[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4408},["ShallowReactive",2],{"articles-\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-decide-what-to-cook-for-dinner":3,"public-articles":176},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"cta":140,"date":145,"description":146,"extension":147,"faq":148,"featured":161,"heroImage":162,"heroImageAlt":163,"homepage":164,"meta":165,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":167,"seo":168,"showContents":164,"stem":169,"summary":170,"tags":171,"updated":173,"written":174,"__hash__":175},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-decide-what-to-cook-for-dinner.md","How to decide what to cook for dinner: three options, a few yeses, one pick","The Scullery team",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":132},"minimark",[10,14,19,22,25,29,32,55,58,72,76,79,82,104,108,120],[11,12,13],"p",{},"To decide what to cook for dinner, stop searching and start comparing. Agree on what fits tonight, put three realistic meals in front of the people eating, collect the yeses, and let one person pick. It takes about five minutes, and nobody has to guess what everyone else wants.",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"check-what-fits-tonight","Check what fits tonight",[11,20,21],{},"Before anyone opens a recipe, answer three things. Who is eating? Who is cooking, and how much do they want to take on? What needs using up?",[11,23,24],{},"Say it plainly. \"I can do something familiar in half an hour\" is a better starting point than \"anything\". So is \"the spinach goes off tomorrow\". The person cooking gets the biggest say in effort.",[15,26,28],{"id":27},"help-me-decide-put-three-meals-on-the-table","Help me decide: put three meals on the table",[11,30,31],{},"Suppose it's a Tuesday, there are eggs, a tin of butter beans and a bag of spinach, and someone is passing the shop on the way home. Three options might be:",[33,34,35,43,49],"ul",{},[36,37,38,42],"li",{},[39,40,41],"strong",{},"A herb omelette",", from a recipe you already know.",[36,44,45,48],{},[39,46,47],{},"Butter beans with spinach",", with bread alongside.",[36,50,51,54],{},[39,52,53],{},"Tomato pasta",", if someone can pick up a tin of tomatoes.",[11,56,57],{},"Start from recipes you have saved or cooked before. They're quicker to judge than something new, and you already know what they involve. Open each one and check the ingredients and timings before it goes on the list.",[11,59,60,61,66,67,71],{},"If you're short of ideas, search ",[62,63,65],"a",{"href":64},"\u002Fdiscovery","the recipes on our discovery pages"," by the ingredient you need to use, or read ",[62,68,70],{"href":69},"\u002Farticles\u002Fwhat-to-cook-when-you-dont-know-what-to-cook","what to cook when you don't know what to cook",".",[15,73,75],{"id":74},"decide-what-to-have-for-dinner-yeses-then-one-pick","Decide what to have for dinner: yeses, then one pick",[11,77,78],{},"Ask each person which options they would happily eat. A yes is a vote, not a veto, so nobody needs to argue the others down. A no with a reason helps: \"I had pasta at lunch\" changes the evening, and \"never\" is worth knowing for next week.",[11,80,81],{},"Then one person chooses from the yeses. Usually that's whoever is cooking. Having one person make the call is what stops the conversation going round again.",[11,83,84,85,88,89,92,93,96,97,100,101,71],{},"We make Scullery, and this is how its shortlist works. Anyone in the household can add a recipe to the ",[39,86,87],{},"Shortlist"," from its page. Each person goes through the cards and taps ",[39,90,91],{},"Yes"," or ",[39,94,95],{},"No",", and each recipe shows its count of household yeses. Someone then taps ",[39,98,99],{},"Select tonight",", and that recipe becomes ",[39,102,103],{},"Tonight's pick",[15,105,107],{"id":106},"after-the-pick","After the pick",[11,109,110,111,115,116,71],{},"Check the chosen recipe against the cupboard and add what's missing to the shopping list, including the small things like bread for the beans. If you're still choosing where that list lives, the ",[62,112,114],{"href":113},"\u002Farticles\u002Fbest-grocery-list-apps","best grocery list apps"," compares twelve. Keep the other yeses for later in the week; they're the start of ",[62,117,119],{"href":118},"\u002Farticles\u002Fweekly-meal-planning-for-beginners","a flexible meal plan",[11,121,122,123,127,128,71],{},"If the hard part is that nothing sounds good at all, ",[62,124,126],{"href":125},"\u002Farticles\u002Fcant-decide-what-to-eat-for-dinner","make it a smaller question",". The household method is set out in ",[62,129,131],{"href":130},"\u002Fmethod\u002Fdecide-together","Decide together",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":135},"",2,[136,137,138,139],{"id":17,"depth":134,"text":18},{"id":27,"depth":134,"text":28},{"id":74,"depth":134,"text":75},{"id":106,"depth":134,"text":107},{"title":141,"body":142,"to":143,"label":144},"Shortlist dinner with your household","Scullery is free. Keep the recipes you cook in one shared cookbook, put tonight's options on the shortlist and let everyone add a yes.","https:\u002F\u002Fapp.scullery.online\u002Fsignup?source=article","Create account","2026-09-13","Decide what to cook for dinner by bringing three realistic meals to the table, hearing which ones people would eat, and letting one person make the call.","md",[149,152,155,158],{"question":150,"answer":151},"How do I decide what to cook for dinner quickly?","Answer three practical questions first: who is eating, who is cooking and what needs using up. Then put three meals that fit those answers in front of everyone, ask which they would eat, and let one person choose from the yeses.",{"question":153,"answer":154},"Why three options and not more?","Three is enough to give people a real choice and few enough to compare without opening a dozen tabs. Two is fine on a busy night.",{"question":156,"answer":157},"What if nobody says yes to anything?","Ask what would have to change for one option to work: a different side, someone else cooking, or the same meal tomorrow. If that fails, cook the household fallback and try the shortlist again another day.",{"question":159,"answer":160},"Can Scullery help a household decide together?","Yes. Anyone in the household can add a recipe to the shortlist. Each person goes through the cards and taps Yes or No, then someone chooses from the household's yeses with Select tonight.",true,"\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Frestaurant-shortlist-v2.webp","Three separate blue-and-white plates of pasta, an omelette and butter beans on a red background framed by flowers and pea vines.",false,{},null,"\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-decide-what-to-cook-for-dinner",{"title":5,"description":146},"articles\u002Fhow-to-decide-what-to-cook-for-dinner","A small, repeatable way to choose: check what fits tonight, shortlist three, collect yeses, then one person picks.",[172],"in-the-kitchen","2026-10-10","2026-07-21","E65zZUco00FS2koZVLLB9uhIxa3qpAeB95fBSe_bx10",[177,318,446,557,678,814,944,1672,1774,1842,1972,2110,2190,2366,3127,3814,3902,3986,4066,4143,4246,4334],{"id":178,"title":179,"author":6,"body":180,"cta":166,"date":298,"description":299,"extension":147,"faq":300,"featured":164,"heroImage":166,"heroImageAlt":166,"homepage":164,"meta":310,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":311,"seo":312,"showContents":164,"stem":313,"summary":314,"tags":315,"updated":166,"written":298,"__hash__":317},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Frecipe-saver-chrome-extension.md","Recipe saver for Chrome: save from sites that block apps",{"type":8,"value":181,"toc":291},[182,185,189,192,195,199,221,225,228,231,235,238,241,245,248,278],[11,183,184],{},"Most of the time you can paste a recipe link into Scullery and it reads the page for you. A few sites won't allow that. For those, the Scullery button for Chrome sends the page you already have open, in one click.",[15,186,188],{"id":187},"why-some-sites-turn-apps-away","Why some sites turn apps away",[11,190,191],{},"Some recipe sites sit behind a guard that lets people in but turns away anything that looks like an app. Others now charge apps for every page they read. Either way, Scullery gets a refusal, and the add page tells you the site does not let apps read its recipes.",[11,193,194],{},"You can still see the recipe, because you are a person reading it in your browser. The button hands Scullery the page you are reading, so Scullery doesn't need to ask the site for it.",[15,196,198],{"id":197},"add-the-button-to-chrome","Add the button to Chrome",[200,201,202,215,218],"ol",{},[36,203,204,205,211,212,71],{},"In Chrome on your computer, open ",[62,206,210],{"href":207,"rel":208},"https:\u002F\u002Fchromewebstore.google.com\u002Fdetail\u002Fscullery\u002Ffaifklpdkakmlmodfjdkaoepnbanindn",[209],"nofollow","Scullery on the Chrome Web Store"," and choose ",[39,213,214],{},"Add to Chrome",[36,216,217],{},"Click the puzzle piece in Chrome's toolbar and pin Scullery, so the button stays in view.",[36,219,220],{},"Sign in to Scullery in the same Chrome profile.",[15,222,224],{"id":223},"send-a-recipe","Send a recipe",[11,226,227],{},"Open the recipe and click the Scullery button. A Scullery tab opens beside it and reads the recipe.",[11,229,230],{},"If the page holds one clear recipe, Scullery saves it to your recipes to try and opens it, with a link to the original. Check it against the original before you cook. If anything needs a look, or the page holds several recipes, it opens on the add page for you to review and save. A round-up that only links to other recipes won't work: open the one you want and click there.",[15,232,234],{"id":233},"what-the-button-reads","What the button reads",[11,236,237],{},"Only the tab you click it on, and only when you click. It reads that page's address and contents and passes them to the Scullery tab it opens. It doesn't run on the other sites you visit and keeps no password: Scullery uses the sign-in you already have.",[11,239,240],{},"When you add it, Chrome says the extension can read and change your data on app.scullery.online. That is the Scullery tab it opens, not the sites you browse.",[15,242,244],{"id":243},"when-something-goes-wrong","When something goes wrong",[11,246,247],{},"The button never tries again on its own. It tells you what happened, and another click is usually the fix.",[33,249,250,256,262,272],{},[36,251,252,255],{},[39,253,254],{},"Signed out:"," the Scullery tab keeps nothing and asks you to sign in. Then click again.",[36,257,258,261],{},[39,259,260],{},"The Scullery tab doesn't answer:"," a short note appears at the foot of the recipe page.",[36,263,264,267,268,271],{},[39,265,266],{},"A page Chrome won't let it read",", such as a PDF or a Chrome settings page: a ",[39,269,270],{},"!"," appears on the button, and hovering over it says why.",[36,273,274,277],{},[39,275,276],{},"A page too big to send:"," copy the ingredients and steps and paste them in.",[11,279,280,281,285,286,290],{},"For other ways to keep a web recipe, see ",[62,282,284],{"href":283},"\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-save-recipes-from-websites","how to save recipes from websites",". The ",[62,287,289],{"href":288},"\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-import-recipes-into-scullery","import walkthrough"," covers what to check in a draft before you save it.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":292},[293,294,295,296,297],{"id":187,"depth":134,"text":188},{"id":197,"depth":134,"text":198},{"id":223,"depth":134,"text":224},{"id":233,"depth":134,"text":234},{"id":243,"depth":134,"text":244},"2026-10-12","Some recipe sites turn apps away. The Scullery button for Chrome sends the recipe page you are reading to Scullery in one click, and reads nothing else.",[301,304,307],{"question":302,"answer":303},"Do I need a Scullery account to use the button?","Yes. Sign in to Scullery in the same Chrome profile, with your email verified, before you click. If you are signed out, the Scullery tab keeps nothing and asks you to sign in and click again.",{"question":305,"answer":306},"Can the extension see the other sites I visit?","No. It reads a page only when you click the button, and only the tab you clicked it on. It does not run on other sites and holds no password.",{"question":308,"answer":309},"Does it work on my phone or in other browsers?","We have made it for Chrome on a computer. On a phone, copy the recipe's ingredients and steps and paste them into Scullery instead.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Frecipe-saver-chrome-extension",{"title":179,"description":299},"articles\u002Frecipe-saver-chrome-extension","Add the Scullery button to Chrome on your computer, pin it, and click it on a recipe page that Scullery cannot read by itself.",[316],"using-scullery","X5dTuqiouODfHFNL65ZbVTqp4e1u8NeYT6olNks_AeQ",{"id":319,"title":320,"author":6,"body":321,"cta":423,"date":173,"description":426,"extension":147,"faq":427,"featured":164,"heroImage":166,"heroImageAlt":166,"homepage":164,"meta":440,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":125,"seo":441,"showContents":164,"stem":442,"summary":443,"tags":444,"updated":166,"written":173,"__hash__":445},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fcant-decide-what-to-eat-for-dinner.md","Can't decide what to eat for dinner? Make it a smaller question",{"type":8,"value":322,"toc":417},[323,326,330,333,344,347,351,354,360,363,367,370,373,377,402],[11,324,325],{},"If you can't decide what to eat for dinner, the question is usually too big. \"What do you fancy?\" asks everyone to come up with an answer from nothing. Swap it for three smaller questions: what's out, which of these three, and who chooses. Together they take about five minutes.",[15,327,329],{"id":328},"whats-out-tonight","What's out tonight?",[11,331,332],{},"Start by ruling things out, because people find that easier than choosing. Thirty seconds each:",[33,334,335,338,341],{},[36,336,337],{},"What have you already eaten today? Pasta at lunch takes pasta off the table.",[36,339,340],{},"How long has the cook got? If it's half an hour, anything that needs an hour in the oven waits for the weekend.",[36,342,343],{},"Does anyone want to go to the shop? If not, it has to come from what's in.",[11,345,346],{},"Write the answers down if there are more than two of you. They are the brief for the next step.",[15,348,350],{"id":349},"which-of-these-three","Which of these three?",[11,352,353],{},"Now find three meals that survive the brief. Three is enough to make a real choice and few enough that nobody needs to scroll.",[11,355,356,357,359],{},"Start with recipes you've cooked before; they're quick to judge. If none fit, see ",[62,358,70],{"href":69}," for a way to find new ones from a single ingredient.",[11,361,362],{},"Then ask a smaller question again. Not \"which do you want most?\" but \"which would you eat?\" Each person can say yes to more than one. A yes costs nothing, and it shows where the overlap is.",[15,364,366],{"id":365},"who-chooses","Who chooses?",[11,368,369],{},"One person picks from the yeses, usually whoever is cooking. If two meals tie, the cook takes the easier one and the other goes on the list for later in the week.",[11,371,372],{},"That's the part people skip, and it's why the conversation loops. Without someone to make the call, a shortlist is just a longer list.",[15,374,376],{"id":375},"where-scullery-helps","Where Scullery helps",[11,378,379,380,383,384,92,387,285,390,393,394,397,398,401],{},"We make Scullery, and its Library opens with ",[39,381,382],{},"Not sure what to make?",": a row of suggestions that starts with your own recipes, each with a short reason such as ",[39,385,386],{},"A household favourite",[39,388,389],{},"Not cooked before",[39,391,392],{},"Quick",", ",[39,395,396],{},"One pot"," and ",[39,399,400],{},"Something new"," chips narrow the row to match tonight's brief. If too few of your recipes fit, recipes from the public catalogue fill the gap.",[11,403,404,405,408,409,412,413,416],{},"When the household is choosing together, put the candidates on the shared shortlist and collect yeses there, as described in ",[62,406,407],{"href":167},"how to decide what to cook for dinner",". Once someone has chosen, ",[39,410,411],{},"Make this next"," on the recipe page makes it your upcoming meal in the Library, with ",[39,414,415],{},"Start cooking"," ready.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":418},[419,420,421,422],{"id":328,"depth":134,"text":329},{"id":349,"depth":134,"text":350},{"id":365,"depth":134,"text":366},{"id":375,"depth":134,"text":376},{"title":424,"body":425,"to":143,"label":144},"Start from the recipes you already cook","Scullery is free. Save the recipes your household likes, and the Library suggests a few for tonight when nobody can decide.","When nothing sounds good, stop asking what everyone wants. Rule a few things out, compare three real meals, and let one person choose.",[428,431,434,437],{"question":429,"answer":430},"What should I eat when nothing sounds good?","Rule things out first: what you've already eaten today, anything that takes too long, anything you'd need to shop for. Then look at three meals that are left and ask which one you would eat, not which one you want most.",{"question":432,"answer":433},"Why is it so hard to decide what to have for dinner?","Usually because the question is too open. \"What do you fancy?\" asks everyone to invent an answer. \"Which of these three?\" only asks them to react.",{"question":435,"answer":436},"Who should make the final choice?","The person cooking, unless you've agreed otherwise. Everyone else gets a say before the choice, not a veto after it.",{"question":438,"answer":439},"Can Scullery suggest what to cook from my own recipes?","Yes. The Library opens with Not sure what to make?, a row of suggestions that starts with your household's recipes. Quick, One pot and Something new narrow it, and when too few of your recipes fit, recipes from the public catalogue fill the gap.",{},{"title":320,"description":426},"articles\u002Fcant-decide-what-to-eat-for-dinner","Swap the open question for three small ones and you can settle dinner in about five minutes.",[172],"7wZXGqhQvxLpeBp60uO-qHNmgA40RJDQjRAdV7d9BIA",{"id":447,"title":448,"author":6,"body":449,"cta":166,"date":173,"description":534,"extension":147,"faq":535,"featured":164,"heroImage":548,"heroImageAlt":549,"homepage":164,"meta":550,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":551,"seo":552,"showContents":164,"stem":553,"summary":554,"tags":555,"updated":166,"written":173,"__hash__":556},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-halve-a-recipe.md","How to halve a recipe, and what to do about the egg",{"type":8,"value":450,"toc":529},[451,454,458,461,468,474,481,485,494,497,500,503,506,510,513,516],[11,452,453],{},"To halve a recipe, divide every quantity by two. That part is easy. What the arithmetic can't do is decide what \"2½ eggs\" means at the hob, how to measure half a tablespoon, or what to do about a pan made for twice as much. Those three decisions are what this guide is for.",[15,455,457],{"id":456},"halve-everything-including-the-small-things","Halve everything, including the small things",[11,459,460],{},"Divide each ingredient, not just the main ones. The pinch of salt, the squeeze of lemon and the spoon of oil all halve too. If you're going to the shops, write the halved list before you leave so you don't buy for the original quantity by habit.",[11,462,463,464,467],{},"We make Scullery, and its recipes have a ",[39,465,466],{},"½"," option above the ingredients. Here is a frittata written for four, at half:",[469,470],"screenshot",{"alt":471,"caption":472,"src":473},"A recipe's ingredient list on a phone with the ½ scale selected, showing 2½ eggs, 1 courgette, 50g feta, 2 spring onions, ½ tbsp olive oil and ½ small handful of mint.","A courgette and feta frittata for four, set to ½ in Scullery. It halves exactly, so the eggs come out as 2½.","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-halve-a-recipe-half-scale.webp",[11,475,476,477,480],{},"Scullery halves exactly and leaves the judgement to you, so the screen says ",[39,478,479],{},"2½ eggs"," rather than rounding. Amounts in the method halve too when Scullery recognises them as ingredients; check any other numbers in the steps, such as a pan size, yourself. The rest of this guide is about what you do with that half.",[15,482,484],{"id":483},"what-to-do-about-the-egg","What to do about the egg",[11,486,487,488,493],{},"UK eggs are sold by weight band. A medium egg weighs 53 g to just under 63 g, and a large one 63 g to just under 73 g, according to ",[62,489,492],{"href":490,"rel":491},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.egginfo.co.uk\u002Fegg-facts-and-figures\u002Findustry-information\u002Fegg-sizes",[209],"the British Egg Information Service",". So half an egg is roughly 26 to 36 g, depending on the box.",[11,495,496],{},"For cakes, batters and biscuits, beat the egg in a cup, put it on the scale and use half the weight. Baking relies on the ratio of egg to flour, and a whole extra egg can change the texture.",[11,498,499],{},"For forgiving dishes such as frittatas, omelettes, fried rice or scrambled eggs, round. For the frittata above, two large eggs or three small ones will do.",[11,501,502],{},"If a recipe uses yolks, two yolks become one. A single yolk is the awkward one: weigh it like a whole egg, or keep the whole yolk and accept a slightly richer result.",[11,504,505],{},"Cover the leftover half, keep it in the fridge and use it soon: scrambled eggs, an egg wash or tomorrow's omelette.",[15,507,509],{"id":508},"small-measures-and-the-pan","Small measures and the pan",[11,511,512],{},"Half a tablespoon is one and a half teaspoons. Half a teaspoon is easy; for a quarter, use a pinch or a measuring spoon set.",[11,514,515],{},"Halved food spread across the original pan is shallower and cooks faster. Use a smaller pan where you can, so the depth stays close to the original, and check the recipe's doneness signs early rather than halving the time.",[11,517,518,519,523,524,528],{},"For other multipliers, such as cooking for six from a recipe for four, see ",[62,520,522],{"href":521},"\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-scale-a-recipe","how to scale a recipe",". If you halve most recipes because you cook for two, ",[62,525,527],{"href":526},"\u002Farticles\u002Fmeal-planning-for-two","meal planning for two"," covers the shopping side.