Recipe Organiser: Kitchen Book

GETTING STARTED

Adding a recipe Tap the + Add tab. You can type a recipe in by hand, scan a printed or handwritten recipe card with your camera, or add one from a photo already in your library.

Your library The Book tab is your collection. Recipes are grouped by category - swipe each row sideways to see more, or tap "See all". Use the search icon (top right) to find a recipe by name, ingredient, or who sent it.

Categories Tap "+ Add" in the category row on the Book tab to create your own, like "Sunday Roasts" or "Kids' Favourites".

SCANNING A RECIPE CARD

How it works From Add, choose "Scan a Recipe Card" and point your camera at a printed or handwritten card, or choose an existing photo. The app reads the text and sorts it into title, ingredients, and method automatically.

Checking the result Before saving, you'll see a review screen. Tap the coloured label next to any line to change what it is (Title, Ingredient, Step, or Ignore), tap the text itself to fix a typo, and drag to reorder.

More than one page If a recipe spans two cards, tap "Scan next page" after the first - everything joins into one recipe, grouped by page on the review screen.

COOKING THE RECIPE

Start Cooking Open a recipe and tap "Start Cooking". The current step appears on your Lock Screen, so you can follow along without unlocking your phone - ideal for messy hands.

Step timers Steps like proving or baking can carry a timer. Tap Start on the timer and it counts down right on your Lock Screen, with a sound when it's done. You can move to the next step while a timer keeps running.

Finishing up Tap "Finish Cooking" on the last step, or swipe the Lock Screen card away, to end the session.

FAVOURITES & ORGANISING

Favouriting a recipe On any recipe, tap the heart next to the star rating. Favourites get their own row at the top of your library, and a filter chip to jump straight to them.

Dietary tags & filters Recipes can carry tags like Vegetarian or Gluten-Free. Use the filter row on the Book tab to narrow your library down

• tags always reflect what the person who wrote the recipe entered, so do double-check ingredients yourself.

From family & friends Recipes someone's shared with you show a little circle with their initials. Tap "My Recipes" or a person's name to filter to just their recipes.

SHARING A RECIPE

Tap-to-share Open a recipe, tap "Tap to Share Recipe", and hold your phone near a friend's who also has the app. No internet needed - just make sure Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are both switched on for both of you.

Recipe cards for social media Tap Share → Card to turn a recipe into a nice photo card you can post or send anywhere, with the ingredients and method laid out underneath. You choose what to include.

PDF & other ways The Share screen also offers a PDF, Notes, or email — handy for printing a recipe or keeping a written copy.

Linking related recipes When editing a recipe, you can link to another one in your book — like linking a lasagne to your Béchamel sauce. It shows as a small tappable word in the text; tap it to peek at the linked recipe without losing your place.

SHOPPING LIST

Building the list On a recipe, tap "Add to Shopping List" to send its ingredients across. Identical ingredients from different recipes combine automatically.

Everyday items The Shopping tab also has an "Add an item" box at the top, so you can use it as a normal everyday list too — not just for recipes.

Ticking things off Tap the X next to an item once it's in your basket.

NOTES

Jotting down ideas The Notes tab is a simple scratchpad - jot down a dish you fancy trying, or a tweak to remember for next time. Nothing formal, just quick notes.

CONVERT TO METRIC

Scanned or received recipes If a recipe uses cups, ounces, pounds, or oF — often the case with American recipes — a "To metric" button appears next to the ingredients. Tap it to convert everything at once.