Best sources
Public recipe pages, pasted ingredient lists, cooking notes from friends, and clear screenshots usually work best. Private pages and short social captions may need extra notes from you.
Bring an outside recipe into TryCookMate
Start from a recipe link, pasted text, or a photo. TryCookMate will turn it into a clean recipe you can save, adjust, and cook from.
Standard recipe pages are the most reliable. Private social links may not be readable.
Image import uses the configured AI model. If image reading is unavailable, paste the text instead.
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Imported recipes are shown for review first. Logged-in users can save the cleaned recipe to their cookbook.
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Paste or upload
Start with a URL, text, or image.
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Review the recipe
Check ingredients, steps, servings, and timing.
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Save and cook
Keep it in your cookbook or send it to the generator.
When Recipe Import Is Useful
Recipe import is meant for cooks who already have a recipe somewhere else but need it cleaned up before cooking. A copied recipe can include long stories, missing structure, unclear serving sizes, or screenshots that are hard to follow on a phone. TryCookMate turns that source into a simpler draft with ingredients, steps, timing, and notes so you can review it before saving anything.
What to review
Always check ingredient amounts, oven temperatures, timing, and doneness cues before cooking. Import helps organize a recipe, but your kitchen judgment still matters.
How it connects
After import, signed-in users can save the cleaned recipe to their cookbook or open it in the generator to adjust flavor, diet, time, or missing ingredients.