Guide · Organizing
Give your recipe collection a little order.
Use cookbooks, favorites, search and pinning to keep the recipes you reach for close at hand.

You do not need a complicated filing system. Start with a few recipes you already cook, give them useful homes and make the most-used ones easy to find.
Step by step
5 steps · 5 min
- 01
Bring a few recipes into Foodie
Use Save to Foodie from a sharing menu, or add a recipe from a link, text or photo in the app. Start with a small set of dishes you cook often.
- 02
Create a cookbook
In My Recipes, switch to Cookbooks and create a collection around a useful theme: weeknight dinners, family favorites or dishes you want to try.
- 03
Add a recipe to a cookbook
Open a recipe’s options and choose Add to Book. Select the cookbook you want; use the cookbook controls to manage its contents later.
- 04
Keep favorites easy to find
Favorite recipes you return to. Pin a recipe you want close at hand, and use search when you remember the dish but not its cookbook.
- 05
Edit the version you actually cook
Use Edit Recipe to update ingredients and instructions. Make a Copy if you want to keep a separate version without replacing the original.
Pro tips
Small details that help.
- A small number of useful cookbooks is easier to maintain than a collection of overlapping categories.
- Use favorites for repeat meals and cookbooks for themes.
- Premium can export a saved recipe as a PDF when you need a separate copy.
How FOODIE: Recipe Saver helps
Recipes from different sources share one library and a consistent reader. Cookbooks, search, favorites and pinning help you find what you want without rebuilding a database.
FOODIE: Recipe Saver
Try it in Foodie.
Free to download. Premium $4.17/month annually. Start with a recipe you want to cook.
Common questions
Frequently asked.
4 answers to the things people ask us most. Tap any question to expand.
Can a recipe be added to a cookbook from its screen?
Yes. Open its options and use Add to Book.
Can I keep an original and an adapted recipe?
Use Make a Copy when you want a separate version, then edit the copy.
Can I automatically import everything from another app?
Add recipes from accessible links, text and photos. For now, bring over the recipes you want to keep individually.
Do I need tags for every recipe?
No. Start with cookbooks, favorites and search, and keep the organization as simple as you find useful.