RecipeFix guide
A recipe does not have to live on a website. A cookbook page, family recipe card, screenshot, or PDF can become structured recipe text first, then be adapted like any other recipe.
RecipeFix accepts recipe photos and PDFs in addition to links and pasted text. That covers printed cookbooks, handwritten or typed recipe cards, screenshots, exported recipe PDFs, and pages saved from another device. The extraction step turns the visible recipe into text before the adaptation engine changes anything.
This matters because old family recipes and paid or printed cookbooks often have no stable public URL. Photo input lets the recipe start where it already exists instead of forcing the cook to retype it.
Use even light, keep the camera parallel to the page, and include the complete ingredient list and instructions. Avoid cutting off quantities at the left margin or the end of long instruction lines. If a recipe spans two pages, capture both clearly rather than squeezing them into one distant image.
Fractions deserve special attention. A blurred 1/4 can look like 1/2, and a handwritten 1 can look like 7. Temperatures, units, and yield are also high-impact details worth checking after extraction.
The first job is transcription: preserve what the source recipe says. The second job is transformation: change servings, dietary constraints, or requested ingredients. Keeping those stages separate makes it easier to spot whether a surprising result came from reading the source incorrectly or from the adaptation itself.
RecipeFix shows the extracted recipe before the adapted result so you can compare the source and the changes instead of losing the original wording.
Scan quantities, units, oven temperatures, yield, and any instruction that refers to an ingredient not visible in the list. For handwritten recipes, confirm abbreviations whose meaning depends on family convention. For a photographed book, check whether a note or continuation sits on the facing page.
After adaptation, review the ingredients and rewritten steps together. If an ingredient changed, the old ingredient name should not linger in a later instruction.
An adaptation is not meant to erase the source. RecipeFix keeps the source context available so the cook can compare, save the adapted version, rescale it later, or refine it with a request such as 'make it spicier.'
Yes. Photo input extracts the visible recipe into text, which can then be adapted for dietary needs or serving size.
Yes. PDF is supported as an input format for recipe extraction before adaptation.
Check fractions, units, temperatures, yield, ingredient names, and any line near a fold, glare spot, handwriting, or page edge. Those details have the biggest effect on the cooked result.
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