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Grandma's recipes deserve more than a shoebox of yellowing index cards. MyRecipe's photo scanner and family cookbook tools preserve every one of them, forever.

There is a single irreplaceable thing in most American kitchens, and it's whatever your grandmother wrote on the back of a Crisco box thirty years ago. Saving grandma's recipes properly — not just photographing them and forgetting which folder they're in — is one of those tasks people put off until the cards are damaged or, worse, gone. MyRecipe was built specifically to make that job easy. Open the app, snap a photo of each card, let the OCR pull the ingredients and steps into a clean recipe, and you've now got a backup that won't fade, stain, or get lost in a move.

Once digitized, you can scale grandma's brisket recipe up to feed twenty for the holidays, share a private link with your cousin in another state, build a printable family cookbook for next Christmas, and add your own personal notes ('grandma always added an extra clove of garlic, even if the card doesn't say so'). The original photo of the card stays attached forever — a piece of the artifact lives alongside the searchable text. It's the digital backup grandma never knew she needed, but every grandkid eventually wishes they had.

What MyRecipe gives you

  • Save and organize unlimited recipes (50 free, unlimited on Family)
  • Photo OCR for handwritten recipe cards and old cookbooks
  • URL import from any food blog or recipe site
  • Drag-and-drop weekly meal planner
  • Auto-generated shopping list, sorted by aisle
  • Household sharing for up to 4 family members
  • Public, private, or link-only sharing for every recipe
  • Multi-device sync with offline cooking mode

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FAQ

What if the recipe card is faded or hard to read?

Take the clearest photo you can in good light. The OCR handles a lot, but you can always edit any ingredient or step manually after scanning.

Can I share grandma's recipes with the whole family?

Yes. Use a private 'link only' share, or invite your relatives to a Family plan household where everyone has the same library.

Will my recipes be private?

Every recipe is private by default. You explicitly choose what to share, and with whom.

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