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":530},[531,532,533],{"id":456,"depth":134,"text":457},{"id":483,"depth":134,"text":484},{"id":508,"depth":134,"text":509},"Halving a recipe is mostly simple division. The awkward parts are odd numbers of eggs, spoon measures and pan size; here is how to handle each.",[536,539,542,545],{"question":537,"answer":538},"How do you halve a recipe with one egg?","Beat the egg, weigh it, and use half the weight. Cover the rest, chill it and use it soon in scrambled eggs or an egg wash. For forgiving dishes like omelettes, you can use a whole small egg instead.",{"question":540,"answer":541},"How do you halve 3 eggs?","Half of three eggs is one and a half. Use one whole egg plus half of a second, beaten and weighed. In a frittata or a scramble, two eggs is usually close enough; in a cake, weigh.",{"question":543,"answer":544},"Does halving a recipe halve the cooking time?","No. Time depends on the depth of food in the pan and the heat, not the quantity. Use the recipe's doneness signs and start checking a little earlier.",{"question":546,"answer":547},"Can Scullery halve a recipe for me?","Yes. Choose ½ above a recipe's ingredients and the ingredient amounts halve, along with amounts in the method that Scullery recognises as ingredients. Adding the recipe to the shopping list from that page uses the halved amounts.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fhow-to-halve-a-recipe-photo-v2.webp","Two equal portions of beaten egg in glass bowls on a blue placemat, with two eggshell halves on a coral surface.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-halve-a-recipe",{"title":448,"description":534},"articles\u002Fhow-to-halve-a-recipe","Divide everything by two, then make three decisions the arithmetic can't: the egg, the small measures and the pan.",[172],"YnP5J6YEyYwvdF-UCmf_8_wT5cp223Oux2Zkh8hAMtE",{"id":558,"title":559,"author":6,"body":560,"cta":166,"date":173,"description":656,"extension":147,"faq":657,"featured":164,"heroImage":166,"heroImageAlt":166,"homepage":164,"meta":670,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":671,"seo":672,"showContents":164,"stem":673,"summary":674,"tags":675,"updated":166,"written":173,"__hash__":677},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-save-instagram-recipes.md","How to save Instagram recipes so you actually cook them",{"type":8,"value":561,"toc":650},[562,565,569,580,583,594,597,601,604,607,618,622,625,632,636,639],[11,563,564],{},"Saving an Instagram recipe is easy; cooking it later is the hard part. The bookmark keeps the post, but not a list of ingredients to shop for or a method you can follow at the hob. To actually cook what you save, turn the reels worth cooking into recipes, and be honest about the ones that are only ideas.",[15,566,568],{"id":567},"get-the-link-then-check-whats-really-there","Get the link, then check what's really there",[11,570,571,572,575,576,579],{},"Start from the post's share menu and copy the link. We make Scullery, and that's what it imports: choose ",[39,573,574],{},"Add",", then ",[39,577,578],{},"From a link",", and paste. On Android, once Scullery is on your home screen, you can share a post straight to it.",[11,581,582],{},"What you get depends on what the creator published. Reels tend to come in three kinds:",[33,584,585,588,591],{},[36,586,587],{},"The caption has the full recipe. Easy.",[36,589,590],{},"The caption lists the ingredients and the method is in the video.",[36,592,593],{},"The caption says \"comment for the recipe\" or points to a website.",[11,595,596],{},"For the third kind, follow the link and save the website's recipe page. It usually has everything the reel leaves out.",[15,598,600],{"id":599},"a-reel-that-became-a-recipe","A reel that became a recipe",[11,602,603],{},"One public reel we used while building video reading was a cacio e pere: pasta with pecorino and pear. The caption gave the title and the ingredients. The method was only shown on screen, not written down.",[11,605,606],{},"When a caption describes a dish but leaves the recipe incomplete, Scullery reads the public video and adds what it finds to the draft. That works for Instagram today, and only when there is a caption to start from: a reel with no usable caption is saved as an Idea. For that reel, the steps came from the video, and the draft was a complete recipe. We still read it through before saving, as you should with any import.",[11,608,609,610,613,614,617],{},"Then save it with ",[39,611,612],{},"Save to try"," if you haven't cooked it yet. That puts it on the ",[39,615,616],{},"To try"," shelf, where it can come up when you're choosing dinner, go on the shortlist, or go to the shopping list with its ingredients.",[15,619,621],{"id":620},"a-reel-that-stayed-an-idea","A reel that stayed an idea",[11,623,624],{},"Another reel could only be watched when signed in to Instagram. Scullery never signs in, so it couldn't read that video, and the caption alone wasn't a recipe. The draft said so, and suggested saving it as an idea.",[11,626,627,628,631],{},"That's the honest outcome. An ",[39,629,630],{},"Idea"," keeps the link, the caption and your notes, without pretending to know quantities nobody published. When you want to cook it, open the source, fill in what's missing, and turn it into a recipe.",[15,633,635],{"id":634},"keep-the-pile-small","Keep the pile small",[11,637,638],{},"Save to try only what you'd make in the next few weeks, and keep everything else as an Idea. A short To try shelf gets cooked; a folder of four hundred reels doesn't.",[11,640,641,642,646,647,71],{},"There's more on the difference in ",[62,643,645],{"href":644},"\u002Fmethod\u002Finspirations-are-clippings","Keep rough ideas rough",", and the general steps for links, text and photos are in ",[62,648,649],{"href":288},"how to import a recipe into Scullery",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":651},[652,653,654,655],{"id":567,"depth":134,"text":568},{"id":599,"depth":134,"text":600},{"id":620,"depth":134,"text":621},{"id":634,"depth":134,"text":635},"A saved reel is easy to forget. Turn the ones worth cooking into recipes with ingredients you can shop for, and keep the rest as ideas.",[658,661,664,667],{"question":659,"answer":660},"How do I save a recipe from Instagram?","Copy the post's link from the share menu and paste it into a recipe app or a note. In Scullery, choose Add, then From a link, and paste it. You review the draft before it is saved.",{"question":662,"answer":663},"What if the recipe is only in the video?","Today Scullery does this for Instagram: when a public reel's caption names the dish but leaves the recipe incomplete, it reads the video and adds what it finds to the draft. A reel with no usable caption is saved as an Idea instead. Videos over three minutes aren't read, and private or login-only posts can't be read at all.",{"question":665,"answer":666},"What if the reel says the recipe is on a website?","Open the link in the bio or caption and save the website's recipe page instead. It usually has the full ingredients and method.",{"question":668,"answer":669},"What is the difference between a Recipe and an Idea in Scullery?","A Recipe has ingredients and steps you can shop and cook from. An Idea keeps the link, caption and your notes when there isn't a complete recipe to save. You can turn an Idea into a recipe later.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-save-instagram-recipes",{"title":559,"description":656},"articles\u002Fhow-to-save-instagram-recipes","Two real reels, one that became a recipe and one that stayed an idea, and how to tell which you have.",[676],"keeping-recipes","-GR8Nhnm6wYzfQ47ZwPwZkoqKMCuUpHD60Re5YPzRZw",{"id":679,"title":680,"author":6,"body":681,"cta":166,"date":173,"description":792,"extension":147,"faq":793,"featured":164,"heroImage":806,"heroImageAlt":807,"homepage":164,"meta":808,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":526,"seo":809,"showContents":164,"stem":810,"summary":811,"tags":812,"updated":166,"written":173,"__hash__":813},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fmeal-planning-for-two.md","Meal planning for two: two yeses and a half-size list",{"type":8,"value":682,"toc":787},[683,686,690,693,696,708,712,715,725,731,734,738,741,752,766,776],[11,684,685],{},"Meal planning for two has one problem most plans ignore: nearly every recipe serves four. So plan in two steps. First agree a few dinners you both want. Then, meal by meal, decide whether to halve it or cook it in full and eat it twice. The shopping list follows from those decisions.",[15,687,689],{"id":688},"two-yeses","Two yeses",[11,691,692],{},"Pick three or four dinners for the week, not seven. Two people's evenings change, and a short plan survives a late night or a meal out.",[11,694,695],{},"A dinner goes on the plan when you both say yes. One of you can suggest it and the other can shrug; a shrug counts. A no doesn't need a debate, just a different option.",[11,697,698,699,92,701,703,704,707],{},"We make Scullery. Two people in the same household share one shortlist and one plan. Each of you can go through the shortlist and tap ",[39,700,91],{},[39,702,95],{},", and each recipe shows how many household yeses it has. Add the agreed ones with ",[39,705,706],{},"Add to plan",". Meals don't need a day, so the plan is a list for the week, not a timetable.",[15,709,711],{"id":710},"halve-it-or-cook-it-twice","Halve it or cook it twice",[11,713,714],{},"Decide this for each meal before you shop.",[11,716,717,720,721,724],{},[39,718,719],{},"Halve"," anything quick that doesn't keep: stir-fries, pasta, omelettes, fish. See ",[62,722,723],{"href":551},"how to halve a recipe"," for odd eggs and small measures.",[11,726,727,730],{},[39,728,729],{},"Cook in full"," anything that improves overnight or freezes: a curry, a chilli, a tray of roast vegetables. Put the second portion on the plan as its own meal, so it gets eaten instead of forgotten.",[11,732,733],{},"Then look for the awkward halves. A 400 g tin of chickpeas, a bag of spinach or a bunch of spring onions doesn't come in half. Either plan a second meal that uses the rest, or cook that recipe in full.",[15,735,737],{"id":736},"the-half-size-list","The half-size list",[11,739,740],{},"Here's a week for two:",[33,742,743,746,749],{},[36,744,745],{},"Courgette and feta frittata, halved.",[36,747,748],{},"Chickpea and spinach curry, in full: once fresh, once two days later.",[36,750,751],{},"Tomato pasta, halved, with the rest of the spinach stirred in.",[11,753,754,755,757,758,761,762,765],{},"In Scullery, open each recipe you're halving, choose ",[39,756,466],{}," above the ingredients, then ",[39,759,760],{},"Add all to shopping list"," (on a computer, ",[39,763,764],{},"Add needed ingredients","). The list gets the halved amounts, with each item still showing which recipe it's for. Scullery remembers ½ for that recipe in that browser.",[11,767,768,769,772,773,775],{},"Two things to know. The plan's ",[39,770,771],{},"Make shopping list"," adds each recipe at its full amounts, so add halved meals from their recipe pages instead. And the list halves exactly: the frittata's five eggs appear as ",[39,774,479],{},". Buy the box of six.",[11,777,778,779,782,783,71],{},"If you've saved reels you both like, ",[62,780,781],{"href":671},"turn them into recipes first"," so they can go on the plan and the list. More on building lists from chosen meals is in ",[62,784,786],{"href":785},"\u002Fmethod\u002Fthe-list-writes-itself","Build the list from what you chose",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":788},[789,790,791],{"id":688,"depth":134,"text":689},{"id":710,"depth":134,"text":711},{"id":736,"depth":134,"text":737},"Most recipes serve four. Plan for two by agreeing a few meals you both want, deciding which to halve and which to cook twice, and shopping for that.",[794,797,800,803],{"question":795,"answer":796},"How do you meal plan for two people?","Pick three or four dinners you both say yes to. For each one, decide whether to halve the recipe or cook it in full and eat it twice. Then write one shopping list from those decisions.",{"question":798,"answer":799},"Is it better to halve recipes or cook for four?","It depends on the dish. Stir-fries, pasta and anything with eggs halve well. Stews, curries, traybakes and anything that freezes are often better cooked in full, with the second half planned as another meal.",{"question":801,"answer":802},"How do I stop wasting half a tin or half a pack?","Plan the other half. If one dinner uses half a tin of chickpeas or half a bag of spinach, choose a second meal that week that uses the rest.",{"question":804,"answer":805},"Can Scullery put halved amounts on the shopping list?","Yes. Choose ½ above a recipe's ingredients, then add them to the shopping list from that page. The list gets the halved amounts. The plan's Make shopping list uses each recipe's full amounts.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fmeal-planning-for-two-photo-v3.webp","Tomato orzo and browned feta in a green enamel pan on a yellow heat pad, with stacked plates and two forks beside it on a striped napkin.",{},{"title":680,"description":792},"articles\u002Fmeal-planning-for-two","Agree three or four dinners, then decide meal by meal whether to halve it or eat it twice.",[172],"20VoB9B5vZbxCZs6J6CielMnuQ9mWlo-CloY74EnuFo",{"id":815,"title":816,"author":6,"body":817,"cta":922,"date":173,"description":925,"extension":147,"faq":926,"featured":164,"heroImage":936,"heroImageAlt":937,"homepage":164,"meta":938,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":69,"seo":939,"showContents":164,"stem":940,"summary":941,"tags":942,"updated":166,"written":173,"__hash__":943},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fwhat-to-cook-when-you-dont-know-what-to-cook.md","What to cook when you don't know what to cook",{"type":8,"value":818,"toc":916},[819,822,826,829,838,842,845,849,856,885,888,891,895,910],[11,820,821],{},"When you don't know what to cook, a list of thirty dinner ideas rarely helps. It gives you more to choose from when the problem is choosing. Make the field smaller instead: start with what you already like, then one ingredient, then three recipes you can compare side by side.",[15,823,825],{"id":824},"start-with-what-you-already-like","Start with what you already like",[11,827,828],{},"Look at your own recipes before anyone else's. A favourite is a safe answer, and it costs no reading. If you keep a list of things to try, look there next; those recipes were saved by someone in the house who wanted them.",[11,830,831,832,397,835,837],{},"In Scullery, the library search has ",[39,833,834],{},"Favourites",[39,836,616],{}," filters. If one of them gives you a dinner, you're done.",[15,839,841],{"id":840},"then-pick-one-ingredient","Then pick one ingredient",[11,843,844],{},"If nothing appeals, choose the ingredient that most needs a purpose. It might be the end of a box of eggs, half a bag of spinach or a pack of mince that's on its date. One ingredient turns \"anything\" into a question you can search.",[15,846,848],{"id":847},"a-worked-example-with-eggs","A worked example with eggs",[11,850,851,852,855],{},"Say you have six eggs and not much of a plan. Here are three recipes from ",[62,853,854],{"href":64},"our discovery pages"," that use them, and they show how different \"something with eggs\" can be:",[33,857,858,867,876],{},[36,859,860,866],{},[39,861,862],{},[62,863,865],{"href":864},"\u002Fdiscovery\u002Frecipe\u002Fpasta-carbonara","Pasta Carbonara"," (from Tastes Better From Scratch): 30 minutes, serves two. It uses one egg and two yolks, with pecorino and pancetta or bacon.",[36,868,869,875],{},[39,870,871],{},[62,872,874],{"href":873},"\u002Fdiscovery\u002Frecipe\u002Fcrustless-quiche-ham-and-cheese","Crustless Quiche, Ham and Cheese"," (from RecipeTin Eats): 40 minutes, serves six. Five eggs, cream, ham and a cup of grated cheese.",[36,877,878,884],{},[39,879,880],{},[62,881,883],{"href":882},"\u002Fdiscovery\u002Frecipe\u002Fkedgeree-british-curried-rice-and-fish","Kedgeree"," (from RecipeTin Eats): 45 minutes, serves five. Three hard-boiled eggs, smoked haddock or cod, rice and curry powder.",[11,886,887],{},"Now compare them on the things that matter tonight. For two people on a weeknight, the carbonara is quickest and already serves two. The quiche makes leftovers for lunch. The kedgeree feeds a family but needs smoked fish, so it suits a day when someone is passing the fishmonger or the supermarket counter.",[11,889,890],{},"The recipes didn't change; the question did. Each page keeps its original source and shows the ingredients, so you can judge it before saving a copy.",[15,892,894],{"id":893},"then-shortlist-and-choose","Then shortlist and choose",[11,896,897,898,900,901,904,905,909],{},"Three candidates is enough. Put them in front of whoever is eating, ask which they'd have, and let the cook decide. In Scullery, save a copy of any discovery recipe you want, add the three to the household ",[39,899,87],{},", and everyone can say yes before someone picks. ",[62,902,903],{"href":167},"How to decide what to cook for dinner"," sets out that step, and ",[62,906,908],{"href":907},"\u002Fmethod\u002Fcook-from-what-you-have","Start where you are"," explains why we begin with the kitchen you have.",[11,911,912,913],{},"If the problem is that nothing sounds good, rather than having no ideas, read ",[62,914,915],{"href":125},"can't decide what to eat for dinner?",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":917},[918,919,920,921],{"id":824,"depth":134,"text":825},{"id":840,"depth":134,"text":841},{"id":847,"depth":134,"text":848},{"id":893,"depth":134,"text":894},{"title":923,"body":924,"to":143,"label":144},"Keep the recipes you like in one place","Scullery is free. Save recipes from anywhere, keep a To try shelf and put three on a shared shortlist when nobody has an idea.","When nothing comes to mind, narrow the field instead of scrolling. Start with what you already like, then one ingredient, then three recipes to compare.",[927,930,933],{"question":928,"answer":929},"What should I cook when I have no ideas?","Start with something you already know you like, or a recipe you saved to try and never made. If neither helps, pick one ingredient that needs using and find three recipes built around it.",{"question":931,"answer":932},"How do I stop scrolling recipes for ages?","Give yourself a number. Stop when you have three candidates, then compare them on time, servings and what you would need to buy.",{"question":934,"answer":935},"What can I make with eggs for dinner?","Plenty: carbonara, a crustless quiche, kedgeree, an omelette or a frittata. Which suits tonight depends on how many are eating and what else is in the fridge.