How to share a recipe with family, without retyping it or photographing the card
“Can you send me that apple pie recipe?” In MyRecipeDrawer you answer with one link. Your mom, sister, or a friend opens the recipe on their phone and, if they like, saves it to their own collection.
Send a recipe as a link
The simplest way. The person who gets the link doesn’t need an account to read the recipe.
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Open the recipe and tap “Share”
You’ll find the button on the page of every recipe in your collection.
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Pick the “Link” tab and tap “Create link”
The app creates an address that leads to this one recipe only.
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Copy the link and send it
Tap “Copy” and paste the link wherever you usually chat: a text message, WhatsApp, Messenger, or email.
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They open the recipe on their phone
They see the photos and the full text. To keep the recipe for good, they tap “Sign up and save” and get their own copy in their own collection.
Send a recipe to a friend inside the app
Handy when you swap recipes often, for example with your mom or your sister, who also use MyRecipeDrawer.
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Add them as a friend
Go to Settings, open “Friends,” and search by name, email address, or ID. Tap “Add,” and the other person accepts the invitation on their side.
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Tap “Share” on a recipe
The “With a friend” tab lists your friends. Tap “Send” next to the person you want.
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The recipe lands in their “Shared with me” list
They can see who sent it, take a look, and tap “Save to my recipes” to keep it.
Link or friends: which to choose
- A link is best for a one-off request, or when the other person doesn’t use the app. Send it through any messaging app, including the family group chat.
- Friends is the more convenient route for people you swap recipes with regularly. The recipe lands in their “Shared with me” list and doesn’t get buried in a chat history.
What exactly the other person gets
When someone saves your recipe, their collection gets a complete, independent copy: the name, text, photos, category, tags, prep time, and number of servings. They can add their own notes or change the quantities, and your original doesn’t change.
It’s a good way to make sure family recipes don’t live in just one place. If you’re only now moving them over from paper, have a look at the guide to keeping a digital recipe book.
Privacy: people see only what you send
Recipes in MyRecipeDrawer are private by default. Sharing always applies to one recipe you picked, and nobody sees the rest of your collection. A recipe link works for 30 days and then expires. Inside the app, you can send recipes only to people on your friends list.
Questions and answers
Does the person I’m sending a recipe to need an account?
Not to read a recipe from a link. They need an account only if they want to save the recipe to their own collection or receive recipes inside the app.
How long does a recipe link work?
A link is valid for 30 days. After that it expires, and you can create a new one if you need to.
Can they change my recipe?
No. They get their own copy. They can edit it however they like, and your recipe stays exactly as it was.
Can I send the same recipe to several people?
Yes. You can send the same link to as many people as you like, for example to the family group chat.
Do my other recipes become visible too?
No. You always share a single recipe. The rest of your collection stays private.
See also: what else MyRecipeDrawer can do
- Save recipes from the webKeep recipes from blogs, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram in one place, each with a link back to the original.
- Shopping list next to your recipesAdd what you’re missing, check items off in the store, and send the list to someone in one tap.
- Digital recipe bookMove the family recipe box onto your phone before the cards fade.
- Install it on your phonePut MyRecipeDrawer on your Android phone or iPhone, step by step. No app store needed.
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