Warning
This guide is for Paprika 4, which is currently in beta. Switch to the Paprika 3 guide.
Tap in the upper right corner of the recipe screen, next to . The recipe opens in the same form you use to add one.
There are several ways to delete a recipe:
From the recipes list:
From the recipe screen:
Note
Deleted recipes will go into the Trash and be displayed in that section of your categories list. To permanently delete the recipes, select the trash category, press the button in the floating toolbar, and choose . To undo the deletion, tap and hold the recipe(s) you'd like to restore from the trash, press the button, and choose Undo Delete. Only recipes go into the trash: all other items (meals, groceries, etc) are deleted immediately when you select them for deletion.
These are the fields that you can enter when you create or edit a recipe:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the recipe. |
| Difficulty | The difficulty of the recipe. |
| Servings | The number of servings this recipe makes. |
| Prep Time | The amount of preparation time this recipe requires. |
| Cook Time | The amount of cooking time this recipe requires. |
| Total Time | The total amount of time this recipe requires. |
| Rating | A star rating from 0 to 5 for this recipe. |
| Categories | The categories this recipe belongs to. |
| Cookbook | The cookbook this recipe belongs to. If the recipe has categories the other cookbook doesn't, Paprika asks whether to copy them into it. |
| Source | Where this recipe came from. |
| Source URL | This is an optional field that records the original URL of the recipe if it came from a website. |
| Description | A short introduction of the recipe, displayed above the directions. |
| Notes | Any cooking notes you would like to include with the recipe. Displayed below the directions. |
| Nutrition | Nutrition notes, a Nutrition Facts table, or both. Displayed below the ingredients. See Nutrition. |
| Ingredients | The ingredients required for this recipe. Note Create ingredient headings by ending them with a colon (e.g. Sauce:). |
| Directions | The directions for this recipe. |
| Photos | An optional thumbnail and one or more higher-resolution images. You can take a new photo with the camera, choose images from your photo library, or paste an image from the clipboard. |
You can add formatting and images to the description, ingredients, directions, nutrition and notes fields.
When you are editing these fields, a formatting toolbar appears above the keyboard. From left to right it holds Bold, Italic, Heading, Bulleted List, Numbered List, Link, Recipe, Photo and Help. The row scrolls sideways when the buttons do not all fit, and a Close button is pinned to the right-hand end to dismiss the toolbar.
Note
The formatting toolbar can be turned off entirely: see Show Text Formatting Buttons under Keyboard in Settings.
Paprika uses a modified form of Markdown for formatting:
| Format | Syntax | Instructions |
|---|---|---|
| Bold | **bold** or __bold__ |
Surround words with two asterisks or two underscores. |
| Italic | *italics* or _italics_ |
Surround words with one asterisk or one underscore. |
| Links | [Google](https://www.google.com) |
Put the title in brackets and the URL in parentheses. Only the title is displayed. |
| Photos | [photo:Mixing the Batter] |
Put the name of one of the recipe's photos in brackets, after photo:. A thumbnail is displayed; tap it to see the full size image in the photo gallery. |
| Recipes | [recipe:Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta] |
Put the name of another recipe in brackets, after recipe:. Tap the link to open that recipe. |
| Headings | # Sauce |
Start a line with # and a space. Use ## to ###### for smaller headings. |
| Unordered List | - Preheat the oven |
Start each line with a dash and a space. |
| Ordered List | 1. Preheat the oven |
Start each line with a number, a period and a space. |
A heading or a list has to start its own paragraph: leave a blank line before it when it follows other text.
Paprika looks up photos and recipes based on name; if multiple recipes exist with the same name, the first recipe Paprika finds will be opened. If multiple photos exist with the same name, the first will be selected. If the recipe or photo name changes, links will need to be updated.
Note
A built-in Markdown guide describing all of the supported formatting is available from the Help button on the formatting toolbar.
You can add multiple photos to a recipe, and photos are synced with your cloud data. You can add photos up to 20 MB in size. When the recipe is saved, Paprika scales each photo down to fit within 3096 pixels on its longest side, and further if needed to keep it under 5 MB.
From the edit recipe form, tap the photo thumbnail to see all photos associated with the recipe. To add a photo, tap the button in the toolbar. There are 3 ways to add a photo:
Each photo displays its name, file size and pixel dimensions below the thumbnailed image. Tap a photo to open it in the photo gallery, then press the button in the gallery's toolbar and choose Edit to rename the photo or Delete to remove it. To use one of the photos as the recipe's thumbnail, press the button in the Photos toolbar, choose Choose Thumbnail, and tap the photo. Delete Thumbnail in the same menu removes the thumbnail.
The photo name is used to identify the photo when embedding it in text, and will also be displayed at the top of the photo gallery.
Tap and hold a photo, then drag it to reorder photos and change their position in the photo gallery.
The thumbnail does not need to be one of the associated photos in the gallery. Deleting the thumbnail will not affect existing recipe photos.
Note
Photos will be uploaded to the cloud immediately but downloaded on demand by other devices (to save space). Photos associated with a recipe are downloaded when that recipe is opened.