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fwhat-to-cook-when-you-dont-know-what-to-cook-photo-v2.webp","A crisp fried egg in a black frying pan, with a metal turner beneath one edge and toast on a green plate behind it.",{},{"title":816,"description":925},"articles\u002Fwhat-to-cook-when-you-dont-know-what-to-cook","A worked example with a box of eggs and three real recipes, from a 30-minute pasta to a kedgeree for five.",[172],"PJkKYGnSnEzcpLm4PD9SH6Gd70yH72tJxHDnNbzgj7I",{"id":945,"title":946,"author":6,"body":947,"cta":166,"date":1639,"description":1640,"extension":147,"faq":1641,"featured":164,"heroImage":1663,"heroImageAlt":1664,"homepage":164,"meta":1665,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":113,"seo":1666,"showContents":161,"stem":1667,"summary":1668,"tags":1669,"updated":173,"written":1639,"__hash__":1671},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fbest-grocery-list-apps.md","Best grocery list apps in 2026: 12 compared",{"type":8,"value":948,"toc":1627},[949,952,955,959,962,1012,1016,1020,1023,1027,1030,1103,1107,1110,1241,1245,1248,1254,1260,1263,1267,1270,1309,1317,1322,1350,1365,1369,1376],[11,950,951],{},"The right grocery list app depends on where your list starts. If it starts from the recipes you're cooking, try Scullery, Plan to Eat or Paprika. For a free shared list on every device, OurGroceries or Bring!. To track spending, Listonic or Out of Milk. To install nothing new, Apple Reminders or Google Keep. For the family calendar, Cozi.",[11,953,954],{},"We make Scullery. Facts about the other apps come from their own websites, help pages and app store listings, checked on 6 October 2026 and listed under Sources at the end. We haven't trialled them, so this page compares what each app says it does, not how well it does it. Prices are in US dollars unless marked, and store prices vary by country.",[15,956,958],{"id":957},"what-to-look-for-in-a-grocery-list-app","What to look for in a grocery list app",[11,960,961],{},"Start with how items get onto the list and who else shops. Most of these apps are free to start, so the useful questions are about sharing, sorting and what paying actually buys.",[33,963,964,970,976,982,988,994,1000,1006],{},[36,965,966,969],{},[39,967,968],{},"How items get on the list."," List-first apps make typing quick: OurGroceries adds by voice, barcode or photo, Out of Milk by barcode and shopping history, and Listonic from text, speech or a photo with its AI assistant. Recipe-first apps add ingredients for you: Scullery, Plan to Eat, Paprika, Cozi and Samsung Food.",[36,971,972,975],{},[39,973,974],{},"Sorting."," AnyList follows your store's layout, OurGroceries and Paprika sort by aisle, Listonic and Scullery by category, and Plan to Eat by store. Apple's Groceries list sorts into categories. Google Keep's pages don't mention grocery categories.",[36,977,978,981],{},[39,979,980],{},"Sharing."," Some apps use one household account (OurGroceries) or one family account (Cozi); others invite each person to a list (Out of Milk, Listonic, Google Keep, Apple Reminders). Check that everyone who shops can add and tick off items.",[36,983,984,987],{},[39,985,986],{},"Ads, and what paying buys."," OurGroceries and Listonic show ads in the free version, and their paid options remove them; Listonic says Premium adds no other features. Bring! and Out of Milk show ads on Android, and their pages don't say what Premium adds. Cozi's free version has ads. Google Keep lists no in-app purchases.",[36,989,990,993],{},[39,991,992],{},"Prices and totals."," Listonic and Out of Milk keep a running total if you enter prices.",[36,995,996,999],{},[39,997,998],{},"Platforms."," OurGroceries, Bring!, Listonic and Google Keep have watch apps. Apple Reminders needs Apple devices. AnyList's web and Mac apps need Complete. Scullery runs in a browser.",[36,1001,1002,1005],{},[39,1003,1004],{},"Ordering."," Samsung Food orders groceries online, and OurGroceries works with Instacart in the US and Canada. Most of the others stop at the list.",[36,1007,1008,1011],{},[39,1009,1010],{},"Getting the list out."," OurGroceries exports a ZIP with Excel and JSON files, and Google Keep exports through Google Takeout. Most others share, email or print a list rather than export it.",[15,1013,1015],{"id":1014},"compare-12-grocery-list-apps","Compare 12 grocery list apps",[1017,1018],"app-comparison-table",{"category":1019},"shopping",[11,1021,1022],{},"Facts checked 6 October 2026, from each app's own pages and US store listings. Your store's prices may differ.",[15,1024,1026],{"id":1025},"the-12-apps-one-by-one","The 12 apps, one by one",[11,1028,1029],{},"Scullery comes first because it's ours. The others follow the table. Each section has the facts from the app's own pages, then what we'd check before choosing it.",[1031,1032,1033,1048,1053,1058,1063,1068,1073,1078,1083,1088,1093,1098],"app-profiles",{"category":1019},[1034,1035,1036,1039],"template",{"v-slot:scullery":133},[11,1037,1038],{},"Scullery's shopping list is part of a shared household cookbook, used in a phone or desktop browser. Add ingredients from one recipe or the whole meal plan, and they're organised by category, each still linked to the recipe that needs it; a scaled recipe adds its scaled amounts. When two lines may be the same thing, Scullery asks before combining them, and toilet roll or washing-up liquid can go on the same list.",[11,1040,1041,1042,1047],{},"It's free, with no subscription or app purchase, and in open beta with no invite needed. There's no cap on how many recipes you save; AI features, such as importing social posts and photos, run in per-account and per-household usage windows, which can mean a short wait. There's no App Store app and no grocery checkout. ",[62,1043,1046],{"href":1044,"rel":1045},"https:\u002F\u002Fapp.scullery.online\u002Fsignup?source=comparison",[209],"Create a free account"," to try it.",[1034,1049,1050],{"v-slot:anylist":133},[11,1051,1052],{},"AnyList is a shared shopping list first: categorised, sorted to your store's layout, and free to share on iPhone, iPad and Android. A recipe collection sits beside it, with 5 free imports from the web. Complete ($9.99 a year for one person, $14.99 for a household) adds the meal planning calendar, recipe photos and scaling, and the web and Mac apps.",[1034,1054,1055],{"v-slot:bring":133},[11,1056,1057],{},"Bring! is a visual shared list that syncs in real time and sends notifications when someone changes it. It runs on iOS, Android, the web, Apple Watch and Wear OS, takes items by voice through Alexa and Siri, and imports recipes. It also shows retailer brochures and offers; check which retailers it covers where you live. Core features are free; Google Play says the Android app contains ads, and its pages don't say what Premium adds.",[1034,1059,1060],{"v-slot:ourgroceries":133},[11,1061,1062],{},"OurGroceries is a plain household list on almost every device: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, the web, Apple Watch, Wear OS and Alexa. Items go in by voice, barcode or photo, or as text or CSV on the web, and the list sorts by aisle. Every feature is free with ads; removing them costs about $1 a month, $6 a year or $20 once. The household shares one account, and recipes are typed in by hand.",[1034,1064,1065],{"v-slot:out-of-milk":133},[11,1066,1067],{},"Out of Milk keeps shopping, pantry and to-do lists, with prices and running totals. Items go in by hand, by barcode or from your shopping history and templates, and you invite people by email to edit in real time. Its site calls it completely free; Google Play says the Android app contains ads, and the US App Store lists an Out of Milk Premium whose contents aren't stated. Its help centre blocked our checks.",[1034,1069,1070],{"v-slot:listonic":133},[11,1071,1072],{},"Listonic is a free shared list that needs no account, with automatic categories, item photos, cost totals and offline use. Its AI assistant builds a list from text, speech or a photo, or from a meal you describe. The free version has ads, and Listonic says Premium removes them and \"doesn't add any new features\".",[1034,1074,1075],{"v-slot:apple-reminders":133},[11,1076,1077],{},"Apple Reminders has a Groceries list type that sorts items into categories, built into iPhone, iPad and Mac. Lists are shared through iCloud, and Family Sharing adds a Family Groceries list. In iOS 27, Apple Intelligence can suggest items from an online recipe in Safari, on iPhone 15 Pro or later; grocery sorting works only in the languages Apple lists.",[1034,1079,1080],{"v-slot:google-keep":133},[11,1081,1082],{},"Google Keep is a notes app with checkbox lists, free on Android, iOS, the web and Wear OS. You can share a list with collaborators or a Google family group. Its pages don't mention grocery categories, so quantities and grouping are up to you.",[1034,1084,1085],{"v-slot:cozi":133},[11,1086,1087],{},"Cozi keeps the shopping list beside the family calendar, to-do lists and a recipe box, and recipe ingredients can go straight onto the list. One family account holds up to 12 people, the list updates in real time, and you can email or text it to whoever is shopping. The free version has ads; Gold and Max are yearly subscriptions.",[1034,1089,1090],{"v-slot:paprika":133},[11,1091,1092],{},"Paprika's shopping list comes from its recipe collection: it combines ingredients and sorts them by aisle, with a pantry list too, and on iOS lists can go to Reminders. It's a one-time purchase on each platform today, synced across your own devices; Paprika says premium features will need a subscription after its version 4 beta.",[1034,1094,1095],{"v-slot:plan-to-eat":133},[11,1096,1097],{},"Plan to Eat builds the shopping list from the meals on its planner, sorted by store, so the list follows the week you've planned. A household shares one login. After a 14-day trial with no card it's a subscription, $49 a year on its website.",[1034,1099,1100],{"v-slot:samsung-food":133},[11,1101,1102],{},"Samsung Food builds shared shopping lists from your meal plans and can order groceries online, alongside a large recipe library and a free weekly planner. Food+ adds AI-personalised plans, pantry and nutrition tracking. Samsung Food's website and help centre blocked our checks, so these facts come from its store listings and Samsung's newsroom.",[15,1104,1106],{"id":1105},"choose-by-job","Choose by job",[11,1108,1109],{},"Pick the job you most need done, then read that app's section above.",[33,1111,1112,1133,1146,1155,1168,1175,1190,1199,1212,1222,1231],{},[36,1113,1114,1117,1118,1122,1123,1127,1128,1132],{},[39,1115,1116],{},"A list built from the recipes you're cooking, free:"," ",[62,1119,1121],{"href":1120},"#scullery","Scullery",". 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The difference that matters is where the list starts.",[11,1249,1250,1253],{},[39,1251,1252],{},"List-first apps"," start from what you type, say or scan: OurGroceries, Bring!, Out of Milk, Listonic, Apple Reminders and Google Keep. They suit households that shop for staples and don't cook from saved recipes most nights.",[11,1255,1256,1259],{},[39,1257,1258],{},"Recipe-first apps"," start from the meals you've chosen and add their ingredients: Scullery, Plan to Eat, Paprika and Samsung Food. They suit households that plan. In Scullery, each item also shows which recipe needs it, so nobody wonders what the coriander was for. AnyList and Cozi sit between the two, with a list that stands alone and recipes beside it.",[11,1261,1262],{},"If a few recipes drive most of your shop, a recipe-first app saves retyping. If the list is mostly milk, bread and bin bags, a list-first app is quicker.",[15,1264,1266],{"id":1265},"switching-between-apps","Switching between apps",[11,1268,1269],{},"A shopping list is short-lived, so switching usually means retyping your regulars rather than moving files. A few apps move lists in and out:",[33,1271,1272,1277,1282,1287,1293,1298,1303],{},[36,1273,1274,1276],{},[39,1275,1141],{}," exports a ZIP with Excel and JSON files, and its web app imports text or CSV, including Out of Milk's CSV.",[36,1278,1279,1281],{},[39,1280,1188],{}," exports through Google Takeout, or copies a note to Google Docs.",[36,1283,1284,1286],{},[39,1285,1131],{}," sends lists to Reminders on iOS.",[36,1288,1289,1292],{},[39,1290,1291],{},"AnyList, Cozi and Out of Milk"," email, text or print a list.",[36,1294,1295,1297],{},[39,1296,1163],{}," shares lists by link; an export isn't stated.",[36,1299,1300,1302],{},[39,1301,1183],{}," prints a list; a file export isn't stated.",[36,1304,1305,1308],{},[39,1306,1307],{},"Bring!, Plan to Eat and Samsung Food:"," a list export isn't stated on the pages we could read.",[11,1310,1311,1312,1316],{},"Recipes are the part worth moving carefully. If you're leaving a recipe-first app, see ",[62,1313,1315],{"href":1314},"\u002Farticles\u002Fbest-recipe-apps#switching-between-apps","switching between recipe apps"," for which apps read whose files.",[1318,1319,1321],"h3",{"id":1320},"what-scullery-takes-in-today","What Scullery takes in today",[11,1323,1324,1325,1328,1329,1332,1333,1336,1337,1341,1342,1345,1346,1349],{},"Scullery doesn't import lists from other apps. Type the household items you buy every week once; after that, recipe ingredients arrive with the recipes. Recipes come in one at a time: in ",[39,1326,1327],{},"Library",", choose ",[39,1330,1331],{},"Add recipe",", then paste a link to a recipe website or a TikTok, Instagram or YouTube post, paste the text, or use ",[39,1334,1335],{},"Scan a recipe"," with a screenshot or photo. The one bulk route is for Mealime: until Mealime closes on 21 October 2026, our free ",[62,1338,1340],{"href":1339},"\u002Fmealime-export","Mealime import tool"," brings your Mealime recipes across in one go. The ",[62,1343,1344],{"href":288},"import guide"," walks through each route, and ",[62,1347,1348],{"href":785},"building the list from what you chose"," explains how the list keeps track of its recipes.",[11,1351,1352,1353,1356,1357,1360,1361,1364],{},"Scullery's own export is a JSON copy of your account, households, recipes, meal plans and shopping lists. Ask for it in ",[39,1354,1355],{},"Settings",", under ",[39,1358,1359],{},"Privacy & Data",", with ",[39,1362,1363],{},"Request your data","; once the request is approved, it's emailed to your account address.",[15,1366,1368],{"id":1367},"sources","Sources",[11,1370,1371,1372,71],{},"Every page below was checked on 6 October 2026. Scullery's facts come from our own product and its ",[62,1373,1375],{"href":1374},"\u002Ffaq","FAQ",[33,1377,1378,1403,1432,1455,1476,1494,1524,1552,1571,1595,1609],{},[36,1379,1380,1117,1383,393,1388,393,1393,393,1398],{},[39,1381,1382],{},"AnyList:",[62,1384,1387],{"href":1385,"rel":1386},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.anylist.com\u002Ffeatures",[209],"features",[62,1389,1392],{"href":1390,"rel":1391},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.anylist.com\u002Fcomplete",[209],"Complete pricing",[62,1394,1397],{"href":1395,"rel":1396},"https:\u002F\u002Fhelp.anylist.com\u002Farticles\u002Fweb-app\u002F",[209],"web app help",[62,1399,1402],{"href":1400,"rel":1401},"https:\u002F\u002Fhelp.anylist.com\u002Farticles\u002Ffeature-overview-recipe-import\u002F",[209],"recipe import 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Food:",[62,1615,1426],{"href":1616,"rel":1617},"https:\u002F\u002Fapps.apple.com\u002Fus\u002Fapp\u002Fid1133637674",[209],[62,1619,1431],{"href":1620,"rel":1621},"https:\u002F\u002Fplay.google.com\u002Fstore\u002Fapps\u002Fdetails?id=com.foodient.whisk",[209],[62,1623,1626],{"href":1624,"rel":1625},"https:\u002F\u002Fnews.samsung.com\u002Fglobal\u002Fsamsung-announces-global-launch-of-samsung-food-an-ai-powered-personalized-food-and-recipe-service",[209],"Samsung Newsroom launch post",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":1628},[1629,1630,1631,1632,1633,1634,1638],{"id":957,"depth":134,"text":958},{"id":1014,"depth":134,"text":1015},{"id":1025,"depth":134,"text":1026},{"id":1105,"depth":134,"text":1106},{"id":1243,"depth":134,"text":1244},{"id":1265,"depth":134,"text":1266,"children":1635},[1636],{"id":1320,"depth":1637,"text":1321},3,{"id":1367,"depth":134,"text":1368},"2026-09-25","Twelve grocery list apps compared by job, from free shared lists to lists built from your recipes, with prices and platforms checked on 6 October 2026.",[1642,1645,1648,1651,1654,1657,1660],{"question":1643,"answer":1644},"Is there a free grocery list app?","Several. Google Keep is free with no in-app purchases listed, and Apple Reminders is built into iPhone, iPad and Mac. Scullery is free, with no subscription or app purchase and no cap on recipes saved; AI features, such as importing social posts and photos, run in usage windows that can mean a short wait. OurGroceries and Listonic give every feature away and show ads, with paid ad removal. Bring! and Out of Milk are free, with ads on Android and a Premium purchase whose contents their pages don't state. AnyList's shared list and Samsung Food's lists are free, and Cozi's free version has ads.",{"question":1646,"answer":1647},"Which grocery list app can my whole household share?","All twelve share a list, in different ways. OurGroceries uses one household account, and Cozi one family account for up to 12 people. Out of Milk invites people by email, Listonic invites family or roommates, and Bring! syncs shared lists in real time with notifications. Apple Reminders shares iCloud lists and has a Family Groceries list for Family Sharing; Google Keep shares notes with collaborators or a family group. Scullery and AnyList share one list across a household, and Plan to Eat suggests sharing one login.",{"question":1649,"answer":1650},"Which grocery list apps add ingredients from recipes?","Scullery adds ingredients from one recipe or a whole meal plan and keeps each linked to the recipe that needs it. Plan to Eat builds the list from its meal planner, Samsung Food from your plans, and Cozi and Paprika from saved recipes. AnyList and Bring! import recipes, with 5 free web imports on AnyList. In iOS 27, Apple Reminders can suggest grocery items from a recipe in Safari on iPhones with Apple Intelligence. OurGroceries saves recipes you type in by hand.",{"question":1652,"answer":1653},"Which grocery list app tracks what I spend?","Listonic and Out of Milk both keep prices and running totals as you add items. You enter the prices yourself.",{"question":1655,"answer":1656},"Can Apple Reminders make a grocery list?","Yes. Since iOS 17, a Groceries list in Reminders sorts items into categories, in the languages Apple lists, and it needs Reminders in iCloud. You can share the list through iCloud, and Family Sharing adds a Family Groceries list. In iOS 27, released on 14 September 2026, Apple Intelligence can suggest items from an online recipe in Safari, on iPhone 15 Pro or later.",{"question":1658,"answer":1659},"Can I order groceries from a list app?","Some, depending on where you live. Samsung Food has online grocery ordering, and OurGroceries works with Instacart in the US and Canada. Bring! shows retailer brochures and offers; check which retailers it covers where you live. Scullery doesn't include grocery checkout.",{"question":1661,"answer":1662},"Is a grocery list app the same as a shopping list app?","Yes. The names are used for the same kind of app. The bigger difference is where the list starts: list-first apps such as OurGroceries and Bring! start from what you type, while recipe-first apps such as Scullery, Plan to Eat and Paprika build the list from the meals you've chosen.