Help and how-to videos
Each guide is a short video of the real app that shows exactly where to tap, with the steps written out beside it.
Getting started
Getting recipes in
Scan a handwritten recipe card
Photograph Nonna’s handwritten card and it becomes a typed recipe with ingredients and steps, credited to her and shared with the family.
11 steps · 1 min 00 sec
Save a TikTok recipe on the website
Copy a TikTok’s link and paste it into Recipes We Share. The recipe in the caption lands in your cookbook. Every line is yours to edit.
15 steps · 1 min 10 sec
Import a recipe from anywhere on the web
Paste a link from a recipe site, TikTok, YouTube or Instagram. You get just the recipe, ready to edit.
11 steps · 56 sec
Paste a recipe someone texted you
Copy a recipe out of a text, email or note, paste it in, and it’s sorted into title, ingredients and steps.
11 steps · 56 sec
Type a recipe in by hand
Type a recipe in yourself: title, category, ingredients and steps. Save it. From there, it goes straight into the family cookbook.
8 steps · 1 min 00 sec
Create a recipe with AI
Describe a dish, or what is in the fridge, and get a complete recipe draft to edit and save.
10 steps · 53 sec
Add a recipe from the starter library
Browse ready-made starter recipes and add one to the cookbook with a tap, then make it your own.
6 steps · 39 sec
Share a YouTube recipe to the iPhone app
On a YouTube recipe video, tap Share and choose Recipes We Share. The app opens and turns the recipe in the description into an editable recipe.
10 steps · 55 sec
Share a TikTok recipe to the iPhone app
On a TikTok recipe video, tap Share and choose Recipes We Share. The app opens and turns the recipe in the caption into an editable recipe.
10 steps · 58 sec
Share an Instagram recipe to the iPhone app
On an Instagram recipe reel, tap Share and choose Recipes We Share. The app opens and turns the recipe in the caption into an editable recipe.
10 steps · 54 sec
Browsing the cookbook
Find a recipe
The whole family cookbook in one place, searchable by name or ingredient.
5 steps · 39 sec
See every recipe from one person
Filter the cookbook by the person a recipe came from. Even Nonna, who never uses the app.
3 steps · 26 sec
Read a recipe
A recipe page: resize the servings, see the original handwritten card, the family’s notes and memories, and the recipe’s history.
7 steps · 58 sec
Make a collection
Group recipes into collections like Pizza Night or Holiday Table.
6 steps · 45 sec
Cooking and planning
Cook a recipe step by step
Cook mode shows one big step at a time, with the amounts written into each step, built-in timers, and a checklist.
8 steps · 52 sec
Plan the week’s dinners
Plan the week’s dinners. Use the family’s own recipes. Lock the ones to keep, fill the rest in one tap, and get one combined grocery list.
9 steps · 57 sec
Shop for a recipe
Send a recipe’s ingredients to the family’s shared shopping list, then check items off in the store.
5 steps · 34 sec
Family and memories
Invite the family
Invite family members by email or with a link you text them, and they join the same cookbook.
5 steps · 35 sec
Add a memory to a recipe
Attach a photo and the story behind it to a recipe, so the people and moments stay with the food.
6 steps · 37 sec
Leave a note on a recipe
Family Notes keep everyone’s tips, swaps and tweaks on the recipe itself.
4 steps · 27 sec
Share a recipe with anyone
Make a link to one recipe. Send it to anyone you like. They see the recipe. No account needed.
3 steps · 26 sec
Photos and videos
Add a photo of the dish
Add your own photo of how a recipe turned out, with a caption, and make it the recipe’s main photo.
7 steps · 40 sec
Add a video to a recipe
Paste a YouTube, Vimeo or TikTok link onto a recipe. It shows as a picture on the recipe and plays right there when someone taps it.
6 steps · 41 sec