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How to Search and Filter Your Recipes

Find any recipe by name or ingredient, then narrow the results by cookbook, difficulty, rating, cooked status, or tags.

As your collection grows, search is the fastest way to find the recipe you're thinking of — even if you only remember one ingredient.

Step 1: Open Search

On the home screen, tap the magnifying glass in the top-right corner.

Tap the search button

Before you type anything, you'll see your Recently viewed recipes, so it's easy to get back to something you just cooked.

Step 2: Search by Name or Ingredient

Type a recipe name or an ingredient — for example, "chicken" — and results appear as you type.

Search results for chicken

Step 3: Narrow Down with Filters

Use the quick filter chips under the search box (like Difficulty and Rating), or tap Filters to see every option at once:

  • Cookbook — only show recipes from certain cookbooks
  • Cooking difficulty — Easy, Medium, Hard, or Expert
  • Minimum rating — only show recipes you've rated highly
  • Cooked status — recipes you've cooked, or ones you haven't tried yet
  • Tags — recipes with specific tags
The Filters panel

Tap Show recipes to apply your filters, or Reset to clear them.

Tip: Make Your Filters More Useful

Difficulty, ratings, and cooked status come from you. Open a recipe to set its difficulty, then use Your notes to mark it as cooked and give it a star rating. The more you add, the better your filters work.