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Easy Guide to Creating Custom Recipes With Grocery Shopping Lists

SideChef lets you create custom recipes and turn them into grocery shopping lists. Save all your favorite recipes in one place and shop the ingredients in one click!
Easy Guide to Creating Custom Recipes With Grocery Shopping Lists
Easy Guide to Creating Custom Recipes With Grocery Shopping Lists
Anna at SideChef
Content Creator. Bitten by curiosity bug. Obsessed with words. Fuelled by coffee. Powered by Google. Love cheese, chocolate, and cherries. Don’t judge your taco by its price.
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Content Creator. Bitten by curiosity bug. Obsessed with words. Fuelled by coffee. Powered by Google. Love cheese, chocolate, and cherries. Don’t judge your taco by its price.

Learn how to create custom recipes with grocery shopping lists using the SideChef app or website.

Keeping all your favorite family recipes in one place and shopping for ingredients has never been easier! Quick, effortless, and absolutely free!

Just follow our step-by-step guide and start your digital custom recipe cookbook today!

1. Click on “MY SAVED RECIPES”

If you are using the SideChef app, simply click on the "Saved" tab in the bottom menu.

If you are using the SideChef website, click on "My Saved Recipes" from the drop-down menu in the top right corner.

2. Click on “CREATE RECIPE”

Click on the "Create Recipe" button in the bottom right corner.

3. Add Your Recipe Cover Photo

Now you can start creating your own recipe.

Start by adding a cover image of your dish - you can either take a photo or choose one from your image library.

4. Add Your Recipe Title

After successfully uploading the image, it's time to give your recipe a name.

5. Choose Your Recipe Serving Size

You can choose your recipe serving size from the drop-down menu.

6. Add Your Recipe Ingredients

To add ingredients to your recipe, start typing the ingredient's name and click on the suitable match from the drop-down menu with suggestions.

Once you've chosen the ingredient, enter its quantity and the suitable measure unit from the drop-down menu.

Once done, click "save" and proceed to add the rest of the ingredients.

7. Choose Your Recipe Sharing Option

You can choose to keep your recipe private or public.

If you want this recipe only to be available to you, choose "private."

Choose " public " if you'd like to share your recipe with friends or family.
After your recipe is saved, you can easily share the link with anyone.

8. Save Your Recipe

After you have finished all the above steps, click "done." Your recipe is successfully saved and will always be available to you on SideChef.

9. Add Your Recipe Ingredients to Cart in One Click

Like all the other recipes on SideChef, your customized recipes become instantly shoppable.

You can add any recipes to your cart and generate your online grocery list in just a few seconds!

No more forgetting ingredients or buying too much! Smart meal planning and stress-free grocery shopping with SideChef are just a few clicks away!

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