AI recipe import
Paste links from recipe websites, YouTube, or Instagram, share links from other apps, or photograph cookbook and handwritten pages on mobile. AI extracts recipe details, and imported recipes are categorized automatically.
Recipe Chest
Recipe Chest is an AI digital cookbook to import recipes from websites, YouTube, Instagram, photos or manual entries, then organize, plan and shop.
Overview
Recipe Chest is a browser-based digital cookbook for collecting recipes from websites, YouTube, Instagram, photos, or scratch-created entries. Its AI-assisted import turns supported recipe sources into editable records containing details such as ingredients and instructions, while automatic categorization and search help keep the collection organized.
The app extends the cookbook into meal planning and grocery preparation. Users can personalize recipes and scale servings, place meals on a weekly calendar, and convert planned recipes into categorized shopping lists. It also supports device synchronization, mobile and desktop installation as an app, English and Polish interfaces, and shared household collections on family plans.
Core features
Recipe personalization
Edit ingredients, instructions, times, difficulty, categories, and tags. Adjust servings to recalculate quantities, choose metric or US units, and display values as fractions or decimals.
Organized recipe collection
Search the collection, filter by category or favorites, hide categories, and add custom categories as the cookbook grows.
Weekly meal planning
Arrange breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks on a weekly calendar with drag-and-drop planning. Send a day or a date range to a shopping list.
Smart shopping lists
Build lists from recipe ingredients or add items manually. Maintain multiple lists, group items by category or recipe, check items off, and clear completed items.
Family sharing
Invite household members by email to share recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists. Family members can save shared recipes to their own collections.
Practical use cases
Building a consolidated cookbook
Save recipes encountered across websites, video platforms, social media, and physical cookbooks in one searchable collection instead of maintaining separate bookmarks and notes.
Personalizing recipes
Adapt an imported recipe to household preferences by changing ingredients, instructions, tags, or serving count while retaining access to the original version.
Planning the week
Place planned breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks on a weekly calendar, then create a shopping list for a single day or a selected date range.
Preparing for grocery shopping
Turn a collection of selected recipes into categorized grocery lists, add non-recipe items manually, and check off purchases while shopping.
Coordinating a household
Coordinate cooking across a household by sharing recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists, with members able to save shared recipes into their own collections.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Supports recipe capture from website links, YouTube, Instagram, photos, shared links, and manual creation.
- Imported recipes remain editable, with serving scaling and metric or US unit display options.
- Connects recipe collection, weekly meal planning, and shopping-list workflows in one app.
- Family plans support shared recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists for up to five family members.
- Works in a browser and can be installed on phones and computers, with synchronization across devices.
Cons
- The Free plan is limited to 20 recipes; weekly meal planning and shopping lists are included in paid plans.
- AI usage is quota-based on paid plans, with different monthly extraction and image-generation limits by plan.
FAQ
How can recipes be added to Recipe Chest?
You can add recipes by pasting a link from a recipe website, YouTube, or Instagram; photographing a cookbook page or handwritten recipe on mobile; or creating a recipe from scratch in the editor.
Is Recipe Chest free?
The Free plan supports up to 20 recipes. Paid plans add unlimited recipes, weekly meal planning, shopping lists, and additional AI features, with a 14-day free trial available.
Can imported recipes be edited?
Yes. Imported recipes can be edited, including ingredients, steps, times, categories, and tags. You can switch between the original and personalized versions or revert changes.
Does Recipe Chest scale ingredient quantities?
Yes. Changing the serving count recalculates ingredient quantities. Amounts can be displayed in metric or US units, and as fractions or decimals.
How does family sharing work?
Create a family and invite members by email. Family members can share recipes, meal plans, and shopping lists, and save shared recipes into their own collections.
Quick Facts
- Category
- Recipe management and meal planning
- Platform
- Browser app; installable on phone and computer
- Input sources
- Recipe websites, YouTube, Instagram, photos, and manual entries
- Languages
- English and Polish
- Free tier
- Up to 20 recipes
- Family sharing
- Available on Family plans for up to 5 members
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