know by sharing it on your What's Cookin timeline.  Two reasons why you'll want to do this step... first, to make all your friends jealous of the good eats you're about to be devouring.  Second, by all your friends sharing what they are cooking, it'll give you a little food inspiration to try it yourself.

On your What's Cookin' timeline, you can discover who's commenting and liking your recipes, as well as what all your friends are doing.  Maybe they are making some sweet-looking nachos.  Or they are baking a salted caramel apple pie (in which case you can conveniently invite yourself over to their house for dessert).

When you want to explore some new recipes or food collections (or meet some new awesome fellow lovers of food), you can use the search function!  Obviously, your first step should be to search for me so we can be Hoorray friends.  And then make sure to friend my buddy Matt from Real Food By Dad.

Let's recap.  An app dedicated to food.  Gather recipes from chefs, bloggers, and fellow food lovers.  Get inspired by food and connect with the recipe creator.  Make your shopping list.  Share what you've been cooking.  Welcome foodies... finally an app specifically for us!

To celebrate the release of the Hoorray app, they are offering one of Shared Appetite's readers this awesome giveaway for a $50 gift card to Willams Sonoma... woot!  All you need to do is download the Hoorray app on either the U.S. Apple and Google app store and create a profile!  Let me know you did it by leaving your username in the comments below.  And make sure to use the below giveaway widget to make your entry count!