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-best-grocery-list-apps-v2.webp","A phone lying flat with an illustrated grocery checklist beside a brown paper bag, carrots, an orange and a red apple on a lime-green table.",{},{"title":946,"description":1640},"articles\u002Fbest-grocery-list-apps","Shopping list apps matched to how your household shops, with each price, platform and limit taken from the app's own pages.",[1670],"app-guides","-fe61mlXaZc05F4Sq870_X-HMCviRNIOx9-uBl7lnrI",{"id":1673,"title":1674,"author":6,"body":1675,"cta":166,"date":1639,"description":1765,"extension":147,"faq":166,"featured":164,"heroImage":1766,"heroImageAlt":1767,"homepage":164,"meta":1768,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":521,"seo":1769,"showContents":164,"stem":1770,"summary":1771,"tags":1772,"updated":166,"written":1639,"__hash__":1773},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-scale-a-recipe.md","How to scale a recipe for more or fewer servings",{"type":8,"value":1676,"toc":1759},[1677,1680,1684,1687,1692,1695,1706,1709,1712,1716,1719,1722,1730,1734,1743,1746,1750,1753],[11,1678,1679],{},"To scale a recipe, divide the servings you want by the original servings, then multiply each ingredient quantity by that number. Keep units consistent while calculating. After the arithmetic, check your equipment and method: a larger quantity of ingredients doesn't come with an automatically correct new cooking time.",[15,1681,1683],{"id":1682},"work-out-the-multiplier-first","Work out the multiplier first",[11,1685,1686],{},"The calculation is:",[11,1688,1689],{},[39,1690,1691],{},"Multiplier = new servings ÷ original servings",[11,1693,1694],{},"Suppose a four-serving recipe calls for 400 g chickpeas, 200 g tomatoes and 2 tablespoons of oil. For six servings, the multiplier is 6 ÷ 4 = 1.5. Your new amounts are:",[33,1696,1697,1700,1703],{},[36,1698,1699],{},"600 g chickpeas;",[36,1701,1702],{},"300 g tomatoes;",[36,1704,1705],{},"3 tablespoons of oil.",[11,1707,1708],{},"For two servings, multiply the original amounts by 0.5 instead. Write down which serving count you're using before building the shopping list so you don't mix original and adjusted quantities.",[11,1710,1711],{},"The recipe's stated serving size remains a starting point. Decide whether it describes the kind of portion you want, especially if the dish will be part of a larger meal.",[15,1713,1715],{"id":1714},"keep-the-measurements-understandable","Keep the measurements understandable",[11,1717,1718],{},"Scale each component, including dressings and toppings, unless you deliberately want a different amount. Preserve distinctions such as drained weight and dry weight. They describe what was measured.",[11,1720,1721],{},"Weight can make awkward fractions easier to handle. If halving a recipe gives you half an egg, beat the egg and measure half its weight for that recipe. A cup of one ingredient isn't the same weight as a cup of another, so use the recipe's own weight measurements where available.",[11,1723,1724,1729],{},[62,1725,1728],{"href":1726,"rel":1727},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.kingarthurbaking.com\u002Fblog\u002F2022\u002F02\u002F18\u002Fdigital-kitchen-scale",[209],"King Arthur's guide to kitchen scales"," explains why weighing is useful for consistent baking. Avoid rounding several small quantities at once and then expecting the original formula to behave identically.",[15,1731,1733],{"id":1732},"check-the-pan-before-increasing-the-batch","Check the pan before increasing the batch",[11,1735,1736,1737,1742],{},"For a cake or traybake, look at the original pan dimensions, shape and batter depth. Pan capacity affects the bake; doubling ingredients doesn't mean a tin with twice the diameter. ",[62,1738,1741],{"href":1739,"rel":1740},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.kingarthurbaking.com\u002Fblog\u002F2025\u002F08\u002F18\u002Fbaking-pan-size",[209],"King Arthur's pan-size guide"," explains the effect of different sizes and materials.",[11,1744,1745],{},"For a first attempt, making the original recipe in separate suitable pans can be easier to reason about than one much deeper batch. Follow the recipe's doneness checks and avoid inventing a new time by multiplying the old one.",[15,1747,1749],{"id":1748},"read-the-method-at-the-new-quantity","Read the method at the new quantity",[11,1751,1752],{},"Check whether your bowl, mixer or pan can handle the amount. Read references to divided ingredients and any quantities written inside the steps. Follow tested guidance for substantial baking changes, fermentation or preserving; simple serving arithmetic doesn't validate those processes.",[11,1754,1755,1756,71],{},"In Scullery, a recipe's scale options (½, ×1, ×2 and ×4) adjust the ingredient amounts at once, and adding the recipe to the shopping list from its page uses the scaled amounts. For other serving counts, use the multiplier above. Review the quantities alongside the original method before cooking or ",[62,1757,1758],{"href":785},"adding ingredients to the shopping list",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":1760},[1761,1762,1763,1764],{"id":1682,"depth":134,"text":1683},{"id":1714,"depth":134,"text":1715},{"id":1732,"depth":134,"text":1733},{"id":1748,"depth":134,"text":1749},"Calculate ingredient quantities for a different serving count, then check pan size, practical measurements and cooking instructions before starting.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fhow-to-scale-a-recipe-photo-v1.webp","A lime kitchen scale holding flour beside two blue-rimmed mixing bowls of different sizes, on a blue surface against an orange wall.",{},{"title":1674,"description":1765},"articles\u002Fhow-to-scale-a-recipe","The ingredient maths is simple; the useful checks are what those new amounts mean in your kitchen.",[172],"f6-Auq13jwy__btk5J3PEDFTnHKRTLzsKG1FccjfA-w",{"id":1775,"title":1776,"author":6,"body":1777,"cta":166,"date":1831,"description":1832,"extension":147,"faq":166,"featured":164,"heroImage":1833,"heroImageAlt":1834,"homepage":164,"meta":1835,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":1836,"seo":1837,"showContents":164,"stem":1838,"summary":1839,"tags":1840,"updated":166,"written":1831,"__hash__":1841},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Ffind-recipes-from-an-ingredient-photo.md","Find recipes from a photo of your ingredients",{"type":8,"value":1778,"toc":1826},[1779,1782,1786,1789,1792,1796,1799,1802,1805,1809,1812,1815,1823],[11,1780,1781],{},"Take a photo of the ingredients you want to use, check the names Scullery recognises, and search for recipes. It's a useful starting point when you have a few things on the counter and would like some ideas for what to make with them.",[15,1783,1785],{"id":1784},"start-with-the-ingredients-you-want-to-use","Start with the ingredients you want to use",[11,1787,1788],{},"Suppose you have an aubergine, tomatoes and spring onions. Gather them for a photograph, or choose an existing image. Scullery suggests ingredient names for you to review before searching.",[11,1790,1791],{},"Choose ingredients you actually want to include today. You can leave other things for another meal. The search starts from the names you confirm, so this is also a chance to narrow your focus before looking at recipes.",[15,1793,1795],{"id":1794},"check-the-suggestions","Check the suggestions",[11,1797,1798],{},"Look through each name. A bag can obscure an ingredient, a label can be hard to read, and similar-looking foods can be confused.",[11,1800,1801],{},"You can edit a suggestion, remove it, or add something the camera missed. If the spring onions were hidden behind the tomatoes, add them yourself. If something has been recognised incorrectly, correct it before continuing.",[11,1803,1804],{},"Only the names you confirm go into the recipe search. Scullery looks for useful ingredient matches and keeps the discovery filters you already chose. The photograph helps you start the search; reviewing it gives you control over what you ask for.",[15,1806,1808],{"id":1807},"read-the-recipes-before-choosing","Read the recipes before choosing",[11,1810,1811],{},"Open an appealing result and check its full ingredients and method. Matching the aubergine and tomatoes might be useful, but the dish could still need beans, herbs or something else you haven't included.",[11,1813,1814],{},"Check quantities against what you have, then decide whether to shortlist the recipe or keep looking. The photo search doesn't measure amounts or maintain a pantry inventory. Scullery relies on you to supply that kitchen context.",[11,1816,1817,1818,1822],{},"The ingredient photograph and recognition result are temporary; this flow doesn't save the image to your cookbook. If you want to keep a photograph of a finished dish, use ",[62,1819,1821],{"href":1820},"\u002Farticles\u002Fturn-a-food-photo-into-a-recipe-or-inspiration","Create from idea",", which has a separate review and saving process.",[11,1824,1825],{},"Ingredient-photo search is available to signed-in households, within the usage limits on AI features. Start with a handful of ingredients you want to use and review the suggestions before running your first search.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":1827},[1828,1829,1830],{"id":1784,"depth":134,"text":1785},{"id":1794,"depth":134,"text":1795},{"id":1807,"depth":134,"text":1808},"2026-09-24","How Scullery turns one ingredient photo into a reviewed ingredient search without saving the image or choosing dinner for you.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Frestaurant-ingredient-photo.webp","Aubergine, tomatoes, a lemon, beans and spring onions beside a phone camera on a blue kitchen worktop.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Ffind-recipes-from-an-ingredient-photo",{"title":1776,"description":1832},"articles\u002Ffind-recipes-from-an-ingredient-photo","Photograph the ingredients in front of you, review what Scullery recognises, and search for recipes that make good use of them.",[316],"hOENpo-eTNzOcurDVneLurP69vTw0YCNsptolIexyLE",{"id":1843,"title":1844,"author":6,"body":1845,"cta":166,"date":1831,"description":1963,"extension":147,"faq":166,"featured":164,"heroImage":1964,"heroImageAlt":1965,"homepage":164,"meta":1966,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":288,"seo":1967,"showContents":164,"stem":1968,"summary":1969,"tags":1970,"updated":298,"written":1831,"__hash__":1971},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-import-recipes-into-scullery.md","How to import a recipe into Scullery",{"type":8,"value":1846,"toc":1957},[1847,1850,1854,1870,1873,1876,1879,1883,1886,1912,1915,1918,1922,1932,1939,1945,1949],[11,1848,1849],{},"To import a recipe into Scullery, start with a link, pasted recipe text or a readable photo of the recipe. Review what comes back before saving. An import gives you a draft to work with; checking the ingredients and instructions is what makes it useful for your next meal.",[15,1851,1853],{"id":1852},"choose-the-source-with-the-clearest-recipe","Choose the source with the clearest recipe",[11,1855,1856,1857,1328,1859,1861,1862,1865,1866,1869],{},"In ",[39,1858,1327],{},[39,1860,1331],{},", then pick the input that matches your source. Use the full page link for a website recipe (tap ",[39,1863,1864],{},"Paste"," to drop in a link you've copied), or paste the ingredients and method together from a message. If a site won't let Scullery read its page, the ",[62,1867,1868],{"href":311},"Scullery button for Chrome"," sends the page you have open instead.",[11,1871,1872],{},"For a cookbook or handwritten card, use an image where the text can be read.",[11,1874,1875],{},"Prefer the actual recipe page over a search result or a general profile link. If a social post refers to a recipe on a separate website, that page may contain details absent from the caption.",[11,1877,1878],{},"When photographing a recipe, include any continuation of the method. Check that a page fold or shadow hasn't hidden a quantity. The aim is to give Scullery the evidence you would need to read the recipe yourself.",[15,1880,1882],{"id":1881},"compare-the-draft-with-the-source","Compare the draft with the source",[11,1884,1885],{},"Keep the original available while you review:",[33,1887,1888,1894,1900,1906],{},[36,1889,1890,1893],{},[39,1891,1892],{},"Servings:"," does the stated yield match the source?",[36,1895,1896,1899],{},[39,1897,1898],{},"Ingredients:"," are quantities, units and separate components present?",[36,1901,1902,1905],{},[39,1903,1904],{},"Instructions:"," are steps in order, including temperatures and waiting stages?",[36,1907,1908,1911],{},[39,1909,1910],{},"Context:"," can you identify and return to the source?",[11,1913,1914],{},"Suppose a recipe lists one lemon and later uses both zest and juice. Check that the draft retains those uses; changing them into two whole lemons would alter the shopping requirement. Correct the recipe while the source is still open.",[11,1916,1917],{},"A successful import doesn't guarantee that every detail is correct. If something important is missing, add it from the source or leave the draft visibly unfinished until you can check it.",[15,1919,1921],{"id":1920},"choose-how-to-save-it","Choose how to save it",[11,1923,1924,1925,1928,1929,1931],{},"Choose ",[39,1926,1927],{},"Save recipe"," to keep it in Recipes or ",[39,1930,612],{}," to put it in To try. Those choices describe your intention. An unfinished recipe can be saved in either place and completed later.",[11,1933,1934,1935,1938],{},"For source material you want to keep as an Idea, use ",[39,1936,1937],{},"Save idea"," where that option is offered. Ideas can hold useful links, images and notes without presenting them as a complete recipe.",[11,1940,1941,1942,1944],{},"A finished-food photograph is a different starting point from a readable recipe page. Use ",[62,1943,1821],{"href":1820}," when you want to work from the appearance of a dish.",[15,1946,1948],{"id":1947},"open-the-saved-recipe-once","Open the saved recipe once",[11,1950,1951,1952,1956],{},"Check the saved version before adding it to a plan or shopping from it. Start with one clear source, then try your more difficult cards and clippings. For a growing collection, ",[62,1953,1955],{"href":1954},"\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-organise-recipes-digitally","a few naming habits"," will make those imports easier to find again.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":1958},[1959,1960,1961,1962],{"id":1852,"depth":134,"text":1853},{"id":1881,"depth":134,"text":1882},{"id":1920,"depth":134,"text":1921},{"id":1947,"depth":134,"text":1948},"Bring a recipe link, pasted text or readable recipe photo into Scullery, check the draft and choose whether to keep it or save it to try.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-how-to-import-recipes-into-scullery-v2.webp","A hand holding a portrait phone above an open cookbook to photograph the full recipe page, beside an illustration of tomato pasta on an orange table.",{},{"title":1844,"description":1963},"articles\u002Fhow-to-import-recipes-into-scullery","Pick the source that contains the recipe, review the important details and save it to the right place in your household cookbook.",[316],"kmCKxRC7wBEr2sFSzasBH8Tc2r_is5uIKOsEl6Es6o8",{"id":1973,"title":1974,"author":6,"body":1975,"cta":2080,"date":1831,"description":2084,"extension":147,"faq":2085,"featured":164,"heroImage":2101,"heroImageAlt":2102,"homepage":161,"meta":2103,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":1239,"seo":2104,"showContents":164,"stem":2105,"summary":2106,"tags":2107,"updated":2108,"written":1831,"__hash__":2109},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fmealime-alternatives.md","Mealime alternatives: where to take your recipes before 21 October",{"type":8,"value":1976,"toc":2074},[1977,1980,1984,1992,2006,2009,2013,2019,2022,2029,2045,2049,2052,2055,2064,2068,2071],[11,1978,1979],{},"Mealime closes on 21 October 2026. Its recipes are moving to Meals Hub, inside US grocery apps such as Safeway and Albertsons, and Mealime says all personal data will be deleted at shutdown. Before you pick what comes next, save the recipes your household actually cooks.",[15,1981,1983],{"id":1982},"what-changes-on-21-october","What changes on 21 October",[11,1985,1986,1991],{},[62,1987,1990],{"href":1988,"rel":1989},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mealime.com\u002Fclosing",[209],"Mealime's notice",", checked on 24 September 2026, says:",[33,1993,1994,1997,2000,2003],{},[36,1995,1996],{},"Mealime is discontinued on 21 October 2026.",[36,1998,1999],{},"Mealime recipes stay available on Meals Hub, in Albertsons Companies grocery apps and store websites. The chains it names are all in the US, including Safeway, Albertsons, Vons, Jewel-Osco and ACME.",[36,2001,2002],{},"Pro recipes and features are free for everyone until then, and Pro subscribers won't be charged again.",[36,2004,2005],{},"All personal data will be deleted when the app shuts down. The notice doesn't mention an export, so treat anything saved to your account as temporary.",[11,2007,2008],{},"If you shop at one of those chains and mainly want Mealime's recipes, Meals Hub is the official route. Everyone else needs a new home for the recipes and the weekly routine.",[15,2010,2012],{"id":2011},"save-the-recipes-you-cook-before-the-21st","Save the recipes you cook, before the 21st",[11,2014,2015,2016,2018],{},"The quickest way is our free ",[62,2017,1340],{"href":1339},". On a phone, copy each recipe's link from the Mealime app and paste them all in at once. On a computer, one click in Mealime's web app brings your favourites, this week's meals, the recipes you wrote yourself and your notes across. Keep them in Scullery, or download a ZIP that Paprika, Mealie and Tandoor import. Past plans don't come across with the button, so paste the link for any recipe you want from one, or favourite it first.",[11,2020,2021],{},"To bring recipes across by hand instead, you probably don't need every recipe you ever saved. Go through your favourites and recent plans and note the ones your household would happily cook again. A dozen reliable dinners is a good start.",[11,2023,2024,2025,2028],{},"Every Mealime recipe has its own page on mealime.com, and many recipe apps can read a recipe from that link. In the Mealime app, open the recipe, tap the three dots and choose ",[39,2026,2027],{},"Share",". On a computer, open the recipe in Mealime's web app and copy the address. Recipes you added to Mealime yourself may not have a public page, so screenshot or copy those too.",[11,2030,2031,2032,2034,2035,2037,2038,2041,2042,2044],{},"In Scullery, choose ",[39,2033,1331],{},", then tap ",[39,2036,1864],{}," or paste the link into ",[39,2039,2040],{},"Recipe website link",". On Android, once Scullery is on your home screen, you can share a Mealime recipe straight to it. When we tested three Mealime links on 24 September 2026, each came across with its title, servings, ingredients, method, photo and a link back to Mealime. Mealime's recipe data leaves out the amounts for pantry items such as salt, oil and spices, so Scullery works them out from the recipe's steps and tells you if it couldn't find one. Check the draft before you save it. For your own recipes, use ",[39,2043,1335],{}," with a screenshot.",[15,2046,2048],{"id":2047},"six-alternatives-by-what-you-used-mealime-for","Six alternatives, by what you used Mealime for",[11,2050,2051],{},"We make Scullery. This comparison uses each app's official pages, checked on 6 October 2026, not hands-on testing. Prices are in US dollars and vary by country.",[1017,2053],{"category":2054},"mealime",[11,2056,2057,2058,2063],{},"Plan to Eat is offering new customers who are leaving Mealime 30% off, through its ",[62,2059,2062],{"href":2060,"rel":2061},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.plantoeat.com\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fmealime-is-moving-heres-your-best-meal-planning-alternative\u002F",[209],"14 September post",". The post doesn't say how long the offer runs.",[15,2065,2067],{"id":2066},"what-scullery-does-and-what-it-doesnt","What Scullery does, and what it doesn't",[11,2069,2070],{},"Scullery is a free recipe organiser and meal planner for households. Save recipes from websites, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, screenshots and cookbook pages into one shared cookbook. Shortlist what you fancy, let everyone add a yes, put meals on the plan with or without a day, and build one shopping list from the recipes you chose. Scale a recipe to half, double or four times, and adding it to the list from the recipe uses the scaled amounts.",[11,2072,2073],{},"It won't hand you a ready-made weekly menu the way Mealime did, it doesn't count calories, and there's no App Store app: it runs in your phone or desktop browser, and you can add it to your home screen. Imports from social posts, screenshots and photos use AI and have usage limits.