Cooksrecipes.com gives budget and health conscious cooks access to a variety of recipes, complete with ingredients and cooking instructions. It also has kitchen tips and food related articles.

The website has recipes arranged in easy to reference categories that run down the left side of the landing page. Users can select the category they are interested in and then explore to see the different recipes that fall into that category. There are also links to cooking articles, cookbook reviews, and a cooking dictionary that are accessible from the top of the page.

Cooksrecipes.com also has “clever cooking tips” that are displayed on the upper right corner of the web page. It is also easy to share this website with like-minded surfers using the share tool on the top of the main page. Links to informative cooking and wellness articles are also shown on the lower portion of the web page.

Overall the page was very usable. Featured recipes and recipes that are relevant to the time of year are also shown on the landing page. Especially welcome was the metric to imperial conversion tools on the site. Ads were well placed and did not interfere with the experience.

While there is no community or forum, it is a well designed site. Those who cook regularly and the health conscious will find it useful. More info is available at cooksrecipes.com.