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Save an Instagram recipe without screenshotting it

Send a recipe Reel or post from Instagram straight into Stokd, and get the ingredients and steps as an editable recipe instead of a screenshot.

FROM INSTAGRAM, ON IPHONE

Five taps, start to finish.

Instagram is where most saved recipes go to die. The method is in a voiceover, the quantities are halfway down a caption behind a more link, and the post you meant to come back to is somewhere in a Saved folder with four hundred others. Sharing it into Stokd pulls the recipe out as text you can cook from.

  1. Step 1

    Open a Reel

    Tap the share arrow on any recipe Reel.

    An Instagram Reel with the share arrow highlighted
  2. Step 2

    Tap Share to…

    This opens the iOS share menu.

    Instagram's share options with Share to highlighted
  3. Step 3

    Add Stokd to Apps

    Tap the green plus next to Stokd in the Apps list.

    The iOS Apps list with a green plus beside Stokd
  4. Step 4

    Choose Stokd

    Stokd opens with the Reel ready to import.

    Stokd opening with the shared Instagram Reel ready to import
  5. Step 5

    See it in My Recipes

    Your imported recipe now appears in your recipe list.

    The Stokd recipe list showing the newly imported recipe

If Stokd isn't in your apps row yet, add it once from the Apps list.

WHAT TO EXPECT

What Stokd keeps.

What imports
Stokd reads the caption and the post itself, so quantities written in the caption come across. Where a Reel only says the amounts out loud, check the ingredient list after importing and correct anything the audio held.
Worth knowing
Private accounts you do not follow cannot be read, because Stokd sees the post the same way you do.
Editable
Every imported recipe is a draft. Review the title, ingredients, quantities and steps, and change anything that does not match how you cook.
Counts towards
Your weekly import allowance. Stokd Free includes 5 a week, and chef ranks raise that at no cost.

ON ANDROID, OR FROM A BROWSER

Paste the link instead.

The share sheet above is the iPhone route. Anywhere else, copying the link and pasting it into Stokd does the same job.

  1. Step 1

    Find a recipe

    Browse any food blog, magazine, or cooking site. If it has a recipe, Stokd can import it.

  2. Step 2

    Copy the page URL

    Tap the address bar in your browser and copy the full URL of the recipe page.

  3. Step 3

    Open Import in Stokd

    Tap the Import button on the home screen, or go to the URL Import tab.

  4. Step 4

    Paste and import

    Paste the URL and tap Import. Stokd extracts the ingredients, steps and cook time in seconds.

QUESTIONS

Instagram questions.

Does this work on Android?

The share sheet shown here is the iPhone flow. On Android, copy the link to the Reel or post from Instagram's share menu and paste it into Stokd's URL import instead. The result is the same.

The quantities did not come through. Why?

Instagram creators often say amounts out loud rather than writing them in the caption. Stokd reads the text, not the audio, so if the caption omits quantities they will not import. Open the recipe and add them from the video.

Can I import a whole carousel post?

Yes. Stokd reads the post's caption, which on carousel recipes usually holds the full ingredient list.

OTHER SOURCES

Save from somewhere else.

SAVED, THEN WHAT

A saved recipe should lead somewhere.

Once the Reel is in Stokd it can be checked against your pantry, turned into a shopping list of what you are missing, and cooked from step by step. See how the whole loop works.

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