Adding Recipes

There are several ways to add recipes to Paprika:

• Type it in - Press the button and fill in the recipe yourself. See Adding a Recipe.
• Paste it from the clipboard Premium - Copy recipe text from an email, a document or a message, and Paprika sorts it into a new recipe. See Adding a Recipe from the Clipboard.
• Scan it Premium - Take a photo of a cookbook page or recipe card, and Paprika reads the recipe from it. See Scanning Recipes.
• Download it from a website - Find a recipe in Paprika's built-in browser and press Download. See Clipping Recipes Online.
• Copy it from a website yourself - For a site Paprika can't read on its own, use the browser's clipboard tools to copy each part of the recipe into place. See Manually Saving Recipes Using the Clipboard Tools.
• Save it from social media Premium - Save a recipe from a TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube post. See Clipping Recipes from Social Media.
• Share it from Safari or another app - Press the button in Safari or another app and choose Paprika. See Saving Recipes from Other Apps.
• Receive it from another Paprika user - Recipes and cookbooks other Paprika users send you arrive in your Messages inbox. See Receiving & Importing Recipes.
• Import it from another app - Paprika can import recipes exported from other recipe apps. See Import Recipes.

Adding a Recipe

1. Tap in the upper right corner of the recipes screen.
2. Choose how to start:
   • From Scratch - Opens an empty recipe form.
   • From Clipboard - Turns recipe text you've copied into a new recipe. Dimmed when there's no text on the clipboard. See Adding a Recipe from the Clipboard.
   • Scan Photos - Creates a recipe from photos of a cookbook page or recipe card. See Scanning Recipes.
3. Fill in the fields you want, and pick a cookbook with the cookbook selector. See Recipe Fields.
4. Tap in the upper right corner to save, or in the upper left to discard.

To add a source URL, tap the link button beside Source. To add photos, tap the photo thumbnail. See Adding Recipe Photos.

Adding a Recipe from the Clipboard Premium

Copy recipe text from an email, a document or a website, then:

1. Tap in the upper right corner of the recipes screen and choose From Clipboard.
2. Check the preview and tap Import. Paprika sorts the text into the recipe fields.
3. Review the filled-in form, then tap to save.