Friendly guides for cooking with RecipMe

Open the create area and choose the method that matches your source. You can use Import URL, Import Video for YouTube, Scan Photo, or Manual Entry before saving the recipe to My Cookbook.

RecipMe supports recipe website URLs, YouTube videos through Import Video, recipe photos through Scan Photo, and fully manual entry when you want to type the recipe yourself.

Yes. Manual Entry is a normal part of the workflow and is often the best choice for original recipes, family recipes, or messy sources that would take too long to clean up after import.

Saved recipes live in My Cookbook. Recipes you create yourself appear under My Creations, and the rest of your cookbook tabs help you separate what you want to try, what you have cooked, and what you love enough to favorite.

Yes. Search works best when you describe what you want in plain language, such as quick dinner with chicken, something cozy, or a meal that fits what you have on hand.

Start with the ingredients, appliances, and equipment that actually change your decisions in the kitchen: common staples, proteins, produce, and the tools you use most often.

Use `Create New Plan` and start with either `Manual Plan` for a blank week or `AI Plan` for a draft you can edit. Most people have the easiest start when they plan a few anchor meals first, then fill in the rest as needed.

`AI Plan` asks RecipMe to draft a recipe-backed week for you based on your preferences and pantry context. `Manual Plan` starts with an empty weekly draft so you can add recipe slots or custom meals yourself.

Yes. AI-generated plans open in the same planner editor as manual plans, so you can edit the plan, move meals, change meal types, replace generated slots, and delete anything that does not fit your week.

Yes. Use a custom meal slot when you want to plan something that is not tied to a saved recipe, such as leftovers, takeout, date night, or a family dinner that does not need imported recipe details.

Yes. Saved plans are editable, so you can move meals to another day, switch them between meal types, and reorder slots inside the same section when the week changes.

No. Custom meals stay visible in the planner for schedule context, but only recipe-backed slots contribute grocery items when you generate a Shopping List from the selected plan.

Yes. The planner supports multiple slots per day across breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, dessert, and appetizer, so you can build a fuller week than a fixed three-meal layout.

Open the recipe you want to make, review the recipe detail page, and launch cooking mode from there. It is designed to guide you through the recipe with less screen tapping while you cook.

No. The Help Center is public, so you can browse guides, search for tutorials, and read FAQs before or after you sign in.

Use Discover when you want ideas or want to browse more widely. Use My Cookbook when you want recipes you already saved, created, organized, or noted for later.

My Kitchen is the full page. Pantry is one tab inside it, alongside Meal Plan and Shopping List. Use Pantry for ingredients and tools, not for the whole planning workflow.

Open the meal plan you want to shop from in My Kitchen, then move to Shopping List and generate the list from that selected plan. Recipe-backed slots become grocery items, while custom meals stay in the planner only.

Yes. In the create flow, choose private while you are still testing or refining a recipe, and make it public when it is ready to share more broadly.

My Creations is for recipes you built yourself. Tried helps track recipes you already made. Want to Try is for future candidates. Favorites is for repeat-worthy recipes. Notes keeps your personal context and reminders.

Open the recipe from My Cookbook and update the details while the recipe is still fresh in your mind. That is the best time to fix titles, ingredients, steps, servings, and personal notes.

Open Profile to update your measurement system, dietary preferences, and allergies. Keeping those settings current helps RecipMe match your real cooking needs more closely.

Open Profile and go to Subscription. That page shows your current plan, trial details, usage meters, and billing access when it is available for your account.