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Save Recipes on iPhone: Ingredients and Cook Mode

Save a supported recipe link, open its Recipe Smart Card, check the ingredients, and use Cook Mode to follow the steps with a timer.

From a saved recipe to dinner

  1. Open a recipe page or a supported recipe video and share its link to LinkBook. Confirm with Post.
  2. Open the saved item and its Recipe Smart Card. Check that the ingredients and instructions match the source.
  3. Use the ingredient checklist as you prepare. Keep the original page or video available for quantities or details that were not included.
  4. Open Cook Mode and move through the steps. Start a timer when the step provides one, and mark the step complete when you finish.
Ingredients and instructions for a demo roasted tomato orzo recipe in LinkBook
Ingredients and instructions for a demo roasted tomato orzo recipe in LinkBook

A recipe card needs a usable source

A complete recipe page is easier to extract than a video with no written amounts or instructions. Some supported videos provide enough caption or page information for a recipe card; others do not. If important ingredients or steps are missing, return to the original recipe.

Use the TikTok saving guide to save a recipe you found, or the extraction guide when a card is incomplete. Those are different jobs, so both guides remain available.

Keep recipes you will use again

Add a note about what you changed, a tag such as “weeknight,” and a favorite for recipes you want to repeat. Folders can group a collection. Check the recipe and any media while connected before cooking somewhere without reliable internet.

Free includes five Smart Cards. Premium removes that cap and adds folders. A recipe card does not promise a downloadable video or reliable extraction from every website.

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