Saving recipes

Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook and any recipe website, from the Share button. You can also scan cookbook pages and handwritten cards, or save from a screenshot. Each recipe keeps credit to its creator. See each source.

Open the post or Reel, tap Share, and choose Saucepan. Then tap Open Saucepan, check the recipe, and save it. Saucepan reads the caption and, for a Reel, the text on screen and the narration. Instagram steps.

Open the video, tap Share, and choose Saucepan. It reads the caption, the on-screen text and the narration, then waits in your Inbox for you to save it. TikTok steps.

Open the video, tap Share, and choose Saucepan. If the recipe is in the description, Saucepan uses it. Otherwise it reads the video. YouTube steps.

Yes. Open the pin, tap Share, and choose Saucepan. Most pins link to a blog, and Saucepan follows the link and reads the recipe without the ads and the long story. Pinterest steps.

Yes. Open the post or Reel, tap Share, and choose Saucepan. For a post in a private group, share it from your own phone as you see it. Facebook steps.

In Safari or any browser, tap Share and choose Saucepan on the recipe page. Saucepan saves the ingredients and steps without the ads and pop-ups. If a site does not work, copy the recipe text and paste it in. Website steps.

Yes. Copy the link and paste it into Saucepan. This helps when an app has no Share button for what you want.

You may need to turn it on once. In the Share row, scroll to the end, tap More, and switch on Saucepan. After that it stays in the row.

It reads both. For a video, Saucepan reads the caption, the text on screen and the narration. The video is downloaded to your phone, read there, and then the video file is deleted.

Saucepan can only save what the post says or shows. Short videos often skip quantities. Add the missing amounts yourself after your first cook.

In Saucepan, choose Import, then scan, and photograph the page. It reads the text into a recipe you can edit, search and cook from. Use one page per recipe, keep the page flat and well lit, and check the amounts before you save. Cookbook steps.

Yes, but check the result. Printed text reads best, and handwriting varies. Compare the recipe to the card, fix anything it misread, and look closely at amounts and oven temperatures. Saucepan keeps the original photo with the recipe. Handwritten card steps.

Yes. Open Saucepan, choose the screenshot from your photos, and it reads the text into a recipe. This works for screenshots from any app, including apps that cannot share. Crop out other things first. Screenshot steps.

The Inbox is where a shared recipe waits before you save it. When you share a post to Saucepan, it lands there as a draft. You check it, fix anything, and save it.

Yes, if you are signed in. Set it up in Settings, then Account and Sync, then Send to Your Inbox. Message a link to Saucepan on Instagram or WhatsApp, or forward an email to your private Saucepan address, and it appears in your Inbox. Free accounts get 20 saves by Instagram and 10 by WhatsApp to try it; Saucepan+ makes it unlimited.

Saucepan is built to bring in recipe libraries from other apps such as Paprika, Mela and Crouton. Export from the old app, then look for Import in Saucepan. The app shows which file types it accepts.

Yes. Imports arrive as a draft you can edit, and scans open as a recipe you can edit. Make It Mine keeps your own version next to the original. About Make It Mine.

Yes. Each recipe keeps credit to its creator. Recipes you save from other people are for your own cooking, so please do not publish them as your own. See the Community Guidelines.

Saving from any app, site or cookbook is free. The pricing page lists the limits that apply: What Can I Make?, cloud reading, and saves by WhatsApp and Instagram. Check it for the current numbers.

Use collections. A collection can be Sunday dinners, things to try, or a cookbook you are working through, and one recipe can live in more than one. You can keep a collection private or share it. About collections.