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How to organize recipes on iPhone (the clean way).

Apple Notes was a band-aid. Notion was a project. There's a simpler, better way.

FBy FOODIE TeamUpdated May 7, 20261 min read

Quick answer15 min · 5 steps · Free

Apple Notes was a band-aid. Notion was a project. There's a simpler, better way.

Most home cooks accumulate recipes across 4-6 places: Apple Notes, screenshots, Instagram bookmarks, browser bookmarks, Notion, sometimes a paper notebook. The problem isn't the recipes — it's the fragmentation.

Step by step

5 steps · 15 minutes.

1
Pick one home for recipes.
Decide FOODIE is your one place. Anything outside FOODIE is temporary holding.
2
Bulk-import existing recipes.
Paste URLs, share-sheet from Instagram/TikTok, snap photos of cookbook pages, or dictate handwritten recipes. FOODIE's AI structures each one.
3
Create cookbooks.
Group recipes by context, not category. Examples that work: "Weeknight dinners," "Show off," "Quick lunches," "Mom's," "To try."
4
Use favorites lightly.
Star only the recipes you actually cook again. Keep favorites tight — under 30 — so it stays useful.
5
Search > organize.
FOODIE's search is fast. You don't need perfect tags — just enough cookbooks to browse mentally.

Pro tips

From people who do this every week.

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Don't over-tag. 3-5 cookbooks is plenty for most people.
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Treat "To try" as a queue — clear it monthly.
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Photos of cookbook pages count too — FOODIE scans and structures them.

Why FOODIE for this

Made for exactly this workflow.

Notion is flexible but not built for cooking — no cooking mode, no servings rescaling, no smart shopping list. Apple Notes is fast but unstructured. FOODIE is fast AND structured.

Try it for yourself