Guides
Straight answers to the questions people ask about saving recipes, planning meals and keeping a recipe collection under control. Written for UK kitchens, with sources linked.
Saving recipes
Getting recipes out of TikTok, Instagram and YouTube and into a form you can cook from.
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Saving recipes
How to save recipes from TikTok and Instagram (so you actually cook them)
Why tapping save isn't enough, and three ways to keep social media recipes somewhere you'll actually cook from.
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Saving recipes
How to get a written recipe from a cooking video
Where the recipe usually hides in a TikTok, Reel or YouTube video, and how to write it up so you can cook from it.
Meal planning
Deciding the week's dinners once, and shopping for them in one go.
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Meal planning
How to meal plan for the week: a beginner's guide
A five-step weekly routine that takes about 20 minutes, with a sample week and the mistakes that make most people give up.
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Meal planning
How to meal plan for a family (when everyone wants something different)
Build a rotation everyone eats, handle fussy eaters without cooking three meals, and plan around the busiest nights.
Organising recipes
One tidy, searchable home for every recipe you cook, from screenshots to Grandma's cards.
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Organising recipes
How to organise your recipes: a simple system that lasts
Get recipes out of screenshots, bookmarks, cookbooks and saved videos and into one place, with categories that help you decide what to cook.
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Organising recipes
How to digitise a cookbook or handwritten family recipes
Photograph, transcribe and preserve handwritten family recipes and cookbook favourites, including old measures and gas marks.