Guide · Cooking
Keep your place while you cook.
Read one step at a time, keep the screen awake, and move forward with a tap.
Start with a saved recipe and follow the instructions one step at a time. Ingredient amounts stay in the steps, the screen stays awake and a tap takes you forward.
Step by step
5 steps · 1 min
- 01
Open your recipe
Choose the recipe you want to cook. Adjust its servings first if needed, and review any estimated or incomplete quantities.
- 02
Tap Cook now
Open cooking mode from the recipe screen. It shows the current instruction with ingredient amounts where they are referenced.
- 03
Tap to move forward
Tap the instruction area to advance. Swipe right to go back to an earlier step when you need to check something.
- 04
Open ingredients or Ask
Use Ingredients to review the ingredient list. Use Ask to open the cooking assistant with the recipe as context, then return to cooking.
- 05
Finish or leave the session
The screen stays awake while cooking mode is active. Finish the steps or use the close control when you are done.
Pro tips
Small details that help.
- Tap the instruction area to advance, or swipe right when you want to check the previous step.
- Check the ingredient amounts after changing servings before you begin.
- For long instructions, scroll within the step rather than skipping past the part you need.
How FOODIE: Recipe Saver helps
The recipe, its ingredient amounts and the cooking assistant stay close together, so you can follow the method without switching between a video, notes and a browser.
FOODIE: Recipe Saver
Try it in Foodie.
Free to download. Premium $4.17/month annually. Start with a recipe you want to cook.
Try Foodie for freeCommon questions
Frequently asked.
4 answers to the things people ask us most. Tap any question to expand.
Is cooking mode completely hands-free?
No. You navigate with taps and swipes. It reduces scrolling and keeps the screen awake while the mode is active.
How do I go back a step?
Swipe right to return to the previous step.
Can I see the full ingredient list?
Yes. Use Ingredients from cooking mode.
Can I ask a question without closing the recipe?
Yes. Ask opens the cooking assistant with the current recipe context.
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