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 or choose 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 - Share a TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube post to Paprika, and it saves the recipe from the post. See Clipping Recipes from Social Media.
• Share it from another app - Press the Share button in your browser 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:
   • Add Blank Recipe - Opens an empty recipe form.
   • Create from Clipboard - Turns recipe text you've copied into a new recipe. See Adding a Recipe from the Clipboard.
   • Scan From Photo - Creates a recipe from a photo you already have. See Scanning Recipes.
   • Scan From Camera - Creates a recipe from a photo you take now. See Scanning Recipes.
3. Fill in the fields you want. See Recipe Fields.
4. Tap Save in the upper right corner.

The times, servings, difficulty and source are in the Info section, which starts out collapsed; tap its header to open it. To add photos, tap the Photos row. See Adding Recipe Photos. To discard the recipe, tap and choose Discard.

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 Create 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 Save.