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How to save recipes from websites in one place
Updated 13 October 2026. 2 minute read.
Recipes are the classic thing people save and cannot find again. One is a browser tab, one is a screenshot, one is a photo of a cookbook page, and the version you actually cook is in your head. You do not need a dedicated recipe manager to fix this. You need one place and a way to search it.
The three kinds of recipe
- A web page. Save the link. A screenshot of the ingredients loses the method, and a tab gets closed.
- A page in a book or magazine. Take a photo, or scan it if it runs over two pages.
- Your own version. A short note: what you changed, what the oven really needed, who liked it.
Keeping all three in the same library matters more than the app you choose. The moment recipes are split between Safari, Photos and Notes, you stop looking.
Saving a recipe from a website
- Open the recipe in your browser.
- Tap Share and choose the app you save to.
- If the site offers a print view, save that address. It usually skips the long introduction.
In Stashy the link arrives with its title and picture, and gets a short summary and keywords written on your device. That is why searching "lentils" or "30 minutes" can find a recipe whose title is only a name.
Saving a recipe from a book
Use the camera for a single page and the scanner for more. Scanning to PDF gives you one file with the pages in order and straightened edges. Text in photos and scans is recognised on the device, so a photographed page is searchable too.
Keep your changes with it
The most valuable line in any recipe is the one you add after cooking it. In Stashy every save can carry a note, so "half the sugar, 10 minutes longer" stays attached to the recipe it belongs to.
Finding it on a Tuesday evening
Give recipes their own category. In Stashy new saves file themselves into the categories you already have, so once a Recipes category exists, most recipes land there without you doing anything.
Then search by what you have in the fridge, not by the name of the dish. And if a recipe is for a particular occasion, set a reminder for the day before, so you see it while you can still shop.
A note on links that disappear
Recipe sites reorganise and pages move. For a recipe you would hate to lose, save a second copy that does not depend on the site: a scan, a photo, or the ingredients pasted into a note.