How to Save an Instagram Recipe on iPhone So You Can Cook It Again

The short answer

To save a written Instagram recipe in Orzella, copy the post’s link, import it, check the result, and add a note in your own words. A bookmark points back to a post. An Orzella recipe is yours to edit, annotate, search by ingredient and cook from.

1. Check the caption. Make sure the written recipe is there: ingredients with quantities, plus the steps.
2. Copy the post's link. Use the post's share option in Instagram.
3. Import it. In Orzella, go to Recipes > + (Add recipe) > Website or social link > Link. Paste it into Recipe link and tap Import recipe.
4. Open the draft, check the ingredients and method against the caption, correct anything that is missing, then tap Save recipe. If you have left the import screen, look for the item in the Imports section of Recipes.

You can also share a post to Orzella from Instagram. Open Orzella to finish the import, review the draft and tap Save recipe.

Before you import: where's the recipe?

Orzella reads the written caption on supported public Instagram posts. It doesn’t transcribe video or audio, so the quantities and method need to be written down. A quick look at the caption tells you which route to take:

• The full recipe is in the caption. Import the post link as above.
• The caption sends you to a website ("recipe at the link in bio"). Open the creator's recipe page and import that page's link instead.
• The recipe is only spoken in the video. First look for a complete written version from the creator, such as a recipe page or blog post. If there isn't one, write the full recipe down as you watch: ingredients, quantities and every step. Then paste that text into Orzella.

Photos follow the same rule. A readable photo or screenshot works when it shows the written recipe. If an on-screen card lists only the ingredients, the method still has to come from somewhere else, either a written source or your own notes.

Make it yours while it's fresh

A few useful details make a saved recipe easier to return to.

• Check that everything came across. Are the ingredients and steps all there, in a sensible order? Edit the ingredients or steps to fix anything that looks off.
• Add a personal note. For example: "Half the gochujang was plenty. Squeeze of lime at the end." Your notes are where your version of the recipe lives.
• File it. Add it to a collection, such as Weeknight noodles, or mark it as a favourite.

Orzella keeps the original source with the recipe, so you can see where it came from.

Find it again, even if you only half-remember it

Months from now, you probably won't remember the creator's handle or the exact title. You might remember gochujang, or the one with lime.

Orzella searches recipe titles, ingredients and your notes. Typing "gochujang" brings up the noodles. Typing "lime" finds them through the note you wrote. That's the real payoff of saving the recipe rather than just the post: the one you're thinking of is a quick search away.

Cook from a clean screen

Open the recipe in cooking view. The ingredients and steps sit together, with no scrolling past comments and hashtags. You can set named timers, such as "noodles" and "sauce," so you know which one is which.

Cooking for more people? Change the servings and supported ingredient quantities scale to match. Cooking times and temperatures stay as written, so adjust them using your own judgement.

Ready for your next save? Pick the written Instagram recipe you most want to cook this week.

Saving from other apps too? Our social recipe guide covers Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Pinterest.

Save the recipe. Cook it again.