How to Save and Organise Recipes from Any Website

Saving recipes from websites means taking a recipe you find online and storing it in one place—in an app or a notebook—so you can find it later, use it in your meal plan, and build shopping lists from it. The simplest way is to paste the recipe URL into an app that imports the title, ingredients, and method for you; then you review, edit if needed, and save. This post explains how to save and organise recipes from any website so they’re easy to find and use.

Why saving recipes in one place helps

Bookmarks and screenshots pile up and get lost. When recipes live in one app or system, you can search them, filter by category, add them to your weekly plan, and generate shopping lists from them. You’re not hopping between sites at dinnertime or guessing which tab had that pasta recipe. One place means less clutter and faster meal planning.

What is recipe import?

Recipe import is when an app or tool reads a recipe page (via its URL or pasted text) and pulls out the structured parts: title, ingredients, instructions, servings, and sometimes time or difficulty. You get a clean, editable recipe in your collection instead of a long webpage. Many meal-planning and recipe apps, including Foodedo, offer this so you can import recipes from a URL and add them to your plan.

Step 1: Paste the URL

When you find a recipe you want to keep, copy the page URL from your browser. Open your recipe app’s import or “add from web” feature and paste the URL into the field. The app will fetch the page and try to extract the recipe. This works best on pages that follow common recipe formats (many food blogs and recipe sites do).

Step 2: Review and edit

After the import, you’ll see the extracted title, ingredients, and method. Check that servings, quantities, and steps look right. Fix any obvious errors (e.g. wrong units or missing steps). You don’t have to re-type everything—just correct what’s wrong. Then save the recipe to your collection. Once it’s saved, it’s in your library for future meal plans.

Step 3: Add to your collection

Save the recipe with a category (e.g. main, dessert, side) if your app supports it. That makes it easier to filter later when you’re planning. Over time, your collection grows into a personal recipe library you can search and use every week. In Foodedo, imported recipes appear in My recipes and can be added to your weekly meal plan.

Organising by category and search

Use categories (main, side, dessert, etc.) and search to find recipes quickly. When you plan the week, filter by “main” or “quick” or search by ingredient. Naming recipes clearly (or keeping the original title) also helps. The goal is: when you think “I want that curry we had last month,” you can find it in under a minute. Foodedo lets you filter and search your recipes so you can plug them into your plan and build a shopping list from there.

How Foodedo’s import works

In Foodedo you paste a recipe URL into the import recipe page. The app extracts the recipe details; you review and edit on one screen, then save. The recipe is then available in your collection and on your weekly meal plan. You can also discover public recipes and save ones you like. For a full walkthrough of planning and lists, see how to use the Foodedo weekly meal plan.