Save a Recipe from Any Website
Paste a link to a recipe page. Only Recipes pulls out the ingredients, steps, times and photos, and leaves the ads, pop-ups and long introductions behind.
Paste a link to a single recipe page. Importing from websites is free.
Ready to import your recipe
Paste a URL in the field above and we'll extract ingredients, instructions, and more.
Importing from recipe websites is free
You can import without an account. Sign in with a free account to save the recipe to your collection.
How to Save a Recipe from Any Website
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Open the recipe
Go to the recipe page on the website, not the site's homepage.
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Copy the link
Copy the address from your browser's address bar. On a phone, use the browser's Share button, then Copy.
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Paste it above
Paste the link into the box at the top of this page and press Import.
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Check it and save
Look over the ingredients and steps, then save the recipe to your collection.
On iPhone, the Only Recipes app adds itself to the share sheet, so you can send a link to it without copying and pasting. Get the app
What Only Recipes Does with Your Recipe Link
Read the recipe data
Most recipe sites publish their recipe as structured data (schema.org Recipe) for search engines. Only Recipes reads that first, so you get the ingredients, steps, times and nutrition as the author wrote them.
Load the page like a browser
If a plain request does not return that data, Only Recipes loads the page in a headless browser and tries again. This helps with pages that build themselves with JavaScript.
Offer a choice on list pages
If the page is a roundup that lists several recipes, the importer shows them so you can pick the one you want.
Fall back to AI
If the page has no recipe data at all, an AI model reads the page text and writes out the recipe it finds there.
Good to Know
- Link to a specific recipe page. A site's homepage is rejected with a message asking for a recipe page.
- The importer only sees what the website shows to a visitor who is not signed in. A recipe behind a login or paywall can only be imported if the page still includes it.
- Apple News links cannot be read. Open the original article in your browser and copy that link instead.
- When the AI fallback is used and the page lists ingredients but no clear steps, the AI is told to write reasonable steps from the ingredients. Check those steps before you cook.
Website Import Questions
Which recipe websites does this work with?
Any page that has a recipe on it. Sites that publish schema.org recipe data, which includes most large recipe sites and blogs, import most accurately because the importer reads the author's own data. Other pages go through the AI fallback.
Do I need an account to import a recipe?
No. Importing from a website is free and works without an account. You need a free account to save the recipe to your own collection.
Does the importer change the recipe?
When the site publishes structured recipe data, the ingredients and steps come from that data. When the importer has to fall back to AI, the AI writes out what it finds in the page text and may fill in steps if the page has none, so check those before you cook.
What happens with a page that lists lots of recipes?
If the page marks up its list of recipes, the importer shows them as cards so you can pick one to import. Otherwise, open the recipe you want and paste that page's link.
Why did my import fail?
Common reasons are a link to a homepage instead of a recipe, a recipe behind a login or paywall, or a page with no recipe text the importer can read. If an import fails, the importer offers to keep trying and to email you, or send a push notification, if it manages to save the recipe later.
Is the original site credited?
Yes. The saved recipe keeps the link you imported it from, and recipe pages show a visible link back to the original source.