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":2075},[2076,2077,2078,2079],{"id":1982,"depth":134,"text":1983},{"id":2011,"depth":134,"text":2012},{"id":2047,"depth":134,"text":2048},{"id":2066,"depth":134,"text":2067},{"title":2081,"body":2082,"to":1339,"label":2083},"Bring your Mealime recipes across","Mealime deletes your account on 21 October. Bring your favourites, this week's meals, your own recipes and your notes into Scullery now, or download them as a ZIP for another recipe app. It's free, and you don't need an account to start.","Import my Mealime recipes","Mealime closes on 21 October 2026 and deletes personal data. Save the recipes you cook, then compare six alternatives by what you used Mealime for.",[2086,2089,2092,2095,2098],{"question":2087,"answer":2088},"When does Mealime close?","On 21 October 2026, according to Mealime's notice.",{"question":2090,"answer":2091},"Can I export my Mealime recipes?","Mealime's notice doesn't mention an export, and it says personal data will be deleted at shutdown. Our free Mealime import tool works on a phone or a computer: paste your recipe links, or use its button on a computer to bring your favourites, this week's meals, your own recipes and your notes in one go. Keep them in Scullery, or download a ZIP that other recipe apps import.",{"question":2093,"answer":2094},"Will Mealime's recipes still exist?","Mealime says its recipes will continue on Meals Hub, in Albertsons Companies grocery apps and store websites in the US.",{"question":2096,"answer":2097},"Is there a free Mealime alternative?","Yes. Scullery is free, Samsung Food has a free core app, Eat This Much offers free daily plans and AnyList's shared lists are free. Plan to Eat and Paprika are paid.",{"question":2099,"answer":2100},"Do I need to install an app to use Scullery?","No. Scullery runs in your phone or desktop browser. You can add it to your home screen, and on Android it then appears in the share menu.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-mealime-alternatives-v5.webp","A pasta recipe card and curved transfer arrow sit between a blue phone showing the recipe and a lime phone holding a recipe collection, on cream.",{},{"title":1974,"description":2084},"articles\u002Fmealime-alternatives","Save the recipes your household actually cooks first, then choose an app by the job Mealime did for you.",[1670],"2026-10-06","LbWqVwHuTmDytAbYlTNAgqUSVj6HWQEkU43jWZ1yli4",{"id":2111,"title":2112,"author":6,"body":2113,"cta":166,"date":1831,"description":2181,"extension":147,"faq":166,"featured":164,"heroImage":2182,"heroImageAlt":2183,"homepage":164,"meta":2184,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":1820,"seo":2185,"showContents":164,"stem":2186,"summary":2187,"tags":2188,"updated":166,"written":1831,"__hash__":2189},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fturn-a-food-photo-into-a-recipe-or-inspiration.md","Turn a food photo into a recipe or save the idea",{"type":8,"value":2114,"toc":2176},[2115,2118,2122,2125,2137,2140,2147,2151,2154,2157,2160,2164,2170,2173],[11,2116,2117],{},"A photograph of a dish can give you something to cook towards, even when you don't have the recipe. In Scullery, you can use it to create an editable recipe proposal or save the image as an idea to return to another day.",[15,2119,2121],{"id":2120},"choose-the-right-starting-point","Choose the right starting point",[11,2123,2124],{},"When adding an image, choose the path that fits what it contains:",[33,2126,2127,2132],{},[36,2128,2129,2131],{},[39,2130,1335],{}," for a cookbook page, recipe card or screenshot with readable ingredients and instructions.",[36,2133,2134,2136],{},[39,2135,1821],{}," for a finished dish, menu item, package or label that gives you an idea without a complete recipe.",[11,2138,2139],{},"For example, a photograph of a bowl of pasta might show tomatoes and herbs. It won't tell you the exact quantities or everything that went into the sauce. Create from idea uses what is visible as the starting point for a proposed recipe.",[11,2141,2142,2143,2146],{},"If your photograph shows loose ingredients you want to cook with, try ",[62,2144,2145],{"href":1836},"ingredient-photo search"," instead.",[15,2148,2150],{"id":2149},"review-the-proposed-recipe","Review the proposed recipe",[11,2152,2153],{},"Scullery separates visible observations from its assumptions and proposes one practical recipe for you to edit. If several dishes could be the subject of the image, it asks you to choose one.",[11,2155,2156],{},"Read the servings, ingredients and instructions, along with the choices Scullery made. Change anything that doesn't fit what you want to cook. You might want a different serving size or prefer to adjust a suggested ingredient before saving.",[11,2158,2159],{},"Treat the result as a starting recipe to review. A photograph cannot establish the original cook's method, and a recipe proposed from a package label is a Scullery version rather than the manufacturer's exact recipe.",[15,2161,2163],{"id":2162},"keep-the-idea-for-later","Keep the idea for later",[11,2165,2166,2167,2169],{},"You can choose ",[39,2168,1937],{}," if you aren't ready to make a recipe. That keeps the image and its context private to the household, ready to come back to when it is useful.",[11,2171,2172],{},"If you save the proposed recipe, its original idea stays linked as the source. You can return to the image when deciding what to adjust or remembering what caught your attention.",[11,2174,2175],{},"Create from idea is available to signed-in households, within the usage limits on AI features. Try it with one food image you've been meaning to return to, and decide whether you want a recipe to work on or simply somewhere to keep the idea.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":2177},[2178,2179,2180],{"id":2120,"depth":134,"text":2121},{"id":2149,"depth":134,"text":2150},{"id":2162,"depth":134,"text":2163},"How Scullery handles a dish, menu, or ingredient-label photo without pretending the original recipe was visible.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Frestaurant-food-inspiration.webp","An illustrated food photograph beside a purple cookbook, a recipe note and a pencil on an orange table.",{},{"title":2112,"description":2181},"articles\u002Fturn-a-food-photo-into-a-recipe-or-inspiration","Start with a food image, review a practical Scullery recipe, or keep the original idea for another day.",[316],"L3K4wnRu5bUHK5__ue-Ep5BuBaky3t4Cp9DWcDUHOSc",{"id":2191,"title":2192,"author":6,"body":2193,"cta":166,"date":2353,"description":2354,"extension":147,"faq":166,"featured":164,"heroImage":2355,"heroImageAlt":2356,"homepage":164,"meta":2357,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":2358,"seo":2359,"showContents":164,"stem":2360,"summary":2361,"tags":2362,"updated":2364,"written":2353,"__hash__":2365},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fwhat-is-a-scullery.md","What is a scullery? The room behind our name",{"type":8,"value":2194,"toc":2347},[2195,2211,2215,2224,2232,2248,2252,2255,2263,2267,2270,2319,2327,2331,2337,2340],[11,2196,2197,2198,2201,2202,1122,2205,2210],{},"A ",[39,2199,2200],{},"scullery"," is a room used for washing dishes, cleaning utensils and doing other messy kitchen work, usually beside the main kitchen. Its plural is ",[39,2203,2204],{},"sculleries",[62,2206,2209],{"href":2207,"rel":2208},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.merriam-webster.com\u002Fdictionary\u002Fscullery",[209],"Merriam-Webster's definition"," centres on that practical work, which also inspired the name of our household cooking app.",[15,2212,2214],{"id":2213},"what-were-sculleries-used-for","What were sculleries used for?",[11,2216,2217,2218,2223],{},"Traditional sculleries gave washing and cleaning their own space. At ",[62,2219,2222],{"href":2220,"rel":2221},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nationaltrust.org.uk\u002Fvisit\u002Fwarwickshire\u002Fcharlecote-park\u002Fthings-to-see-and-to-in-the-service-courtyard-at-charlecote-park",[209],"Charlecote Park",", workers used well-water to wash vegetables and crockery in the scullery adjoining the kitchen.",[11,2225,2226,2231],{},[62,2227,2230],{"href":2228,"rel":2229},"https:\u002F\u002Fhistoricengland.org.uk\u002Fadvice\u002Fyour-home\u002Fimprovement\u002Fkitchen\u002F",[209],"Historic England"," distinguishes the cooking kitchen, the scullery for washing pots and the pantry for food storage. As equipment and domestic life changed, many homes brought those jobs into one kitchen.",[11,2233,2234,2235,2239,2240,2244,2245,71],{},"The word has older roots: ",[62,2236,2238],{"href":2207,"rel":2237},[209],"Merriam-Webster"," traces it through Middle English and Anglo-French to the Latin ",[2241,2242,2243],"em",{},"scutella",", a drinking bowl. It is pronounced roughly ",[39,2246,2247],{},"SKUL-uh-ree",[15,2249,2251],{"id":2250},"what-is-a-modern-scullery","What is a modern scullery?",[11,2253,2254],{},"A modern scullery extends the kitchen's working space. A sink, worktop and storage are its basic features; a dishwasher, small appliances or baking area may also fit the household's routine.",[11,2256,2257,2262],{},[62,2258,2261],{"href":2259,"rel":2260},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.kitchensbydesign.co.nz\u002Fthe-return-of-the-scullery",[209],"Kitchens By Design"," emphasises usable bench space and easy access. The purpose is to give preparation and cleaning somewhere to happen while keeping the main kitchen available for cooking or serving.",[15,2264,2266],{"id":2265},"scullery-vs-pantry-vs-butlers-pantry","Scullery vs pantry vs butler's pantry",[11,2268,2269],{},"The main difference is the job each space supports.",[2271,2272,2273,2286],"table",{},[2274,2275,2276],"thead",{},[2277,2278,2279,2283],"tr",{},[2280,2281,2282],"th",{},"Space",[2280,2284,2285],{},"Main job",[2287,2288,2289,2299,2309],"tbody",{},[2277,2290,2291,2296],{},[2292,2293,2294],"td",{},[39,2295,1121],{},[2292,2297,2298],{},"Washing up and preparing food",[2277,2300,2301,2306],{},[2292,2302,2303],{},[39,2304,2305],{},"Pantry",[2292,2307,2308],{},"Storing food and supplies",[2277,2310,2311,2316],{},[2292,2312,2313],{},[39,2314,2315],{},"Butler's pantry",[2292,2317,2318],{},"Storing serving pieces and arranging food for the table",[11,2320,2321,2322,71],{},"Modern rooms often combine these roles. A butler's pantry may include a sink or drinks area, so its name alone doesn't describe its contents. Designer Tami Faulkner shows ",[62,2323,2326],{"href":2324,"rel":2325},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tamifaulknerdesign.com\u002Fblog\u002Fwhats-the-difference-between-a-pantry-butlers-pantry-and-scullery",[209],"the distinctions in example floor plans",[15,2328,2330],{"id":2329},"how-sculleries-inspired-scullery","How sculleries inspired Scullery",[11,2332,2333,2334,71],{},"A meal involves work before anyone turns on the hob: finding a recipe, agreeing what to cook and checking what needs buying. The idea of giving that supporting work a place of its own inspired ",[39,2335,2336],{},"scullery.online",[11,2338,2339],{},"Scullery brings recipes into one shared household cookbook and connects them to planning, shopping and cooking. Imagine saving a pasta recipe from a website. Your household can shortlist it, choose it together and add the ingredients you need to a shared shopping list. The same recipe is there when someone starts cooking.",[11,2341,2342,2343,2346],{},"Start with ",[62,2344,2345],{"href":1954},"a small collection of recipes you already use",", and give the work around them a home too.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":2348},[2349,2350,2351,2352],{"id":2213,"depth":134,"text":2214},{"id":2250,"depth":134,"text":2251},{"id":2265,"depth":134,"text":2266},{"id":2329,"depth":134,"text":2330},"2026-09-19","Learn what a scullery is, how it differs from a pantry or butler's pantry, and why this practical kitchen space inspired Scullery.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-what-is-a-scullery-v3.webp","An ink-and-colour illustration of a cream scullery sink with blue tiles, yellow cupboards, drying dishes and leafy greens in a red colander.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Fwhat-is-a-scullery",{"title":2192,"description":2354},"articles\u002Fwhat-is-a-scullery","From washing pots to preparing meals, sculleries support the work around cooking. That practical role inspired our name.",[2363],"about-scullery","2026-09-21","HeAJtLXrfYfV0-ISMdaGFtzNMK0RDmnPXsKzR-mY5tE",{"id":2367,"title":2368,"author":6,"body":2369,"cta":166,"date":3095,"description":3096,"extension":147,"faq":3097,"featured":164,"heroImage":3119,"heroImageAlt":3120,"homepage":164,"meta":3121,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":1229,"seo":3122,"showContents":161,"stem":3123,"summary":3124,"tags":3125,"updated":2108,"written":3095,"__hash__":3126},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fbest-recipe-apps.md","Best recipe apps in 2026: 12 compared",{"type":8,"value":2370,"toc":3084},[2371,2374,2376,2380,2383,2435,2439,2442,2444,2446,2448,2519,2521,2523,2649,2653,2656,2659,2661,2664,2667,2731,2734,2794,2797,2799,2813,2819,2825,2833,2835,2839],[11,2372,2373],{},"The right recipe app depends on the job you need done. For a free cookbook the whole household shares in a browser, try Scullery. To buy apps outright, Paprika. For scanning paper recipes, Recipe Keeper. For an all-Apple home, Crouton. For a meal calendar, Plan to Eat. For social video, ReciMe or CookBook. For your own server, Mealie or Tandoor.",[11,2375,954],{},[15,2377,2379],{"id":2378},"what-to-look-for-in-a-recipe-app","What to look for in a recipe app",[11,2381,2382],{},"Start with where your recipes come from and who else cooks from them. Price matters, but a free plan that stops at 20 recipes costs more effort than one you can grow into.",[33,2384,2385,2391,2397,2403,2409,2415,2420,2426],{},[36,2386,2387,2390],{},[39,2388,2389],{},"Saving recipes."," Most apps read recipe websites. Social video (Instagram, TikTok, YouTube) and photos of cookbook pages are where they differ, and where free plans tend to stop: ReciMe allows 5 free imports a week, CookBook 20 smart imports, and AnyList 5 recipes from the web.",[36,2392,2393,2396],{},[39,2394,2395],{},"The size of the free collection."," Copy Me That is free up to 40 recipes, CookBook up to 20, and Tandoor's hosted Free plan up to 10. Scullery has no cap on how many recipes you keep.",[36,2398,2399,2402],{},[39,2400,2401],{},"Planning."," Some apps plan on a calendar (Plan to Eat, Paprika, Recipe Keeper, Mealie); Scullery lets a meal sit on the plan without a day. AnyList's calendar and CookBook's planner are on their paid plans only.",[36,2404,2405,2408],{},[39,2406,2407],{},"The shopping list."," All twelve have one. Check what the free plan allows: CookBook's free plan has 2 lists with limited items.",[36,2410,2411,2414],{},[39,2412,2413],{},"Sharing with your household."," Some apps give everyone their own login in a shared household; others suggest you all sign in to one account. If more than one person cooks, this decides a lot.",[36,2416,2417,2419],{},[39,2418,998],{}," If anyone in the house is on Android, an Apple-only app is out. If you want to plan on a laptop, look for a web app.",[36,2421,2422,2425],{},[39,2423,2424],{},"Cost."," Free, one-time per platform, or a subscription. Some apps price differently on their own site and in the App Store: Plan to Eat is $49 a year on its website and $54.99 through the US App Store.",[36,2427,2428,2431,2432,71],{},[39,2429,2430],{},"Getting your recipes out again."," Check the export before you build a collection; see ",[62,2433,1266],{"href":2434},"#switching-between-apps",[15,2436,2438],{"id":2437},"compare-12-recipe-apps","Compare 12 recipe apps",[1017,2440],{"category":2441},"recipes",[11,2443,1022],{},[15,2445,1026],{"id":1025},[11,2447,1029],{},[1031,2449,2450,2461,2469,2474,2479,2484,2489,2494,2499,2504,2509,2514],{"category":2441},[1034,2451,2452,2455],{"v-slot:scullery":133},[11,2453,2454],{},"Scullery is a shared cookbook for a household, used in a phone or desktop browser. It saves recipes from websites, pasted text, screenshots, photos of cookbook pages and cards, and TikTok, Instagram and YouTube posts; when a post doesn't include a full recipe, Scullery keeps it as an Idea instead of guessing. The household shortlists what it fancies, puts meals on the plan with or without a day, and builds one shopping list from the chosen recipes.",[11,2456,2457,2458,1047],{},"It's free, with no subscription or app purchase, and in open beta with no invite needed. AI imports, such as social posts and photos, have a daily limit. There's no App Store app and no ready-made weekly menu. ",[62,2459,1046],{"href":1044,"rel":2460},[209],[1034,2462,2463,2466],{"v-slot:paprika":133},[11,2464,2465],{},"Paprika is a recipe manager with native apps for iPhone and iPad, Android, Mac and Windows, each sold separately and paid for once. It reads files from a long list of other apps, including MasterCook, MacGourmet, Living Cookbook and Pepperplate, and has meal planning calendars, reusable menus and a shopping list sorted by aisle. The Windows trial and the Android free version hold up to 50 recipes, without cloud sync.",[11,2467,2468],{},"Paprika 4 opened a beta to current users on 28 September 2026. It adds social and photo imports and family sharing with separate logins, and Paprika's post says premium features will afterwards require a subscription, with no price or date yet.",[1034,2470,2471],{"v-slot:recipe-keeper":133},[11,2472,2473],{},"Recipe Keeper turns paper into a collection: it scans with the camera, reads PDFs, and imports from websites, Instagram and TikTok, and from files made by BigOven, MasterCook, Paprika and others. It prints your recipes as a PDF cookbook and has a weekly and monthly planner and aisle-grouped shopping lists. Pro is a one-time upgrade bought separately on each platform; the free trial's limits aren't stated on its pages.",[1034,2475,2476],{"v-slot:crouton":133},[11,2477,2478],{},"Crouton is made for Apple devices: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision. Its pages don't mention Android. It shares recipes and the meal plan with your household through iCloud. It imports from links, book scans, photos, PDFs and recipe files, makes a shopping list that works with Reminders, and exports recipes as PDF, plain text or Markdown. Its pages don't state the free version's limits.",[1034,2480,2481],{"v-slot:plan-to-eat":133},[11,2482,2483],{},"Plan to Eat is built around a drag-and-drop calendar that you fill from recipes you've saved, and a shopping list made from the plan, sorted by store. Its clipper and social imports cover Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, TikTok and YouTube; since September 2026, imports from Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube pull the steps from the video. The 14-day trial needs no card, and a lapsed account can still export its recipe book.",[1034,2485,2486],{"v-slot:anylist":133},[11,2487,2488],{},"AnyList starts from the shared shopping list, which is free, with a recipe collection beside it. Free accounts can import 5 recipes from the web. The meal planning calendar, recipe photos, scaling and the web and Mac apps need Complete, which has an individual and a household price. It imports Paprika's export file.",[1034,2490,2491],{"v-slot:samsung-food":133},[11,2492,2493],{},"Samsung Food, formerly Whisk, pairs a recipe library with free saving from any website, a weekly planner, shared shopping lists and grocery ordering, on phone, tablet, Mac