How to Save Recipes to Springpad from any Website
When you find recipes online, you may not know the best way to save them for later. Rather than print, bookmark, or email the recipes, save them to Springpad! Then, you’ll be able to access them from wherever you are, on the web, on your phone or on your tablet.
When you save a recipe to Springpad, we automatically add a photo, pull the ingredient list and instructions and provide a link back to the original source. And, you can always edit the recipe to suit your specific needs, or attach notes to remind yourself about certain techniques. Even make your recipes public and share them with your friends!
How to save a recipe to Springpad:
- On the web: Use the Firefox Extension, Chrome Extension or Web Clipper to save a recipe directly from the site you’re on
- On your Android device: Use app-to-app sharing to “Share” a recipe to the Springpad app (watch a video)
- On your iPhone or iPad: Use email to send a recipe that you discover online to Springpad (watch a video)
Springpad recognizes that a specific site is a recipe site based on micro-formats embedded by the authors and also based on our own database of sites. If you come across a site that you think we’re mis-categorizing, drop us a note at feedback@springpartners.com.
36 Responses to “How to Save Recipes to Springpad from any Website”
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TJ says: Can’t get it to work with http://cookeatshare.com/ — all others recipe sites that I’ve tried are saved as recipes.
Martin says: Hi guys,
Any chance of taking a look at chow.com for a recipe site to Spring?
Thanks
Morgan says: How do I make my Spring Pad show the pictures instead of the note or bookmark? Also, how did you get the different icon for your recipes? (the Little chef hat)
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Morgan – On the web app if you go to one of your notes and click Add a Note next to News and Notes you can add an image attachment, that will become the note’s thumbnail.
Recipe note types get the chef’s hat. Follow the blog instructions for adding Recipe types. You can also choose the + then add by type, recipe.
Lucy says: I absolutely love being able to save my recipes (especially ones I find and want to try). Using tags and being able to search my growing collection is really great!
Michele says: Thanks for including http://www.publicradio.org/columns/splendid-table/recipes/ — one of my favorite recipe sites.
Please add these sites too, so I don’t have to manually enter recipes:
http://www.eatingwell.com
http://www.gourmet.com/
http://www.foodandwine.com
Rachel says: Could you please include a list of recipes sites that are automatically recognized by Springpad (like Food Network)? Thanks!
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Rachel – We’ll work on a list! If you have any you like added, please send us a note at feedback@springpartners.com
daena says: oh this is JUST too cool! Love it!
Roderic Rinehart says: Absolutely loving Springpad for everything – information dump, to-do lists, recipes, shopping lists. Amazing.
I have a few more sites that are excellent sources of recipes:
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/ [This is a seriously interesting site. It is exactly what the website name portends, and there isn't any other site quite like it.]
http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/ [You already have Food Network and Food.com, might as well as their third sister site.]
Then, there are three sites that are very similar in that they offer a very visual way to explore user-submitted and blogged recipes from around the net:
http://www.tastespotting.com/
http://www.tablespoon.com/
http://foodgawker.com/
Dieter S. says: Hi there, are there any german recipe sites that work with the clipper?
I am not able to find any.
br, D.
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Dieter – send us some sites you’d like to see supported & we’ll see what we can do. feedback@springpartners.com
Darlene says: This is wonderful! I’ve just been copying recipes I find and putting them into a Word document. But being able to add tags and everything else is just perfect!
Achim says: Hi,
I just tried the German site “http://www.kuechengoetter.de” and I can spring it ok. Only problem though – the German “Umlaute” (äöü) are not diplayed properly and the photo on the site is not included into the springed recipe – any way to solve this?
Best
achim
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Hi Achim – we’ll be fixing the problem with the characters soon. The reason the photo doesn’t come through is because the site isn’t formatting the image for us to grab. We’re using microformats now and are reading pages in a pretty specific way.
Ben says: I love the idea of this but can’t get bbc food to work 
When I check it on my phone it just appears as a link not the pic or recipe details.
Am I doing something wrong? X
Rusty -
Rusty – I added that site! If you need more help with clipping recipes send me an email at brittni@springpartners.com
Ben – BBC food should work with the clipper. Send me an email at brittni@springpartners.com if you’re still having trouble and let me know the exact URL you’re using. Thanks!
Rachel says: Please add tastykitchen.com and thepioneerwoman.com. They’re both part Thanks!
Ben says: Cheers Brittni
It was this site, so for example, http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1397/spiced-vegetable-biryani
Rachel says: Please add http://mybakingaddiction.com and http://joythebaker.com
Also, it would be create if when I click Add a Recipe and it comes up as a bookmark only if the URL could be pulled over and included when I switch it over to recipe format.
kelly g says: Can i use this feature with my nook color? If so, then how?
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Kelly – If you nook supports sharing, follow the Android instructions. Or, you can always follow the iPhone instructions & send to Springpad via email from any site.
[...] via Springpad [...]
Achim says: Hi all,
it’s a while now that I told you about the problem of the German Umlaute (äöü etc) on the site of http://www.kuechengoetter.de.
It looks as if you fixed the problem in the ingredients part of the recipe but in the directions part there are still hieroglyphics instead of Umlaute 
Btw: I solved the issue about the image inside the recipe by copying the image and insert it as an addon to the recipe and this works quite well apart from being quite laborious. So if you are looking into fixing the Umlaute issue maybe you got the time to look into the picture problem as well.
Thank you so much
Patrick says: Any update on adding eatingwell.com and chow.com to the clipper? These still don’t get pulled in as anything more than a bookmark. Great app, thanks!
