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.

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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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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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.