and web. Food+ adds AI-personalised plans, pantry and nutrition tracking, and more photo imports. Samsung Food's website and help centre blocked our checks, so these facts come from its store listings and Samsung's newsroom.",[1034,2495,2496],{"v-slot:copy-me-that":133},[11,2497,2498],{},"Copy Me That clips recipes from websites with a browser button or its in-app browser, on the web, iPhone, Android and Mac. Every feature is free up to 40 recipes; after that, one paid membership (monthly, yearly or lifetime) covers all your devices. Its pages suggest a household shares by signing in to the same account.",[1034,2500,2501],{"v-slot:cookbook":133},[11,2502,2503],{},"CookBook imports from almost anywhere: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube, web links, and an AI scanner for photos, pages and screenshots. On Pro, its team will import a collection from Paprika, Copy Me That, Plan to Eat, Recipe Keeper and others. Exports as CookBook, text or PDF files work on the free plan too. Its help centre says it doesn't offer account-linking or family profiles yet.",[1034,2505,2506],{"v-slot:recime":133},[11,2507,2508],{},"ReciMe is built for saving recipes from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest and YouTube, with a web app and Chrome extension beside its phone apps. The free plan gives 5 imports every 7 days, with the meal planner and shopping list included; Plus has a 7-day trial, and photo scanning needs it. Its help centre suggests sharing by signing in to the same account.",[1034,2510,2511],{"v-slot:mealie":133},[11,2512,2513],{},"Mealie is free, open-source software you run on your own server with Docker. It reads recipe links, imports with AI from links (transcribing videos), photos and text, and migrates collections from Tandoor, Paprika, Plan to Eat, Recipe Keeper, Copy Me That and others. Groups and households share recipes, a meal plan calendar and shopping lists. Installing, updating and backing it up are your job.",[1034,2515,2516],{"v-slot:tandoor":133},[11,2517,2518],{},"Tandoor runs in a browser, either on your own server for free or on Tandoor's hosted plans, priced in euros. Hosted Free holds one member and 10 recipes; Standard has room for three members and Premium AI for ten. It has importers for Paprika, Mealie, Plan to Eat, CookBook, Copy Me That and others, and exports to its own ZIP format and PDF.",[15,2520,1106],{"id":1105},[11,2522,1109],{},[33,2524,2525,2541,2554,2574,2588,2598,2608,2617,2624,2633,2643],{},[36,2526,2527,1117,2530,1122,2532,397,2536,2540],{},[39,2528,2529],{},"A free cookbook the whole household shares:",[62,2531,1121],{"href":1120},[62,2533,2535],{"href":2534},"#mealie","Mealie",[62,2537,2539],{"href":2538},"#tandoor","Tandoor"," also share with a household, if someone will host them.",[36,2542,2543,1117,2546,2548,2549,2553],{},[39,2544,2545],{},"Apps you buy once:",[62,2547,1131],{"href":1130}," for now, or ",[62,2550,2552],{"href":2551},"#recipe-keeper","Recipe Keeper"," Pro. Both are bought per platform.",[36,2555,2556,1117,2559,92,2561,2565,2566,2568,2569,2573],{},[39,2557,2558],{},"Paper recipes, cards and cookbook pages:",[62,2560,2552],{"href":2551},[62,2562,2564],{"href":2563},"#cookbook","CookBook",". Scullery's ",[39,2567,1335],{}," reads cookbook pages and cards too; ",[62,2570,2572],{"href":2571},"\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-digitise-family-recipes","how to digitise family recipes"," covers the paper side.",[36,2575,2576,1117,2579,393,2583,92,2585,2587],{},[39,2577,2578],{},"Recipes from Instagram, TikTok and YouTube:",[62,2580,2582],{"href":2581},"#recime","ReciMe",[62,2584,2564],{"href":2563},[62,2586,1126],{"href":1125},"; Scullery saves from all three as well.",[36,2589,2590,1117,2593,2595,2596,71],{},[39,2591,2592],{},"A meal calendar built from your own recipes:",[62,2594,1126],{"href":1125},". For more planners, see the ",[62,2597,1221],{"href":1220},[36,2599,2600,1117,2603,2605,2606,71],{},[39,2601,2602],{},"The shopping list comes first:",[62,2604,1154],{"href":1153},". For list-first apps, see the ",[62,2607,114],{"href":113},[36,2609,2610,1117,2613,71],{},[39,2611,2612],{},"An all-Apple household:",[62,2614,2616],{"href":2615},"#crouton","Crouton",[36,2618,2619,1117,2622,71],{},[39,2620,2621],{},"Browsing for something new to cook:",[62,2623,1207],{"href":1206},[36,2625,2626,1117,2629,71],{},[39,2627,2628],{},"Cheap clipping from websites:",[62,2630,2632],{"href":2631},"#copy-me-that","Copy Me That",[36,2634,2635,1117,2638,1208,2640,2642],{},[39,2636,2637],{},"Your own server:",[62,2639,2535],{"href":2534},[62,2641,2539],{"href":2538}," if you might want a hosted plan later.",[36,2644,2645,1236,2647,71],{},[39,2646,1235],{},[62,2648,1240],{"href":1239},[15,2650,2652],{"id":2651},"recipe-manager-recipe-organiser-or-digital-cookbook-app","Recipe manager, recipe organiser or digital cookbook app?",[11,2654,2655],{},"They're three names for the same kind of app: somewhere to keep the recipes you've collected, find them again and cook from them. \"Recipe manager\" is the name Paprika, Crouton and Copy Me That use in their App Store titles. \"Recipe organiser\" puts the weight on sorting and finding. \"Digital cookbook\" thinks of the collection as a book, and Recipe Keeper will print yours as one.",[11,2657,2658],{},"Meal planners and grocery list apps overlap with all three. Most of the apps above plan and make lists, but a few start from the plan (Plan to Eat) or the list (AnyList). Choose one that starts where you do.",[15,2660,1266],{"id":1265},[11,2662,2663],{},"Before you move a collection, check two things: what the old app exports, and what the new one reads. If the formats don't meet, moving means re-importing recipes one at a time.",[11,2665,2666],{},"Exports, from each app's own pages:",[33,2668,2669,2674,2680,2685,2691,2697,2703,2709,2715,2721,2726],{},[36,2670,2671,2673],{},[39,2672,1575],{}," HTML (one file per recipe) and its own .paprikarecipes file.",[36,2675,2676,2679],{},[39,2677,2678],{},"Crouton:"," Crouton files, PDF, plain text or Markdown, several at once.",[36,2681,2682,2684],{},[39,2683,1599],{}," the whole recipe book as CSV or TXT, whether or not you're subscribed.",[36,2686,2687,2690],{},[39,2688,2689],{},"CookBook:"," CookBook, text or PDF files in a ZIP, on the free plan too.",[36,2692,2693,2696],{},[39,2694,2695],{},"Mealie:"," ZIP backups, and JSON or Markdown.",[36,2698,2699,2702],{},[39,2700,2701],{},"Tandoor:"," its own ZIP, Saffron, RecipeSage and PDF.",[36,2704,2705,2708],{},[39,2706,2707],{},"Recipe Keeper:"," PDF cookbooks; other formats aren't stated.",[36,2710,2711,2714],{},[39,2712,2713],{},"Copy Me That:"," \"download them anytime\"; the format isn't stated.",[36,2716,2717,2720],{},[39,2718,2719],{},"ReciMe:"," single recipes as a link or PDF, or printed, on Plus; a bulk export isn't stated.",[36,2722,2723,2725],{},[39,2724,1382],{}," single recipes as AnyList files, by email or printed; a bulk export isn't stated.",[36,2727,2728,2730],{},[39,2729,1613],{}," not stated on the pages we could read.",[11,2732,2733],{},"Which apps say they read another app's files:",[2271,2735,2736,2746],{},[2274,2737,2738],{},[2277,2739,2740,2743],{},[2280,2741,2742],{},"Moving from",[2280,2744,2745],{},"Apps whose pages say they import it",[2287,2747,2748,2755,2762,2769,2776,2782,2788],{},[2277,2749,2750,2752],{},[2292,2751,1131],{},[2292,2753,2754],{},"AnyList, Plan to Eat, Recipe Keeper, Mealie, Tandoor; CookBook by team-assisted import on Pro",[2277,2756,2757,2759],{},[2292,2758,2632],{},[2292,2760,2761],{},"Plan to Eat (HTML), Mealie, Tandoor; CookBook on Pro",[2277,2763,2764,2766],{},[2292,2765,1126],{},[2292,2767,2768],{},"Mealie, Tandoor; CookBook on Pro",[2277,2770,2771,2773],{},[2292,2772,2552],{},[2292,2774,2775],{},"Plan to Eat, Mealie; CookBook on Pro",[2277,2777,2778,2780],{},[2292,2779,2564],{},[2292,2781,2539],{},[2277,2783,2784,2786],{},[2292,2785,2535],{},[2292,2787,2539],{},[2277,2789,2790,2792],{},[2292,2791,2539],{},[2292,2793,2535],{},[11,2795,2796],{},"Paprika's format is the one most of these apps read, so a Paprika collection has the most places to go.",[1318,2798,1321],{"id":1320},[11,2800,2801,2802,1328,2804,2806,2807,2809,2810,2812],{},"Scullery imports one recipe at a time. In ",[39,2803,1327],{},[39,2805,1331],{},", then paste a link to a recipe website or a TikTok, Instagram or YouTube post, paste the ingredients and method as text, or use ",[39,2808,1335],{}," with a screenshot or a photo of a page. On Android, once Scullery is on your home screen, you can share a recipe to it from another app. The ",[62,2811,1344],{"href":288}," walks through each route.",[11,2814,2815,2816,2818],{},"It doesn't read other apps' export files yet, Paprika's included. The one bulk route is for Mealime: until Mealime closes on 21 October 2026, our free ",[62,2817,1340],{"href":1339}," brings your Mealime recipes across in one go, or downloads them as a ZIP that other recipe apps import.",[11,2820,2821,2822,2824],{},"To move from another app, start with the recipes you cook most. If a recipe came from a website, its original link usually gives the cleanest import; otherwise paste the text or screenshot it. 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Scullery is free with no cap on how many recipes you keep; AI imports, such as social posts and photos, have a daily limit. Mealie and Tandoor are free software, but you run and pay for the server. The rest either charge (Paprika per platform, Plan to Eat after a 14-day trial), cap the free plan (Copy Me That at 40 recipes, CookBook at 20, ReciMe at 5 imports a week, AnyList at 5 web imports), or keep features for a paid upgrade without stating the free limits (Recipe Keeper, Crouton). Samsung Food's free plan covers saving, planning and lists, with Food+ for personalised plans and more photo imports.",{"question":3102,"answer":3103},"Which recipe app works on the web?","Scullery, Plan to Eat, Samsung Food, Copy Me That, CookBook and ReciMe all have web apps, and Mealie and Tandoor run in a browser. AnyList's web app needs its paid Complete plan. On 6 October 2026, Paprika's site listed apps for iOS, Android, Mac and Windows, Recipe Keeper's listed iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows and Mac, and Crouton's listed Apple devices only.",{"question":3105,"answer":3106},"Is Paprika becoming a subscription?","For premium features, Paprika says yes. Its post of 28 September 2026 says Paprika 4 is in open beta for current users and that afterwards \"premium features will require a subscription\". It gives no price or release date. On 6 October 2026, Paprika 3 was still a one-time purchase on each platform: $4.99 on iOS and $29.99 on Mac and Windows in the US.",{"question":3108,"answer":3109},"What is the best recipe app for a family?","The one that matches how your household shares. Scullery, Mealie and Tandoor give each person their own login in a shared household or space; Mealie and Tandoor need a server or a hosted Tandoor plan. Crouton shares recipes and the meal plan through iCloud, so each person uses their own Apple ID, and everyone needs an Apple device. AnyList shares lists and recipes free, with meal plan sharing on Complete. Copy Me That, ReciMe and Plan to Eat suggest sharing one login, and CookBook says it doesn't offer family profiles yet. Paprika's version 4 beta adds family sharing with separate logins.",{"question":3111,"answer":3112},"Which recipe apps can import from Paprika?","On their own pages, AnyList, Plan to Eat, Recipe Keeper, Mealie and Tandoor say they import Paprika's files, and CookBook offers a team-assisted import from Paprika on its paid plan. ReciMe mentions importing from apps like Paprika but doesn't say how. Scullery doesn't read Paprika's files yet: bring recipes across one at a time from their original links, as pasted text or as screenshots.",{"question":3114,"answer":3115},"Which recipe apps can I pay for once?","Paprika is a one-time purchase on each platform, though Paprika says premium features will need a subscription after its version 4 beta. Recipe Keeper's Pro upgrade is one-time per platform: $19.99 on iOS and Android and $29.99 on Mac in the US. Copy Me That sells a lifetime membership, $65.00 on the US App Store. Scullery is free, and Mealie and Tandoor are free to run yourself.",{"question":3117,"answer":3118},"Is the Fond recipe app available?","Not yet. Fond is on a waitlist; its own homepage lists every platform as coming soon (checked 6 October 2026). \"Fond - Streaming Recipes\" by Deglaze Corp., in the App Store and Google Play, is a different app.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-best-recipe-apps-v2.webp","Three illustrated recipe-app screens showing a collection, tomato-pasta recipe and cooking instructions, against a plum background with blue leaves and cream flowers.",{},{"title":2368,"description":3096},"articles\u002Fbest-recipe-apps","Free and paid recipe apps matched to the job you need done, with each price, platform and limit taken from the app's own pages.",[1670],"pNQTyMWFNW2bXdFou0UPsmAQ2vu4xUJj2bZzPU4UJaI",{"id":3128,"title":3129,"author":6,"body":3130,"cta":166,"date":3782,"description":3783,"extension":147,"faq":3784,"featured":164,"heroImage":3806,"heroImageAlt":3807,"homepage":164,"meta":3808,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":1220,"seo":3809,"showContents":161,"stem":3810,"summary":3811,"tags":3812,"updated":173,"written":3782,"__hash__":3813},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fbest-meal-planning-apps.md","Best meal planning apps in 2026: 12 compared",{"type":8,"value":3131,"toc":3770},[3132,3135,3137,3141,3144,3191,3195,3198,3200,3202,3204,3272,3274,3276,3364,3371,3375,3378,3384,3390,3396,3399,3403,3411,3420,3422,3425,3428,3472,3475,3478,3526,3528,3538,3546,3554,3556,3560],[11,3133,3134],{},"The right meal planning app depends on how much of the planning you want done for you. To plan together from your own recipes for free, try Scullery. For a calendar built from saved recipes, Plan to Eat. For dinners chosen for you, eMeals. For calorie and macro targets, Eat This Much or MealPrepPro. For the family calendar, Cozi.",[11,3136,954],{},[15,3138,3140],{"id":3139},"what-to-look-for-in-a-meal-planning-app","What to look for in a meal planning app",[11,3142,3143],{},"Start with who does the choosing. Some planners work from recipes you've saved, some send you a menu, and some build meals around a nutrition target. After that, check what the free plan covers and whether everyone who cooks can see the plan.",[33,3145,3146,3152,3158,3164,3169,3175,3181,3186],{},[36,3147,3148,3151],{},[39,3149,3150],{},"Who chooses the meals."," Plan to Eat, Paprika, Recipe Keeper, Crouton, Mealie and Scullery plan from your own recipes. eMeals sends seven new dinners a week. Eat This Much and MealPrepPro generate plans to calorie and macro targets. Samsung Food (with Food+), Cozi (with Max) and Crouton add AI or automatic plans.",[36,3153,3154,3157],{},[39,3155,3156],{},"A calendar or a loose list."," Plan to Eat is a drag-and-drop calendar, and Paprika has daily, weekly and monthly calendars with reusable menus. Scullery lets a meal sit on the plan with or without a day, which suits weeks that change.",[36,3159,3160,3163],{},[39,3161,3162],{},"What the free plan plans."," Samsung Food's weekly planner is free. Eat This Much plans a day at a time for free, with weekly plans on Premium. AnyList's calendar needs Complete. Plan to Eat and eMeals have 14-day trials and MealPrepPro a 7-day trial, with no free plan after them.",[36,3165,3166,3168],{},[39,3167,2407],{}," All twelve have one. Check whether it's built from the plan: Plan to Eat, eMeals, Samsung Food and Scullery do this, and on Eat This Much the grocery list is Premium.",[36,3170,3171,3174],{},[39,3172,3173],{},"Sharing the plan."," If two people cook or shop, both need to see the plan. Some apps give each person a login in a shared household; Plan to Eat and MealPrepPro suggest sharing one login.",[36,3176,3177,3180],{},[39,3178,3179],{},"Getting your own recipes in."," Plan to Eat and Mealie import from websites, social posts and other apps' files. MealPrepPro takes your own recipes by hand, as a name and its nutrition.",[36,3182,3183,3185],{},[39,3184,998],{}," Crouton's pages list Apple devices only. MealPrepPro is on iOS and Android, with no web app stated. AnyList's web app needs Complete. Mealie runs on your own server.",[36,3187,3188,3190],{},[39,3189,2424],{}," A subscription, a one-time purchase per platform, or free. Some apps price differently on their own site and in the App Store: Plan to Eat is $49 a year on its website and $54.99 through the US App Store.",[15,3192,3194],{"id":3193},"compare-12-meal-planning-apps","Compare 12 meal planning apps",[1017,3196],{"category":3197},"planning",[11,3199,1022],{},[15,3201,1026],{"id":1025},[11,3203,1029],{},[1031,3205,3206,3217,3222,3227,3232,3237,3242,3247,3252,3257,3262,3267],{"category":3197},[1034,3207,3208,3211],{"v-slot:scullery":133},[11,3209,3210],{},"Scullery is a shared cookbook and meal planner for a household, used in a phone or desktop browser. Anyone in the household can add recipes to a shared shortlist and mark the ones they like; someone then picks the meal, and it goes on the plan with or without a day. Ingredients from one recipe or the whole plan go onto one shopping list, still linked to the meals that need them.",[11,3212,3213,3214,1047],{},"It's free, with no subscription or app purchase, and in open beta with no invite needed. There's no cap on how many recipes you save; AI features, such as importing social posts and photos, run in per-account and per-household usage windows, which can mean a short wait. It doesn't send ready-made weekly menus, plan to calorie or macro targets, or order groceries, and there's no App Store app. ",[62,3215,1046],{"href":1044,"rel":3216},[209],[1034,3218,3219],{"v-slot:plan-to-eat":133},[11,3220,3221],{},"Plan to Eat plans from recipes you've saved yourself: drag them onto a calendar, and the shopping list is built from the planner, sorted by store. Its clipper and social imports fill the recipe book from Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Substack, TikTok and YouTube, and since September 2026 video posts give up their steps too. A household shares one login; separate accounts can swap recipes and menus as Friends.",[1034,3223,3224],{"v-slot:paprika":133},[11,3225,3226],{},"Paprika plans on daily, weekly or monthly calendars beside its recipe collection, and saves menus you can reuse. Its shopping list combines ingredients and sorts them by aisle, with a pantry list too, and on iOS meal plans go to Calendar. Today Cloud Sync covers your own devices; family sharing with separate logins is in the Paprika 4 beta, after which Paprika says premium features will need a subscription, with no price or date yet.",[1034,3228,3229],{"v-slot:anylist":133},[11,3230,3231],{},"AnyList's shared shopping list is free; its meal planning calendar, and sharing the plan with your household, are part of Complete. Complete costs $9.99 a year for one person or $14.99 for a household, and also opens the web and Mac apps. Plans can be emailed or printed.",[1034,3233,3234],{"v-slot:samsung-food":133},[11,3235,3236],{},"Samsung Food's weekly planner is free, alongside its recipe library, saving from any website, shared shopping lists and grocery ordering. Food+ adds AI-personalised plans, recipe customisation, and pantry and nutrition tracking. Samsung Food's website and help centre blocked our checks, so these facts come from its store listings and Samsung's newsroom.",[1034,3238,3239],{"v-slot:crouton":133},[11,3240,3241],{},"Crouton plans the week from your own recipes on Apple devices, and can generate a plan for you. The recipes and the meal plan are shared with your household through iCloud, and the shopping list works with Reminders. Its pages list iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple Vision, and don't mention Android.",[1034,3243,3244],{"v-slot:recipe-keeper":133},[11,3245,3246],{},"Recipe Keeper has a weekly and monthly planner beside the collection it builds from scans, PDFs, websites and social posts, and you can share the plan with your family. Shopping lists are grouped by aisle, and you can keep several. Pro is a one-time upgrade bought separately on each platform.",[1034,3248,3249],{"v-slot:eat-this-much":133},[11,3250,3251],{},"Eat This Much generates meals to hit a calorie or macro target. Daily plans are free; weekly plans, the grocery list and delivery need Premium, which has a 14-day trial and a 30-day refund. Its clipper imports recipes from websites for free, and family account linking is in beta, though a combined list needs Premium on each account.",[1034,3253,3254],{"v-slot:mealpreppro":133},[11,3255,3256],{},"MealPrepPro builds weekly batch-cooking plans to your calorie and macro needs, with a shopping list sorted by aisle. You can add a second person with their own calories, and a partner shares the login. Your own recipes go in by hand, as a name and its nutrition. After a one-time 7-day trial it's a monthly or yearly subscription, priced by country.",[1034,3258,3259],{"v-slot:emeals":133},[11,3260,3261],{},"eMeals hands you seven new dinners a week in the style you choose, and one dinner subscription covers all 15 styles. The shopping list is made for you, sorted by store location, and can be sent to Walmart, Instacart, Kroger and others. Breakfast and lunch plans cost extra, and its pages don't say how a household shares an account.",[1034,3263,3264],{"v-slot:cozi":133},[11,3265,3266],{},"Cozi is a family organiser first: a shared calendar, to-do lists and shopping lists, with a recipe box and meal planning beside them. One family account holds up to 12 people under one subscription, and recipe ingredients can go straight onto the shopping list. Recipes come in by pasting a link or typing them; Max's AI Recipe Creator writes new ones rather than importing.",[1034,3268,3269],{"v-slot:mealie":133},[11,3270,3271],{},"Mealie plans on a calendar from your own recipes, and can fill it with random picks and rules. Groups and households share recipes, the meal plan and shopping lists, and it imports from links, photos and other apps' files. It's free, open-source software you run on your own server with Docker, so installing, updating and backing it up are your job.",[15,3273,1106],{"id":1105},[11,3275,1109],{},[33,3277,3278,3288,3300,3309,3323,3330,3337,3343,3351,3358],{},[36,3279,3280,1117,3283,1122,3285,3287],{},[39,3281,3282],{},"Planning together from your own recipes, for free:",[62,3284,1121],{"href":1120},[62,3286,2535],{"href":2534}," does it too, if someone will host it.",[36,3289,3290,1117,3293,3295,3296,92,3298,71],{},[39,3291,3292],{},"A meal calendar built from recipes you've saved:",[62,3294,1126],{"href":1125},". 