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Hi Patrick – Chow.com works for me, but hear you on Eatingwell. We are working on some major updates right now, so don’t have info on this site at the moment, but it’s def on the list of sites that need to be optimized for the clipper
Patrick says: Devin, I’ve tried a few Chow.com recipes and it pulls in the picture, source, and directions, but not the ingredients. Thanks. Can’t wait for the updates. I am really hoping for scrolling in the adroid app.
Patrick says: Is Saveur.com on the list to add to the clipper? Thanks.
David says: please add http://www.opensourcefood.com and http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes if not on. I’m having trouble with them.
Patrick Del Rosario says: This is awesome!I tried this on my android phone It helps me a lot.
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Can’t get it to work with http://cookeatshare.com/ — all others recipe sites that I’ve tried are saved as recipes.
Hi guys,
Any chance of taking a look at chow.com for a recipe site to Spring?
Thanks
How do I make my Spring Pad show the pictures instead of the note or bookmark? Also, how did you get the different icon for your recipes? (the Little chef hat)
Morgan – On the web app if you go to one of your notes and click Add a Note next to News and Notes you can add an image attachment, that will become the note’s thumbnail.
Recipe note types get the chef’s hat. Follow the blog instructions for adding Recipe types. You can also choose the + then add by type, recipe.
I absolutely love being able to save my recipes (especially ones I find and want to try). Using tags and being able to search my growing collection is really great!
Any chance of taking a look at mr. food.com for a recipe site to Spring?
Thanks
Amy – Sure we’ll look at Mr. Food!
Thanks for including http://www.publicradio.org/columns/splendid-table/recipes/ — one of my favorite recipe sites.
Please add these sites too, so I don’t have to manually enter recipes:
http://www.eatingwell.com
http://www.gourmet.com/
http://www.foodandwine.com
Michele – We’ll get these added asap!
Could you please include a list of recipes sites that are automatically recognized by Springpad (like Food Network)? Thanks!
Rachel – We’ll work on a list! If you have any you like added, please send us a note at feedback@springpartners.com
oh this is JUST too cool! Love it!
Absolutely loving Springpad for everything – information dump, to-do lists, recipes, shopping lists. Amazing.
I have a few more sites that are excellent sources of recipes:
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/ [This is a seriously interesting site. It is exactly what the website name portends, and there isn't any other site quite like it.]
http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/ [You already have Food Network and Food.com, might as well as their third sister site.]
Then, there are three sites that are very similar in that they offer a very visual way to explore user-submitted and blogged recipes from around the net:
http://www.tastespotting.com/
http://www.tablespoon.com/
http://foodgawker.com/
Thanks, Roderic – We’ll look at adding these other sites…
Hi there, are there any german recipe sites that work with the clipper?
I am not able to find any.
br, D.
Dieter – send us some sites you’d like to see supported & we’ll see what we can do. feedback@springpartners.com
This is wonderful! I’ve just been copying recipes I find and putting them into a Word document. But being able to add tags and everything else is just perfect!
Hi,
I just tried the German site “http://www.kuechengoetter.de” and I can spring it ok. Only problem though – the German “Umlaute” (äöü) are not diplayed properly and the photo on the site is not included into the springed recipe – any way to solve this?
Best
achim
Hi Achim – we’ll be fixing the problem with the characters soon. The reason the photo doesn’t come through is because the site isn’t formatting the image for us to grab. We’re using microformats now and are reading pages in a pretty specific way.
I love the idea of this but can’t get bbc food to work
When I check it on my phone it just appears as a link not the pic or recipe details.
Am I doing something wrong? X
I can’t see how this works!
Plus add this one? http://www.gourmettraveller.com.au/*
Rusty – I added that site! If you need more help with clipping recipes send me an email at brittni@springpartners.com
Ben – BBC food should work with the clipper. Send me an email at brittni@springpartners.com if you’re still having trouble and let me know the exact URL you’re using. Thanks!
Please add tastykitchen.com and thepioneerwoman.com. They’re both part Thanks!
Cheers Brittni
It was this site, so for example, http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1397/spiced-vegetable-biryani
Please add http://mybakingaddiction.com and http://joythebaker.com
Also, it would be create if when I click Add a Recipe and it comes up as a bookmark only if the URL could be pulled over and included when I switch it over to recipe format.
Can i use this feature with my nook color? If so, then how?
Kelly – If you nook supports sharing, follow the Android instructions. Or, you can always follow the iPhone instructions & send to Springpad via email from any site.
[...] via Springpad [...]
Hi all,
it’s a while now that I told you about the problem of the German Umlaute (äöü etc) on the site of http://www.kuechengoetter.de.
It looks as if you fixed the problem in the ingredients part of the recipe but in the directions part there are still hieroglyphics instead of Umlaute
Btw: I solved the issue about the image inside the recipe by copying the image and insert it as an addon to the recipe and this works quite well apart from being quite laborious. So if you are looking into fixing the Umlaute issue maybe you got the time to look into the picture problem as well.
Thank you so much
Any update on adding eatingwell.com and chow.com to the clipper? These still don’t get pulled in as anything more than a bookmark. Great app, thanks!
Hi Patrick – Chow.com works for me, but hear you on Eatingwell. We are working on some major updates right now, so don’t have info on this site at the moment, but it’s def on the list of sites that need to be optimized for the clipper
Devin, I’ve tried a few Chow.com recipes and it pulls in the picture, source, and directions, but not the ingredients. Thanks. Can’t wait for the updates. I am really hoping for scrolling in the adroid app.
Is Saveur.com on the list to add to the clipper? Thanks.
please add http://www.opensourcefood.com and http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes if not on. I’m having trouble with them.
Okay, David, we’ll look into those!
This is awesome!I tried this on my android phone It helps me a lot.