How to Add a Recipe to Your Cookbook: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to efficiently add and edit recipes in your cookbook with our comprehensive step-by-step guide.

May 15, 2025 By Gwendal Legrand

In this guide, we'll learn how to add a recipe to a cookbook using a structured method. The process involves opening three documents: the master sheet, the navigator cookbook, and the original recipe. You'll import the recipe from a website, adjust the ingredients and instructions, and ensure the format is correct. Finally, you'll save and classify the recipe for easy access.

Let's get started

This is a method to add a recipe to a cookbook. First, open three documents: the master sheet in Excel, cookbook in your browser, and your recipe in another window.

Step #1: Right-click on the excel icon — Right-click on the excel icon

Step #2: Click on "Mastersheet 2025 May to June" — Click on "Mastersheet 2025 May to June"

Step #3: Reduce this window — Reduce this window

Step #4: Open your navigator — Open your navigator

Step #5: Click on "WRF" — Click on "WRF"

Step #6: In the recipes section, click on "CookBook App" — In the recipes section, click on "CookBook App"

Step #7: Reduce this window — Reduce this window

Step #8: Right-click on your browser — Right-click on your browser

Step #9: Click on "Open new window" — Click on "Open new window"

Step #10: Open your recipe — Open your recipe

Step #11: In Cookbook, click on "Add Recipe" — In Cookbook, click on "Add Recipe"

Step #12: Click on "Import from website" — Click on "Import from website"

Step #13: Copy the URL of your recipe and paste it into the Cookbook field — Copy the URL of your recipe and paste it into the Cookbook field

Step #14: Click on "Import Link" — Click on "Import Link"

You now have a draft recipe.

You can now close the recipe window in your browser.

Step #15: Edit the title if need be, and delete the description — Edit the title if need be, and delete the description

Step #16: Click on the corresponding tabs for your recipe — Click on the corresponding tabs for your recipe

Step #17: Always change the "Yield" field to 10 serves. — Always change the "Yield" field to 10 serves.

Step #18: Delete all nutritional informations — Delete all nutritional informations

You will then compare with the master sheet and edit any ingredients and their quantities that have changed from the original recipe.

It will usually be quantities, some ingredients, and unity of measure.

Step #19: Next. review your instructions if you need to modify the recipe. Ensure each paragraph is separated by two blank lines. — Next. review your instructions if you need to modify the recipe. Ensure each paragraph is separated by two blank lines.

Save your work.
You can now print and create a PDF. Ensure each paragraph is separated by two blank lines.

Step #20: Click on "MORE" — Click on "MORE"

Step #21: Click on "Print" — Click on "Print"

Step #22: Click on "Create PDF" — Click on "Create PDF"

Step #23: You don't need to edit any of the PDF settings for our use.Click on "Continue" — You don't need to edit any of the PDF settings for our use.
Click on "Continue"

Print your recipe, laminate it, and place it in the kitchen folder. Thank you.

How to Add a Recipe to Your Cookbook: A Step-by-Step Guide

Learn how to efficiently add and edit recipes in your cookbook with our comprehensive step-by-step guide.

May 15, 2025 By Gwendal Legrand

Let's get started

This is a method to add a recipe to a cookbook. First, open three documents: the master sheet in Excel, cookbook in your browser, and your recipe in another window.

You now have a draft recipe.

You can now close the recipe window in your browser.

You will then compare with the master sheet and edit any ingredients and their quantities that have changed from the original recipe.

It will usually be quantities, some ingredients, and unity of measure.

Save your work.
You can now print and create a PDF. Ensure each paragraph is separated by two blank lines.

Print your recipe, laminate it, and place it in the kitchen folder. Thank you.