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Plan to Eat, Paprika, Recipe Keeper, Crouton, Mealie, AnyList and Scullery work this way. They suit households that already know what they like to cook.",[11,3385,3386,3389],{},[39,3387,3388],{},"Menu services."," The app chooses the meals for you, as eMeals does with seven new dinners a week, and as Mealime does until it closes on 21 October. They suit weeks when nobody wants to decide.",[11,3391,3392,3395],{},[39,3393,3394],{},"Nutrition planners."," The app builds meals around calories or macros, as Eat This Much and MealPrepPro do. They suit anyone eating to a target, and each person's numbers shape the plan.",[11,3397,3398],{},"The lines blur: Samsung Food has a free planner for your own recipes and AI-personalised plans on Food+, and Cozi Max adds an AI meal planner to a family calendar. Choose by the kind you'd use most weeks.",[15,3400,3402],{"id":3401},"mealime-is-closing","Mealime is closing",[11,3404,3405,3406,3410],{},"Mealime closes on 21 October 2026. ",[62,3407,3409],{"href":1988,"rel":3408},[209],"Its notice"," says Pro billing has stopped and every Pro feature is free until then, and that its recipes and planning move to Meals Hub in Albertsons Companies apps in the US. It mentions no export, and says all personal data will be deleted at shutdown.",[11,3412,3413,3414,3416,3417,3419],{},"Our free ",[62,3415,1340],{"href":1339}," brings your Mealime recipes into Scullery in one go, or downloads them as a ZIP that Paprika, Mealie and Tandoor import. ",[62,3418,1240],{"href":1239}," compares six apps by the job Mealime did for you.",[15,3421,1266],{"id":1265},[11,3423,3424],{},"Recipes move between planners more easily than plans do. Before you switch, check what the old app exports and what the new one reads; past plans rarely come with you.",[11,3426,3427],{},"Recipe exports, from each app's own pages:",[33,3429,3430,3434,3438,3442,3446,3450,3454,3460,3466],{},[36,3431,3432,2684],{},[39,3433,1599],{},[36,3435,3436,2673],{},[39,3437,1575],{},[36,3439,3440,2679],{},[39,3441,2678],{},[36,3443,3444,2696],{},[39,3445,2695],{},[36,3447,3448,2708],{},[39,3449,2707],{},[36,3451,3452,2725],{},[39,3453,1382],{},[36,3455,3456,3459],{},[39,3457,3458],{},"MealPrepPro:"," recipes and lists can be shared or printed; a file export isn't stated.",[36,3461,3462,3465],{},[39,3463,3464],{},"eMeals:"," recipes can be shared by email, social or text; a file export isn't stated.",[36,3467,3468,3471],{},[39,3469,3470],{},"Samsung Food, Cozi and Eat This Much:"," a recipe export isn't stated on the pages we could read.",[11,3473,3474],{},"Plan exports are rarer. Paprika sends meal plans to Calendar on iOS, Cozi prints calendars and has an iCal feed, AnyList emails or prints plans, and Eat This Much makes meal plan PDFs on Premium.",[11,3476,3477],{},"Which planners say they read another app's files:",[2271,3479,3480,3489],{},[2274,3481,3482],{},[2277,3483,3484,3486],{},[2280,3485,2742],{},[2280,3487,3488],{},"Planners whose pages say they import it",[2287,3490,3491,3498,3504,3511,3518],{},[2277,3492,3493,3495],{},[2292,3494,1131],{},[2292,3496,3497],{},"Plan to Eat, AnyList, Recipe Keeper, Mealie",[2277,3499,3500,3502],{},[2292,3501,1126],{},[2292,3503,2535],{},[2277,3505,3506,3508],{},[2292,3507,2552],{},[2292,3509,3510],{},"Plan to Eat, Mealie",[2277,3512,3513,3515],{},[2292,3514,2632],{},[2292,3516,3517],{},"Plan to Eat (HTML), Mealie",[2277,3519,3520,3523],{},[2292,3521,3522],{},"MasterCook",[2292,3524,3525],{},"Paprika, Recipe Keeper, Plan to Eat",[1318,3527,1321],{"id":1320},[11,3529,2801,3530,1328,3532,2806,3534,2809,3536,2812],{},[39,3531,1327],{},[39,3533,1331],{},[39,3535,1335],{},[62,3537,1344],{"href":288},[11,3539,3540,3541,3545],{},"It doesn't read other apps' export files or plans yet. 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notice",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":3771},[3772,3773,3774,3775,3776,3777,3778,3781],{"id":3139,"depth":134,"text":3140},{"id":3193,"depth":134,"text":3194},{"id":1025,"depth":134,"text":1026},{"id":1105,"depth":134,"text":1106},{"id":3373,"depth":134,"text":3374},{"id":3401,"depth":134,"text":3402},{"id":1265,"depth":134,"text":1266,"children":3779},[3780],{"id":1320,"depth":1637,"text":1321},{"id":1367,"depth":134,"text":1368},"2026-09-12","Twelve meal planning apps compared by job, from calendars of your own recipes to supplied menus and macro plans, with prices checked on 6 October 2026.",[3785,3788,3791,3794,3797,3800,3803],{"question":3786,"answer":3787},"Is there a free meal planning app?","Yes, with limits on most. Scullery is free, with plans and a shared list included and no cap on recipes saved; AI features, such as importing social posts and photos, run in usage windows that can mean a short wait. Samsung Food's weekly planner is free, with AI-personalised plans on Food+. Cozi's free version, with ads, has shared shopping lists and a recipe library, and its AI meal planner needs Max. Eat This Much's daily plans are free, but weekly plans and the grocery list need Premium. Mealie is free software you run on your own server. AnyList's lists are free but its meal planning calendar needs Complete, and Plan to Eat, eMeals and MealPrepPro are paid after a trial.",{"question":3789,"answer":3790},"Which meal planning app plans meals for me?","eMeals sends seven new dinners a week in the style you choose. Eat This Much generates meals to a calorie or macro target, and MealPrepPro builds weekly batch-cooking plans to your calorie and macro needs. Samsung Food's Food+ and Cozi Max add AI meal planners, Crouton can auto-generate a plan, and Mealie can fill a plan with random picks and rules. Scullery doesn't hand out menus or choose the meal: it brings your own recipes forward and the household picks.",{"question":3792,"answer":3793},"What is the best meal planning app for a family?","One where everyone can see and change the plan. Scullery and Mealie keep one plan for a household with a login each; Mealie needs a server. Cozi's family account holds up to 12 people under one subscription. AnyList shares the meal plan on Complete, which has a household price. Crouton shares recipes and the plan through iCloud, so everyone needs an Apple device. Recipe Keeper and Samsung Food say you can share the plan with family. Plan to Eat and MealPrepPro suggest sharing one login, and eMeals' pages don't say.",{"question":3795,"answer":3796},"Which meal planning apps track calories or macros?","Eat This Much and MealPrepPro plan to calorie and macro targets, and Samsung Food's Food+ adds nutrition tracking. Scullery doesn't do nutrition planning.",{"question":3798,"answer":3799},"Can I pay once for a meal planning app?","Paprika is a one-time purchase on each platform, with meal planning calendars included, though Paprika says premium features will need a subscription after its version 4 beta. Recipe Keeper's Pro upgrade is one-time per platform: $19.99 on iOS and Android and $29.99 on Mac in the US. Scullery is free, and Mealie is free to run yourself.",{"question":3801,"answer":3802},"What happens to Mealime meal plans after 21 October 2026?","Mealime closes on 21 October 2026 and says all personal data will be deleted at shutdown; its notice mentions no export. Its recipes and planning move to Meals Hub in Albertsons Companies apps in the US. Our free Mealime import tool brings your recipes into Scullery or downloads them as a ZIP; past plans don't come across with its button.",{"question":3804,"answer":3805},"Do meal planning apps make a shopping list?","All twelve here have a shopping list. Plan to Eat builds it from the planner, sorted by store; eMeals makes it automatically, sorted by store location; Samsung Food builds it from your plans and can order online; Scullery adds ingredients from a recipe or the whole plan, linked to the meals that need them. On Eat This Much, the grocery list is a Premium feature.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-best-meal-planning-apps-v2.webp","A yellow tablet showing three meals in a seven-day plan and two recipes to try, on a blue background with leafy stems and yellow flowers.",{},{"title":3129,"description":3783},"articles\u002Fbest-meal-planning-apps","Meal planners matched to how much of the planning you want done for you, with each price, platform and limit taken from the app's own pages.",[1670],"wKXsytHuqoh39xY7iaS64U1tFPu0whk446W-0m62Z4A",{"id":3815,"title":3816,"author":6,"body":3817,"cta":166,"date":3891,"description":3892,"extension":147,"faq":166,"featured":164,"heroImage":3893,"heroImageAlt":3894,"homepage":164,"meta":3895,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":3543,"seo":3896,"showContents":164,"stem":3897,"summary":3898,"tags":3899,"updated":173,"written":3891,"__hash__":3901},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fmeal-plan-from-your-recipe-collection.md","How to meal plan from your saved recipes",{"type":8,"value":3818,"toc":3885},[3819,3822,3826,3829,3832,3839,3843,3846,3849,3852,3856,3859,3862,3869,3873,3879],[11,3820,3821],{},"To meal plan from your recipe collection, narrow it to a few realistic options before assigning anything to a day. Start with recipes you know, add something you want to try and check what those choices require. Your whole collection doesn't need to compete for a place every week.",[15,3823,3825],{"id":3824},"start-with-what-makes-this-week-different","Start with what makes this week different",[11,3827,3828],{},"Look at who's home, who wants to cook and what you already have. Pick one constraint to guide the search: using a particular vegetable, avoiding a big shopping trip or keeping a busy evening simple.",[11,3830,3831],{},"Suppose you have a week with two evenings at home and one uncertain evening. Look for two meals you're keen to cook and a flexible option. Searching for those is easier than asking a collection of hundreds of recipes to suggest an entire week.",[11,3833,3834,3835,3838],{},"If an ingredient is your starting point, search for it explicitly. Scullery can also help you ",[62,3836,3837],{"href":1836},"start from an ingredient photo",", after you check the recognised names.",[15,3840,3842],{"id":3841},"make-a-shortlist-small-enough-to-discuss","Make a shortlist small enough to discuss",[11,3844,3845],{},"Bring forward a familiar recipe and a few alternatives. In Scullery, Recipes and To try help you distinguish keepers from recipes you're considering. Saving a recipe to try and shortlisting it for a meal are separate choices.",[11,3847,3848],{},"Open each candidate before asking the household to choose. Check its full method and ingredients, not just the photograph or time estimate. An appealing dish may need an overnight step or equipment you haven't planned to use.",[11,3850,3851],{},"Ask a useful question: “Would you prefer the chickpea curry or the tomato pasta?” In Scullery, household yeses can show preferences, and someone explicitly selects the meal. A popular option doesn't become the plan on its own.",[15,3853,3855],{"id":3854},"look-at-the-ingredients-as-a-group","Look at the ingredients as a group",[11,3857,3858],{},"Check whether the chosen recipes make sensible use of what you intend to buy. If two meals use yoghurt, compare the amounts and type. If one needs a spoonful of a new condiment, decide whether you'll want the rest.",[11,3860,3861],{},"Shared ingredients can help, but the meals should still be ones people want. Don't force every choice around a single vegetable if that makes the week less appealing.",[11,3863,3864,3865,3868],{},"Add ingredients from the recipes or plan to Scullery's shopping list. Review possible overlaps, keep the recipe connections and check your kitchen before buying. Other ",[62,3866,3867],{"href":113},"grocery list apps"," handle recipe ingredients differently, if you're comparing. Similar ingredient names can describe different products.",[15,3870,3872],{"id":3871},"keep-the-useful-choices-for-next-time","Keep the useful choices for next time",[11,3874,3875,3876,3878],{},"Arrange meals by day only where a date helps. Keep an uncertain meal loose, and revisit it when the week becomes clearer. Planning apps handle undated meals differently; the ",[62,3877,1221],{"href":1220}," compares twelve.",[11,3880,3881,3882,71],{},"After cooking, save a practical note about a change you actually made. Over time, familiar recipes become easier to choose. If you're still deciding how much to plan, start with ",[62,3883,3884],{"href":118},"the three-meal beginner routine",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":3886},[3887,3888,3889,3890],{"id":3824,"depth":134,"text":3825},{"id":3841,"depth":134,"text":3842},{"id":3854,"depth":134,"text":3855},{"id":3871,"depth":134,"text":3872},"2026-07-27","Turn a large recipe collection into a small weekly shortlist, choose meals together and check what their ingredients mean for your shopping.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-meal-plan-from-your-recipe-collection-v2.webp","A hand selecting a tomato-pasta recipe card from a lime box, with two meal cards, ripe tomatoes and fresh basil on a cream table.",{},{"title":3816,"description":3892},"articles\u002Fmeal-plan-from-your-recipe-collection","Give the recipes you already saved a chance to become meals, with a shortlist that fits the week in front of you.",[3900],"meal-planning","KvquDJzVzIGx1NzmPFfe3uK2Hw5y_wtukA0cCgk_sNA",{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":3903,"cta":3977,"date":145,"description":146,"extension":147,"faq":3978,"featured":161,"heroImage":162,"heroImageAlt":163,"homepage":164,"meta":3983,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":167,"seo":3984,"showContents":164,"stem":169,"summary":170,"tags":3985,"updated":173,"written":174,"__hash__":175},{"type":8,"value":3904,"toc":3971},[3905,3907,3909,3911,3913,3915,3917,3931,3933,3939,3941,3943,3945,3957,3959,3965],[11,3906,13],{},[15,3908,18],{"id":17},[11,3910,21],{},[11,3912,24],{},[15,3914,28],{"id":27},[11,3916,31],{},[33,3918,3919,3923,3927],{},[36,3920,3921,42],{},[39,3922,41],{},[36,3924,3925,48],{},[39,3926,47],{},[36,3928,3929,54],{},[39,3930,53],{},[11,3932,57],{},[11,3934,60,3935,66,3937,71],{},[62,3936,65],{"href":64},[62,3938,70],{"href":69},[15,3940,75],{"id":74},[11,3942,78],{},[11,3944,81],{},[11,3946,84,3947,88,3949,92,3951,96,3953,100,3955,71],{},[39,3948,87],{},[39,3950,91],{},[39,3952,95],{},[39,3954,99],{},[39,3956,103],{},[15,3958,107],{"id":106},[11,3960,110,3961,115,3963,71],{},[62,3962,114],{"href":113},[62,3964,119],{"href":118},[11,3966,122,3967,127,3969,71],{},[62,3968,126],{"href":125},[62,3970,131],{"href":130},{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":3972},[3973,3974,3975,3976],{"id":17,"depth":134,"text":18},{"id":27,"depth":134,"text":28},{"id":74,"depth":134,"text":75},{"id":106,"depth":134,"text":107},{"title":141,"body":142,"to":143,"label":144},[3979,3980,3981,3982],{"question":150,"answer":151},{"question":153,"answer":154},{"question":156,"answer":157},{"question":159,"answer":160},{},{"title":5,"description":146},[172],{"id":3987,"title":3988,"author":6,"body":3989,"cta":166,"date":4056,"description":4057,"extension":147,"faq":166,"featured":164,"heroImage":4058,"heroImageAlt":4059,"homepage":164,"meta":4060,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":118,"seo":4061,"showContents":164,"stem":4062,"summary":4063,"tags":4064,"updated":173,"written":4056,"__hash__":4065},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fweekly-meal-planning-for-beginners.md","Weekly meal planning for beginners",{"type":8,"value":3990,"toc":4050},[3991,3994,3998,4001,4004,4007,4011,4014,4017,4023,4027,4030,4033,4036,4040,4043],[11,3992,3993],{},"Start weekly meal planning with three meals you expect to cook, a check of the ingredients you already have and one shopping list. Leave the other meals flexible. This gives you something useful to shop for without asking you to predict every appetite and change of plan.",[15,3995,3997],{"id":3996},"work-out-which-meals-need-a-plan","Work out which meals need a plan",[11,3999,4000],{},"Look at the week before opening a recipe collection. Note when people will be home, who might cook and which evenings are already busy. Choose the meals where having an answer in advance would help most.",[11,4002,4003],{},"There is no requirement to plan breakfast, lunch and dinner at once. If breakfast is usually toast and lunch is already covered, account for their ingredients without turning them into separate projects. Include ordinary meals that don't need a written recipe.",[11,4005,4006],{},"Ask anyone sharing the cooking what they would like. Two people naming one meal each can be enough to start. One person shouldn't have to guess everyone else's preferences from a blank calendar.",[15,4008,4010],{"id":4009},"pick-a-manageable-first-three","Pick a manageable first three",[11,4012,4013],{},"For example, your first plan might be tomato pasta, a vegetable traybake and bean tacos. Keep at least one meal familiar, and choose only as much new cooking as you want to take on.",[11,4015,4016],{},"Write a fallback beside the plan, such as an omelette or something already in the freezer. Check that you have what it needs. A fallback is most useful when it doesn't create another shopping trip.",[11,4018,4019,4020,4022],{},"You can assign dates where they help, or keep a short list of meals to choose from. Scullery supports both loose selections and meals arranged by day. The planning format should suit your week; if you're choosing an app, the ",[62,4021,1221],{"href":1220}," compares twelve by how they plan.",[15,4024,4026],{"id":4025},"build-the-list-and-check-the-kitchen","Build the list and check the kitchen",[11,4028,4029],{},"Read each chosen recipe at the servings you intend to make. Put its ingredients on one list, then check actual amounts in the cupboard and fridge. A jar being present doesn't mean there's enough left for the recipe.",[11,4031,4032],{},"Add breakfast supplies, snacks and household items before shopping. If someone else will buy an item, include useful details such as tin size or the type of milk.",[11,4034,4035],{},"In Scullery, ingredients can be added from recipes or a plan and remain linked to the meals that need them. Review possible overlaps before combining quantities.",[15,4037,4039],{"id":4038},"adjust-the-plan-after-the-first-week","Adjust the plan after the first week",[11,4041,4042],{},"Notice which meal was easy to make and which never happened. Next week, keep what helped and reduce whatever felt like too much. Moving a meal is an ordinary part of planning.",[11,4044,4045,4046,4049],{},"Once this small routine works, use ",[62,4047,4048],{"href":3543},"your saved recipe collection"," to make the next choice easier. More planned meals are useful only if they help your household.