Save recipes from Instagram
Take a recipe out of an Instagram post and drop it in with your own, ready to plan and shop from.
You scroll past a reel with exactly the right dinner, save it with a thousand others, and never find it again. Instagram is full of recipes, but they stay stuck in the app. What Matredo does is read the text in the post and turn it into a recipe you can cook. It works best in the app, where your phone fetches the post.
How it works
- Open the post in Instagram. Find the recipe you want to save. What is written in the caption, ingredients and steps, is what the app reads.
- Share to Matredo or paste the link. Use the Share button and pick Matredo, or copy the post link and paste it into the app.
- Open it and adjust. The app fills in the title, ingredients and steps from the text and saves the recipe with your others. Open it and adjust anything you need.
From post to saved recipe
Instagram post: instagram.com/p/... Creamy tomato pasta
Creamy tomato pasta, saved
- Title: Creamy tomato pasta
- 400 g crushed tomatoes
- 100 ml cream
- 2 garlic cloves
Why it helps
- Recipes from Instagram land with your own, not lost in a long stream of saved posts.
- The ingredients come along to the shopping list when you plan the dinner in.
- It works reliably in the app, because your phone fetches the post like any normal visitor.
When Instagram import gets flaky
In a browser it is unreliable. Instagram blocks servers in data centers, so a fetch from the web often gets turned away. In the app your phone fetches the post like any visitor, and then it works. One more thing: the recipe comes from the text in the post. If the ingredients and steps are only spoken in the video, there is nothing to read. When they sit in the caption the recipe saves cleanly, and the app is where this just works.
In the app or in a browser
| Instagram recipe | In the app | In a browser |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability | Works reliably | Often flaky |
| Why | Your phone fetches the post | Instagram blocks data centers |
| What to do | Share to Matredo | Open it in the app instead |
Frequently asked questions
Why does it work in the app but not in a browser?
Instagram blocks traffic from data-center servers, which a web fetch runs through. The app fetches the post straight from your phone, which Instagram sees as a normal visitor, so it goes through.
What if the recipe is only spoken in the video?
Then there is no text to read. Matredo pulls the recipe from the caption, so if the ingredients and steps are there it saves cleanly. If it is all in the audio, you will need to type it in yourself.
What is the fastest way to save a post?
Use the Share button in Instagram and pick Matredo, or copy the link and paste it into the app. Both land in the same import.
Does it cost anything?
No, saving recipes from Instagram is free. You save, plan the week and shop without paying.