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SuperCook is a recipe search engine that helps you make a meal (or snack/dessert) out of what you have on hand in your kitchen. First of all, it works. Second of all, it helps you input items into your virtual kitchen which is also a big plus. Most of the recipe suggestion sites I’ve tried out give me results that still require me to make a trip to the store. SuperCook gave me hundreds of recipes that I could make with only what I entered into my virtual kitchen – and believe me, it’s not a lot. Every time you add or remove an item, your recipe list automatically updates with new results. When you click on a recipe, you’re brought to the where it originated but you can save all of the recipes to your SuperCook account. Time to go make some peanut butter, banana, chocolate chip cookies. Here’s my screencast tour of SuperCook:

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Instapaper is a bookmarking site that does absolutely nothing else.  Seriously.  That’s why it’s so awesome.  From sign up to posting to your Instapaper account, it’s completely effortless.  Now, I really want to talk about the sign up process.  I have to sign up for numerous services every day in order to see if I’d like to cover them on DemoGirl.  Sometimes the hoops I have to jump through are just plain ridiculous.  In fact, if there are too many hoops, I’ll just skip it.  In order to sign up for Instapaper all you need to do is enter whatever text you want into a little box.  That’s it.  You can use a username, an email, a curse word, whatever your little heart desires.  You’re automatically logged into your account after that.  You can then add a password, but it’s not required.  AMAZING!  I decide how much privacy I need.  Ok, now onto what Instapaper does:

Let’s say you’re working but you come across a great article that you want to read later.  Just click on the Instapaper bookmarklet in your browser toolbar and go about your business.  You don’t have to type anything in, save it to a specific folder, add tags, send it to friends, blah, blah, blah.  It’s automatically saved to your Instapaper account where you can read it later, delete it, or skip it.  There are no adds on the site, flashy colors, or anything else to distract you from what you want to read later.  It’s simply straightforward and wonderful.  Here’s my screencast tour of Instapaper:

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[via TechCrunch]