Using Recipes

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With the Recipes feature, you can manage your recipes on your phone or tablet.

The Recipe List

From the home screen, select Recipes to show the recipe list.

The recipe list view in the mobile app.

Filter the Recipe List

At the top of the recipe list is a set of buttons for your recipe categories:

The recipe filter menu, with Breakfast selected.

Select a recipe category to only show recipes in that category. Select the selected category to display the entire recipe list.

View a Recipe

Select any recipe in the Recipe List to view it.

The recipe view.

Add Recipe Ingredients to Your Shopping List

At the top of the recipe view, select the Add to List button to add all of the ingredients in the recipe to your Grocery List.

THe Add to List button for adding recipe ingredients to the Grocery List.

Create a New Recipe

You can create a new recipe with Sidekick, or by entering the recipe information by hand.

Create A New Recipe with Sidekick

With Sidekick, you can:

  • Import a recipe from the web, a document, or by speaking into your phone.
  • Use Fridge Photo to generate a recipe from ingredients you have on hand.

Create a recipe with Sidekick:

  1. Select the Add button.
  2. Choose from the options in the Sidekick menu.
    The Sidekick menu.

Create a New Recipe by Hand

  1. Select the Add button.
  2. In the Name textbox, give your recipe a name.
  3. Select the Category to assign this recipe to a category.
  4. In the Instructions or ingredients textbox, add all of the information for your recipe.
    You can add ingredients, instructions, notes, and anything else you need to remember when making the recipe.
  5. Select Add.

Edit an Existing Recipe

  1. Select a recipe from the Recipe List.
  2. Select the menu button to see more options.
  3. Select Edit.

The Edit recipe screen will appear.

Use the Edit recipe screen to edit your recipe:

  • Tap the Name textbox to update the name.
  • Tap the Category box to select a new category for your recipe.
    Recipes can only be in one category at a time.
  • Tap the Instructions or ingredients text box to update the recipe.
  1. When you are done changing the recipe, tap Save.

Delete a Recipe

  1. Select a recipe from the Recipe List.
  2. Select the menu button to see more options.
  3. Select Delete.
  4. Choose if you want to remove the recipe from just your Recipe List or from the list and all upcoming meals:
    • Tap This recipe to remove the recipe from your recipe list.
    • Tap This recipe and planned meals to remove the recipe from your recipe list, and remove the recipe from planned meals.

Tap Delete.
You cannot restore a recipe that has been deleted.

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