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Recipe Management & Cooking 🗃️
Managing your recipes, tags, measurements and conversions
Measures & Conversions
Ingredient rounding
Why rounding exists Changing units or servings often produces messy figures: 1.5 metric cups → 1.59 US cups → 1.32 imperial cups Those amounts aren’t helpful
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Why do my ingredient amounts change after I tap Save?
1. Setting up and changing your global measurement conversion settings
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Why do ingredient amounts show as decimals while I’m editing?
What’s happening under the hood CookBook converts every fraction (e.g., ¾ cup) to a decimal (0.75) so it can handle serving-size scaling and conversions. After you save, CookBook formats th
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Why did my oven temperatures change automatically?
What the automatic temperature conversion does Finds temperatures like 180 °C, 350 °F, Gas 4, or *
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Why do cups convert to ml (or fl oz) when I turn conversions on?
Volume vs weight in a nutshell Volume units: cup, tablespoon, teaspoon, millilitre, fluid ounce. Weight units: gram, kilogram, ounce, pound. One cup of flour and one cup of honey both fill
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Tags
Tags, folders, and sub-filtering
About tags Tags are completely flexible - you can add as many as you want and name them anything: low carb, BBQ dinners, under 20 mins, Sam’s faves - even emojis like ⭐❤️ When searching, you can select multiple tags at once to combine filters and narrow results across your entire collect
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How do I add a tag to a recipe?
Add a tag to a single recipe Open the recipe you want to edit. Tap the Edit icon under the recipe title, or in the top-right corner. Scroll to the Tags field and tap Update tags. Tap the dropdown: Pick an existing tag, or tap Update tags to make a new one. Creating a new tag: Tap t
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How do I change a tag image?
Step-by-step Open Tags from the dashboard or side menu. Tap the tag you want to update. In the top-right corner, tap the More menu (three vertical dots). Choose Edit tag image. Select any recipe from your collection to use its main photo as the new tag image. The tag thumbnail will refresh with
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How do I edit, rename or delete a tag?
Step-by-step Open Tags You can reach Tags from three places: Side menu ☰ Home tab (pinned section) Recipes tab (top scroll list) Select the tag Tap the tag you’d like to change. Open the More menu Tap the ⋮ icon in the top-
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How do I find my untagged recipes?
Step-by-step Open Recipes from the dashboard or side menu. Tap the Filter icon (or swipe in from the right edge). Scroll down to the Tags section. Toggle Only untagged → On. Tap the ✓ in the top-right corner (or tap outside the filter panel) to apply. The list now shows only
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Searching & Filtering
How to use the leftovers tools
Create a new recipe with AI (AI Fridge) On the Home tab, tap AI Fridge in Quick Actions. Or tap + on the bottom bar, then under Create with AI select Leftovers inspiration (image). Take a clear photo of your leftover ingredients, fridge, or pantry. (Optional) A
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Cooking 🔍
Will my screen stay unlocked/open whilst I'm using the app and cooking?
Mobile apps (iOS & Android) The wake-lock turns on automatically the moment you open a recipe. It stays active in both the standard recipe view and full-screen Cooking Mode. Tip: Exiting the recipe or switching apps returns your device to its normal screen-timeout setting. C
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General
How to delete a recipe
Steps to delete a recipe Open the recipe you want to delete. Tap the More menu (floating icon with three vertical dots in the bottom right). Tap Delete (in red). Confirm deletion. Important: Deleting a recipe is permanent and cannot be undone. Alternative way Open the recipe. Tap Edit (top
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How do I pin (or un-pin) a recipe?
Step-by-step Open the recipe you’d like to pin. Look at the bottom-left corner of the recipe photo - there’s a 📌 pin icon. Tap the pin. It will change colour and fill in to confirm the recipe is pinned. Return to the Home tab: your recip
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Can I add a video to my recipe?
How to add a video link Open the recipe you want to edit and tap Edit (pencil icon). Scroll to the Video link field. Paste the full URL (e.g., https://youtu.be/abcd1234)..) Tap Save. When you view the recipe, the video thumbna
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