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":4051},[4052,4053,4054,4055],{"id":3996,"depth":134,"text":3997},{"id":4009,"depth":134,"text":4010},{"id":4025,"depth":134,"text":4026},{"id":4038,"depth":134,"text":4039},"2026-07-15","Start meal planning with three realistic meals, a cupboard check and one shopping list, leaving space for the week to change.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-weekly-meal-planning-for-beginners-v2.webp","An open cream meal-planning notebook with three meal illustrations and four blank spaces, beside a shopping list and pencil, framed by leafy stems and blue flowers on lime.",{},{"title":3988,"description":4057},"articles\u002Fweekly-meal-planning-for-beginners","A small first plan that helps you shop and choose what to cook without filling every day on a calendar.",[3900],"f2gyiKlwNwILPL2RdbXAHwdIYaF8P_2_4xQDyeVLMc4",{"id":4067,"title":4068,"author":6,"body":4069,"cta":166,"date":4133,"description":4134,"extension":147,"faq":166,"featured":164,"heroImage":4135,"heroImageAlt":4136,"homepage":164,"meta":4137,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":2571,"seo":4138,"showContents":164,"stem":4139,"summary":4140,"tags":4141,"updated":3095,"written":4133,"__hash__":4142},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-digitise-family-recipes.md","How to digitise family recipes and keep their character",{"type":8,"value":4070,"toc":4127},[4071,4074,4078,4081,4084,4087,4091,4094,4097,4100,4104,4107,4110,4113,4117,4120],[11,4072,4073],{},"Digitising a family recipe works best when you keep both the original and a readable cooking version. The photograph preserves the handwriting, crossed-out quantities and little annotations. The typed recipe makes it easier to find the dish, check what you need and share the method with someone else.",[15,4075,4077],{"id":4076},"photograph-the-whole-recipe","Photograph the whole recipe",[11,4079,4080],{},"Start with a few cards that someone wants to cook soon. Place each on a flat surface in even light, hold the camera square to the page and check that the smallest writing is readable. Photograph the back if there are more instructions there.",[11,4082,4083],{},"Keep an uncropped original. You can make a tighter copy for reading without losing a name or note at the edge. If a recipe crosses several pages, keep the images in order and include the book title and page number in your notes.",[11,4085,4086],{},"Give the image files recognisable names, such as “Aunt Jo apple cake front”. Keep a second copy somewhere separate from your phone. A recipe app is useful for cooking, but the original images deserve their own place in the family archive.",[15,4088,4090],{"id":4089},"transcribe-without-guessing","Transcribe without guessing",[11,4092,4093],{},"Type the recipe or use a scanning tool, then compare the result with the original line by line. In Scullery, readable recipe photos can become a draft for review. Pay particular attention to fractions, oven temperatures, abbreviated units and ingredients written in the margin.",[11,4095,4096],{},"Suppose a card says “one tin” without a size. Leave a visible question in your notes and ask a relative who knows the recipe. Don't quietly replace it with a modern tin size and present that as the original instruction.",[11,4098,4099],{},"Keep the original wording when it carries meaning. You can add a separate explanation beside “bake until it looks right” once someone has clarified what to look for.",[15,4101,4103],{"id":4102},"add-the-context-a-new-cook-would-need","Add the context a new cook would need",[11,4105,4106],{},"Record who the recipe came from, which pan they used and any changes your household makes. Distinguish family recollection from something you've checked by cooking it.",[11,4108,4109],{},"If the person who knows the recipe is available, ask them to read your version before you share it. A short conversation about “a cup” or “a hot oven” can be more useful than another round of automatic text recognition.",[11,4111,4112],{},"In Scullery, choose Recipes for a keeper or To try for a recipe you want to explore. Missing details can stay in a saved draft while you work them out.",[15,4114,4116],{"id":4115},"make-the-first-copy-useful","Make the first copy useful",[11,4118,4119],{},"Share the readable version alongside the original image with the people who will use it. Ask whether they can follow it without further explanation, then correct the unclear parts together.",[11,4121,4122,4123,4126],{},"When those first cards are ready, ",[62,4124,4125],{"href":1954},"organise the collection around useful names",". Add the next few recipes at a pace that lets you check them properly.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":4128},[4129,4130,4131,4132],{"id":4076,"depth":134,"text":4077},{"id":4089,"depth":134,"text":4090},{"id":4102,"depth":134,"text":4103},{"id":4115,"depth":134,"text":4116},"2026-07-10","Turn handwritten recipe cards into useful digital recipes while keeping the original photos, family context and uncertain details visible.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-how-to-digitise-family-recipes-v2.webp","A tablet displaying an apple-cake recipe beside a handwritten recipe card, with apple cake on an angled red botanical plate slightly overlapping the tablet against blue.",{},{"title":4068,"description":4134},"articles\u002Fhow-to-digitise-family-recipes","Keep a faithful copy of the original and a separate version that's clear enough to cook from.",[676],"LBWqg6ao8rOUKcxJ3XHNFcaVh2-pHjl2sGAJiDnwpW4",{"id":4144,"title":4145,"author":6,"body":4146,"cta":166,"date":4236,"description":4237,"extension":147,"faq":166,"featured":164,"heroImage":4238,"heroImageAlt":4239,"homepage":164,"meta":4240,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":283,"seo":4241,"showContents":164,"stem":4242,"summary":4243,"tags":4244,"updated":298,"written":4236,"__hash__":4245},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-save-recipes-from-websites.md","How to save recipes from websites for later",{"type":8,"value":4147,"toc":4230},[4148,4151,4155,4161,4167,4181,4185,4188,4191,4194,4198,4210,4213,4217,4220],[11,4149,4150],{},"You can save a recipe from a website as a bookmark, a printable copy or an entry in a recipe organiser. The right choice depends on whether you want to revisit the page, read it away from the website or use its ingredients for planning and shopping.",[15,4152,4154],{"id":4153},"choose-what-you-want-to-keep","Choose what you want to keep",[11,4156,2197,4157,4160],{},[39,4158,4159],{},"bookmark"," is enough when you want to return to the author. Give it a useful name and a folder you can remember. It points to the page rather than keeping a separate copy of the recipe, so check other options for something you would hate to lose.",[11,4162,2197,4163,4166],{},[39,4164,4165],{},"printable copy or PDF"," can suit occasional cooking. If the site offers a recipe print view, check the preview before saving: ingredients, quantities, servings and every method step should be present. Add the source address if the printout omits it.",[11,4168,2197,4169,4172,4173,397,4176,4180],{},[39,4170,4171],{},"recipe organiser"," is useful when you want to search a collection, adjust servings or bring ingredients into a shopping list. Scullery, ",[62,4174,1131],{"href":1578,"rel":4175},[209],[62,4177,2552],{"href":4178,"rel":4179},"https:\u002F\u002Frecipekeeperonline.com\u002F",[209]," offer ways to import web recipes. Choose one based on the routine you want after saving.",[15,4182,4184],{"id":4183},"save-the-parts-youll-need-at-the-worktop","Save the parts you'll need at the worktop",[11,4186,4187],{},"Check the title, yield, ingredients, method and important recipe notes. Separate sauce or topping sections matter; a page can contain more than one ingredient list.",[11,4189,4190],{},"Imagine saving a roast vegetable recipe that includes a yoghurt dressing. If you keep only the traybake ingredients, your shopping list won't include what the dressing needs. Compare your saved copy with the full recipe before closing the source.",[11,4192,4193],{},"Keep the author's name and original link. Their photographs, substitutions and explanation may help later even when you prefer cooking from a shorter view. Return to that source if a quantity looks odd.",[15,4195,4197],{"id":4196},"put-the-save-somewhere-youll-look","Put the save somewhere you'll look",[11,4199,4200,4201,4203,4204,4206,4207,4209],{},"In Scullery, use ",[39,4202,1927],{}," for something you want to keep in Recipes, or ",[39,4205,612],{}," for a recipe you'd like to explore. Use ",[39,4208,1937],{},", where offered, for source material you want to hold onto as an Idea.",[11,4211,4212],{},"A saved draft can still need work. Missing details are a reason to check the source before cooking, not a reason to invent them. A picture of the finished dish is useful context, but it doesn't reveal the author's exact quantities.",[15,4214,4216],{"id":4215},"check-one-recipe-before-moving-the-rest","Check one recipe before moving the rest",[11,4218,4219],{},"Open your saved recipe on the device you'll use in the kitchen. Make sure you can read the steps, find the source and recognise the recipe later by its title.",[11,4221,4222,4223,4226,4227,4229],{},"If you choose an organiser, our ",[62,4224,4225],{"href":288},"recipe-import walkthrough"," explains how to review the draft. When a site turns apps away, the ",[62,4228,1868],{"href":311}," saves the page you are reading. Start with the next recipe you intend to cook; there's no need to migrate every bookmark first.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":4231},[4232,4233,4234,4235],{"id":4153,"depth":134,"text":4154},{"id":4183,"depth":134,"text":4184},{"id":4196,"depth":134,"text":4197},{"id":4215,"depth":134,"text":4216},"2026-07-06","Choose between bookmarks, printable copies and a recipe organiser, then keep the details and source you will need when you cook.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-how-to-save-recipes-from-websites-v2.webp","A laptop displaying a noodle-soup recipe website beside a hand holding a phone with the same recipe and a Save recipe button in Scullery, on a red table.",{},{"title":4145,"description":4237},"articles\u002Fhow-to-save-recipes-from-websites","Save a web recipe in a form you can find again, with its ingredients, instructions and original source together.",[676],"kxO7-9_2d6iTr_Hqex32ZgfOqgCwu9F0D2CXrLQssDg",{"id":4247,"title":4248,"author":6,"body":4249,"cta":166,"date":4324,"description":4325,"extension":147,"faq":166,"featured":164,"heroImage":4326,"heroImageAlt":4327,"homepage":164,"meta":4328,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":1954,"seo":4329,"showContents":164,"stem":4330,"summary":4331,"tags":4332,"updated":3095,"written":4324,"__hash__":4333},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-organise-recipes-digitally.md","How to organise recipes digitally so you can find them",{"type":8,"value":4250,"toc":4318},[4251,4254,4258,4261,4264,4267,4271,4274,4277,4280,4284,4298,4301,4304,4308,4311],[11,4252,4253],{},"To organise recipes digitally, start with the ones you actually want to cook. Bring them into one place, give them names you would search for and keep the source attached. Sort the rest gradually; a useful collection doesn't need to begin with an afternoon spent clearing every bookmark.",[15,4255,4257],{"id":4256},"move-a-small-working-collection-first","Move a small working collection first",[11,4259,4260],{},"Choose ten recipes: a few reliable meals, something for a busy evening and a handful you'd like to try. Include the recipes other people in the household look for, too.",[11,4262,4263],{},"Open each source while saving it. Check that the ingredients and method belong together, especially if a screenshot captures only part of a page. Keep the original link or image so you can return to an ambiguous detail.",[11,4265,4266],{},"Leave duplicate sorting until you can compare the actual recipes. Two versions of a tomato sauce might differ in quantities or method; a similar title doesn't make one disposable. Choose which version you want to cook and explain the difference in a note if you keep both.",[15,4268,4270],{"id":4269},"name-things-the-way-you-remember-them","Name things the way you remember them",[11,4272,4273],{},"Imagine a recipe saved as “A taste of summer”. If you remember it as courgette pasta, put that in the title. A name such as “Courgette pasta with lemon” is easier to recognise when you're deciding what to make.",[11,4275,4276],{},"Keep personal context in a note: “Use the wide pan” or “Good with the spicy version on the side.” Record changes you've actually made separately from suggestions you haven't tried.",[11,4278,4279],{},"If your organiser supports folders or tags, start with the few distinctions that help you choose. Too many categories can turn saving a recipe into another task. Test your system by finding a meal when you already know its main ingredient.",[15,4281,4283],{"id":4282},"give-recipes-and-loose-ideas-a-clear-home","Give recipes and loose ideas a clear home",[11,4285,4286,4287,4290,4291,4293,4294,4297],{},"In Scullery, ",[39,4288,4289],{},"Recipes"," holds recipes you've chosen to keep. ",[39,4292,616],{}," holds recipes you want to try later. ",[39,4295,4296],{},"Ideas"," holds source material such as photos, videos, links and notes.",[11,4299,4300],{},"Those are choices, not a compulsory sequence. A familiar family recipe can go straight into Recipes. A recipe with missing details can still be saved as a draft; check those details before shopping or cooking from it.",[11,4302,4303],{},"Keep your shortlist for the next decision. Saving something to try doesn't need to mean you're making it this week.",[15,4305,4307],{"id":4306},"tidy-the-collection-as-you-use-it","Tidy the collection as you use it",[11,4309,4310],{},"When you cook, take a moment to correct a confusing instruction or add a useful note. When a saved recipe stops appealing, remove it from the active collection using the tools your organiser provides.",[11,4312,4313,4314,4317],{},"Once the small collection feels easy to search, bring in another batch. Then use those recipes to ",[62,4315,4316],{"href":3543},"make a flexible meal plan",", so the organising work helps with an actual meal.",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":4319},[4320,4321,4322,4323],{"id":4256,"depth":134,"text":4257},{"id":4269,"depth":134,"text":4270},{"id":4282,"depth":134,"text":4283},{"id":4306,"depth":134,"text":4307},"2026-07-01","Build a useful digital recipe collection with clear names, a place for recipes to try and a small routine for saving what your household cooks.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-how-to-organise-recipes-digitally-v2.webp","Plum and orange recipe folders beside a tablet showing pasta, squash soup and roasted vegetables, with botanical flowers on a cream background.",{},{"title":4248,"description":4325},"articles\u002Fhow-to-organise-recipes-digitally","Start with the recipes you reach for, give them useful names and keep unfinished possibilities easy to find.",[676],"kpp13UU-9qDITNUvdwEbr8R9ThXO_U9R0ZFSC9eKbEQ",{"id":4335,"title":4336,"author":6,"body":4337,"cta":166,"date":4397,"description":4398,"extension":147,"faq":166,"featured":164,"heroImage":4399,"heroImageAlt":4400,"homepage":164,"meta":4401,"navigation":161,"ogDescription":166,"ogImage":166,"ogTitle":166,"path":4402,"seo":4403,"showContents":164,"stem":4404,"summary":4405,"tags":4406,"updated":2364,"written":4397,"__hash__":4407},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fwelcome-to-scullery.md","A cookbook for the meals you actually make",{"type":8,"value":4338,"toc":4392},[4339,4342,4346,4349,4352,4358,4362,4365,4368,4371,4375,4378,4381,4384],[11,4340,4341],{},"Scullery brings recipes into one shared household cookbook, then helps you choose a meal, shop for it and cook it. The idea is simple: the recipes you save should be easy to find and useful to the people who cook with you.",[15,4343,4345],{"id":4344},"start-with-a-few-useful-recipes","Start with a few useful recipes",[11,4347,4348],{},"Begin with meals you return to: a tomato sauce, a favourite curry, the dish someone keeps requesting. Add a few things you'd like to try. That is enough to give the household some useful choices.",[11,4350,4351],{},"Recipes often arrive in different places. Someone sends a link, you photograph a cookbook page, or a dish catches your attention in a social post. Scullery can turn supported sources with enough recipe detail into a draft for you to review.",[11,4353,4354,4355,71],{},"When a web or social source is incomplete, you can keep the useful context as an idea, with its source attached. A photo of a finished dish also has its own ",[62,4356,4357],{"href":1820},"Create from idea workflow",[15,4359,4361],{"id":4360},"make-the-choices-visible","Make the choices visible",[11,4363,4364],{},"A shared cookbook gives everyone access to the same possibilities. The person choosing dinner and the person stopping at the shop can start from the same recipe.",[11,4366,4367],{},"Bring a few options into a shortlist and let the household say what sounds good. Someone then chooses the meal. Preferences help that conversation without automatically selecting a winner.",[11,4369,4370],{},"For example, you might shortlist a familiar pasta and a bean dish you've been meaning to try. Knowing which one appeals helps the cook decide what to make and what needs buying.",[15,4372,4374],{"id":4373},"carry-the-recipe-through-to-cooking","Carry the recipe through to cooking",[11,4376,4377],{},"Once you've chosen, add the ingredients you need to the shared shopping list. They stay connected to the recipe, alongside the everyday items people add during the week.",[11,4379,4380],{},"At the stove, cook mode keeps the current instruction prominent and linked quantities close by. Afterwards, recording a cook keeps track of when you made the dish and moves an untried Idea into Recipes.",[11,4382,4383],{},"Saved recipes, favourites, stated tastes and recorded cooks give Scullery context for the options it brings forward. You keep choosing what suits the household today.",[11,4385,4386,4387,71],{},"Scullery is free to use. If you'd like to try it with the people you cook with, ",[62,4388,4391],{"href":4389,"rel":4390},"https:\u002F\u002Fapp.scullery.online\u002Fsignup",[209],"create an account",{"title":133,"searchDepth":134,"depth":134,"links":4393},[4394,4395,4396],{"id":4344,"depth":134,"text":4345},{"id":4360,"depth":134,"text":4361},{"id":4373,"depth":134,"text":4374},"2026-06-25","Bring scattered recipes into one shared household cookbook, then carry the choice through shopping and cooking. This is the idea behind Scullery.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Frestaurant-cookbook-v3.webp","An open purple cookbook illustrated with tomato pasta and beans with greens, beside a blue-striped tea towel and wooden spoon on an ochre table.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Fwelcome-to-scullery",{"title":4336,"description":4398},"articles\u002Fwelcome-to-scullery","The recipe you saved is only the beginning. A shared cookbook helps you turn it into something on the table.",[2363],"s8QhKqXzDO1kvuBlgswq31yE-IjhPtk0NGqrExd7EMQ",1792188495599]