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How to save a recipe from the web so you never lose it again

A recipe from a food blog, a TikTok video, an Instagram reel, and a week later you can’t remember where you saw it. In MyRecipeDrawer you save them all in one place, each with its title, photo, and a link back to the original.

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Save a recipe from the in-app search

MyRecipeDrawer searches five recipe sites for you: RecipeTin Eats, Natasha’s Kitchen, Cafe Delites, BBC Good Food, and Delish. You don’t have to open each one separately.

  1. 1

    Type what you feel like cooking

    In the search bar at the top of the app, type something like “chicken curry” or “banana bread” and press Enter.

  2. 2

    Look through the results

    Results are grouped by site, each with a photo and a title. Opening a result takes you to the full recipe on the original site, in a new tab.

  3. 3

    Tap “+ Save”

    The recipe goes straight into your collection with its title, photo, and a link to the source. The app then opens it for editing so you can pick a category, add tags, and write your own notes.

Save a recipe from any link

This works with any recipe website, and with videos from YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.

  1. 1

    Copy the link to the recipe

    In your browser, copy the page address. In a video app, tap Share and then Copy link.

  2. 2

    Add a new recipe and paste the link

    In MyRecipeDrawer, tap “Add recipe” and paste the address into the “Source” field.

  3. 3

    Tap “Fetch details”

    The app fills in the title, description, and photo for you. It only fills empty fields, so nothing you’ve already typed gets overwritten.

  4. 4

    Save the recipe

    Pick a category and tap “Save recipe.” The link to the original stays with the recipe for good.

What exactly gets saved

Every recipe you save from the web keeps its title, photo, short description, and a link to the page it came from. The app doesn’t copy the ingredients or the instructions. Those belong to the recipe’s author, so you read them at the source, one tap away.

If you’d rather have the whole recipe in your own collection, with your own tweaks, type or paste it into the “Ingredients and instructions” box. You’ll then be able to find it by ingredient too, because search looks through the full text of your recipes.

Recipes from TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube

Cooking videos are the easiest to lose: saved in three different apps, buried among thousands of other clips. In MyRecipeDrawer they sit in your categories next to the rest of your recipes, and an icon next to the link shows which platform each one came from.

Instagram sometimes doesn’t let the app fetch the details automatically. The link is still saved; you just type in the recipe name yourself.

Why not bookmarks and screenshots

  • Categories and tags. Mains, baking, “weeknight,” “Thanksgiving.” You organize recipes your way instead of scrolling one long list of bookmarks.
  • Search across your own recipes. Type “brownies” and you get every brownie recipe you’ve saved, without scrolling through a camera roll of screenshots.
  • The same collection on every device. Save on your computer, cook with your phone in the kitchen. See how to install the app on your phone.

The same collection can hold your family recipes, moved over from a handwritten recipe book, and you can send any of them to family and friends.

Questions and answers

Which sites can I save recipes from?

The in-app search covers five sites: RecipeTin Eats, Natasha’s Kitchen, Cafe Delites, BBC Good Food, and Delish. By pasting a link you can save a recipe from any website, as well as a video from YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram.

Does the app copy the whole recipe from the site?

No. It saves the title, photo, a short description, and a link to the original. You read the ingredients and instructions on the author’s site, or type them into the “Ingredients and instructions” box of your own copy.

What happens if the recipe page disappears from the internet?

Your saved recipe keeps its title and everything you typed in yourself, but the link will stop working. For recipes you really care about, it’s worth writing the ingredients and instructions into your collection.

Can other people see the recipes I save?

No. Your collection is private. Someone else sees a recipe only if you choose to share it.

Is saving recipes free?

Yes. MyRecipeDrawer is free, with no ads and no limit on the number of saved recipes.

See also: what else MyRecipeDrawer can do

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