I got Paprika App and am so happy with how well it works

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melissa-dallas

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I am going through the piles and piles of printed recipes accumulated over the years so I can throw out paper.. Very slick. Takes about thirty seconds to find the recipe in the browser within the app, hit download, tell it which folder you want it in and save. Cuts out everything except a small icon of picture, ingredients and instructions. Can sync app between devices. Also has menu, grocery list and pantry inventory. Can export everything you saved as an html file for “backup.” Can easily manually add recipes. I added 130 recipes from a stack while I half-watched TV last night. Now I might actually find some of the things I wanted to try before they disappeared into my paper pile hell.

 
Interesting--and I have stacks and stacks like you do--question--

Question: Can you scan your printed out recipes, or did you have to type them in? (for the ones where you didn't have a link to the recipe online)
Have you tackled those yet?

So glad it's working for you--thanks for letting us know.

M

 
I’m sitting some aside, but there are solutions

Don’t think it has a scan function, but for all the recipes here or that I have saved in email it is easy to cut and paste. Since there is a notes section you can paste the entire thing into notes, then cut and paste the ingredients and instruction into the right sections. Keeps from having to go back and forth between programs multiple times. It does have an “import file” function that I need to figure out.

I have an old photo album with pasted in cutout recipes, some tiny off of cans or boxes. I have been using the scan function within Notes on my Ipad or Iphone to capture the ones of those I want to keep. You can also download Adobe Scan, I think for free..

 
Also, you don’t need a link if you have a general idea where or who it came from

You can use say “Times Picayune Peking Thighs” or “Melissa Clark Gingerbread“ and it pretty much takes you where you want to go. New York Times paywall is also still a problem, but it often brings up other places the same recipe is posted. Often just the exact recipe name finds it, unless it is very generic. I also have a good general idea of where I found a lot of them, even if there is no link info at the bottom of the page.

 
Mo, these are the same exact questions I have. Many of my old paper copies are from Gail's swap

so Paprika won't able to find them. Also I have a binder of recipes from the 80's and 90's that are just portions of pages.

And I've reduced 10 4" binders down to 4, so this would be even better.

Melissa, are the recipes "word searchable"...not just by title?

 
See options on searc

Searching Recipes

The recipes screen contains a search bar at the top of the list that you can tap to search for specific recipes in your collection. Simply start typing and your recipes listing will be filtered by the search term.

By default, the search bar searches for your recipes based on the name of the recipe. You can tap the title bar to open the search options and select between searching by: Name, Ingredients, Directions, Description, Notes, Source, and Source URL. From there you can also select which categories you would like to search.

Note You can search for multiple ingredients at the same time by separating them with commas. For example: chicken, spinach.

 
Another thing about recipes printed out from here

Lots of the prints I have give citations by the poster as to the source and I can use that to search and “clip” them with the program without having to copy and paste from here.

 
I've been using it for years - switched from Mastercook. I

recommend that you use the categories It's very helpful when searching. I have mine set up in different cookbooks such as Poultry, Breakfasts, Seafood, etc. and then use several categories such as chocolate, gluten-free, vegetables, etc. Works great.

 
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