Warning
This guide is for Paprika 4, which is currently in beta. Switch to the Paprika 3 guide.
Paprika's grocery list makes it easy to shop for your recipes. You can make multiple grocery lists, add entire recipes to your grocery list, as well as your own custom grocery items.
By default, your grocery list will be sorted into aisles based on the type of ingredient. For example, milk will be placed into the Dairy aisle, and spinach will be placed under Produce.
The grocery list will also automatically attempt to consolidate similar items with one another. For example, if one recipe calls for 2 eggs, and another recipe calls for 3 eggs, the consolidated listing will display 5 eggs total.
Note
You can turn off both the grocery list aisle sorting and consolidation features in the Settings panel if you do not find them useful.
To add an entire recipe to the grocery list, open the recipe and press the button in the toolbar.
An ingredients pane will pop up displaying that recipe's ingredient list. Here you can check/uncheck ingredients before they are added to the grocery list. If you have more than one grocery list, you can also choose which list to add them to.
(For example, if you already have salt at home, you can uncheck it before adding the recipe to the grocery list.)
Note
Ingredients you have in stock in your Pantry will be automatically unchecked for you.
Once you have the correct ingredients checked, press the button to add those ingredients to the grocery list.
Custom items can be added to the grocery list by typing them into the Add Item field at the top of the list and pressing Done on the keyboard. The field clears, ready for the next item. If you paste several lines, each line is added as its own item.
If you are adding a common grocery item, the aisle will be automatically selected for you as you type. You can change the aisle after the item has been added by tapping on the item and selecting a new aisle. Paprika will remember and sync the change.
Your current entry will also be autocompleted as you type. You can tap on a suggestion to select it.
To edit a grocery list item, tap on the grocery item row to open the edit screen for that item.
From here you can edit the grocery item and change its aisle, notes, quantity, and list. The and buttons beside the quantity change its number by one, so 2 cups becomes 3 cups.
You can remove individual items from the grocery list by tapping and holding an item (or pressing the button in the floating toolbar) to enter selection mode, selecting the desired items for deletion, and then pressing the button in the toolbar at the top.
Finally, you can clear the entire list using the action described below.
Mark an item as purchased simply by tapping it once. A checkmark will appear to indicate that the item has been purchased. You can mark the item as unpurchased by tapping it once more.
Press the button in the floating toolbar to filter the grocery list. The button is highlighted while a filter is on.
All, Bought, or To Buy. (When you are shopping you may find it easiest to select To Buy, to only show the unpurchased items left on your grocery list.)Entire Grocery List, My Items to show only the items you added yourself, or a recipe to show only its ingredients.While you are showing only the items to buy, a line at the end of the list says how many purchased items are hidden, such as 12 purchased items hidden. Tap it to see those items, without changing your filter. Tap beside it to remove the purchased items from the list. If every item has been purchased, the list says All Items Purchased and offers a button.
By default, your grocery list will be sorted into aisles based on the type of ingredient. If you prefer, you can change the grocery list to sort by recipe, by pressing the button in the floating toolbar and choosing Recipe instead.
Paprika starts with one grocery list named My Grocery List. This list cannot be deleted, but it can be renamed. You can add additional grocery lists if you would like — for example, separate lists for different stores.
Note
Adding grocery lists is not available in the free version of Paprika.
The name of the currently selected grocery list is displayed in the toolbar. Tap it to reveal the Grocery Lists screen. From there you can select a different grocery list, add a new list, or edit an existing list.
Note
On tablets, all of your grocery lists are displayed in the pane to the left of the current list. Tap on a grocery list to select it.
Press the button in the Grocery Lists screen to create a new grocery list.
Choose from the list's menu to rename the current grocery list. You can also rename, reorder, and delete lists from the Grocery Lists screen: tap and hold a list (or press the button) to enter selection mode. Press the button beside a list to rename it, or select one or more lists and press the button in the toolbar at the top to delete them. To reorder your lists, press the Sort By button and choose Custom, then enter selection mode and drag the handles beside the lists.
You can access these actions by pressing the button at the end of the floating toolbar.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Edit Grocery List | Edit the current grocery list's options, such as its name. |
| Clear Grocery List | Removes all items from your grocery list. You can choose between clearing all items, or only clearing purchased items. |
| Move to Pantry | Moves items from the grocery list into the pantry. You can choose between moving all items, or moving only purchased items. If you have multiple pantry locations, you'll be asked to choose a location. |
| Copy to Pantry | Copies items to the pantry, leaving them on the grocery list. |
| Share | Sends the list to any app on your device using the Android share sheet. The list is shared as plain text — item names only, without aisle headings. Print and Email send a fuller, formatted version instead. |
| Print out the grocery list. | |
| Send an email containing the contents of the grocery list. |
While you are selecting items, the button offers Move to Pantry, Move to List, Copy to Pantry and Copy to List for the selected items.