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Illustration of an Instagram cooking Reel becoming ingredients and recipe steps.

Concept illustration

START HERE · INSTAGRAM

Your next great meal starts with a Reel.

Our Instagram Recipe Converter tutorial walks you through importing a public post, reviewing the result, and making the recipe your own.

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FROM LINK TO KITCHEN

The recipe-saving shelf.

26 practical guides. A little less scrolling.

Illustration of a recipe card pricing the chili ingredients by the amount used, from $6.79 for 1 lb of ground beef to $0.65 for onion and garlic, totaling $15.29, with an arrow to a pot and a card dividing $15.29 by 6 servings to get $2.55 per serving.

KITCHEN MATH · OCTOBER 22, 2026

How to calculate the cost per serving of a recipe

Price what you used of each ingredient, add it up and divide by servings, with a worked chili example and cheaper swaps.

Illustration of a recipe card listing the calories in each chili ingredient, from 976 for ground beef to 17 for beef broth, totaling 2,123 kcal, with an arrow to a pot and a card dividing 2,123 kcal by 6 servings to get 354 kcal per serving.

KITCHEN MATH · OCTOBER 14, 2026

How to calculate calories in a recipe

Weigh each ingredient, look up its calories, add them up and divide by servings, with a worked chili example.

Illustration of a pot of soup on a kitchen scale reading 2,000 g next to a card that divides 2,000 g by 4 servings to get 500 g per serving.

KITCHEN MATH · OCTOBER 10, 2026

How to calculate the serving size of a recipe

The formula, a quick calculator, and worked examples for soups, pans, meal prep and per-serving nutrition.

Illustration of a measuring cup of flour beside a kitchen scale reading 120 g, with a conversion card listing 1 cup flour = 120 g, 1 tbsp = 15 mL and 350°F = 177°C.

Kitchen reference

KITCHEN REFERENCE · OCTOBER 3, 2026

Recipe measurement conversion chart

Cups and spoons to milliliters, cups to grams for common ingredients, and oven temperatures, with sources.

Illustration of a cooking video card with speech bubbles saying a splash, some garlic, a pinch and a handful, and an arrow to a recipe card listing 1 tbsp olive oil, 2 garlic cloves, a pinch of chili flakes and 1 packed cup spinach.

Cooking from videos

COOKING FROM VIDEOS · SEPTEMBER 29, 2026

Recipe videos with no measurements

Find the amounts the creator did write down, estimate the rest sensibly, and know what never to guess.

Illustration of a handwritten recipe card for Nana’s Apple Cake, with an orange arrow pointing to a tidy typed version listing cups, teaspoons and the original “moderate oven” direction.

FAMILY RECIPES · SEPTEMBER 28, 2026

Digitize handwritten family recipes

Photograph the cards, turn handwriting into recipes you can share, and decode old shorthand like t., T. and “moderate oven.”

Overhead view of a leather-bound cookbook binder being assembled, with tabbed chapter dividers and a hand sliding a printed recipe page into a clear sleeve.

RECIPE KEEPING · SEPTEMBER 27, 2026

Create your own recipe book from phone saves

A step-by-step guide to turning the recipes on your phone into a recipe book you will actually cook from.

Illustration of a digital cookbook on a phone screen, with scattered saved recipe links floating in and assembling into cookbook pages.

RECIPE KEEPING · SEPTEMBER 26, 2026

Turn saved links into your own recipe book

A recipe book app converts scattered saves into a cookbook that is actually yours. Here’s how it works.

An open wooden recipe box with alphabet index cards, handwritten recipe cards being filed into the slots, and a phone showing a cooking video beside it.

RECIPE KEEPING · SEPTEMBER 25, 2026

A recipe keeper app keeps every recipe you save

Your recipes are scattered across five apps. Here’s how a recipe keeper app gathers them into one searchable library.

Illustration of a weekly meal plan board with recipe cards for each day and a phone showing a grocery list.

MEAL PLANNING · SEPTEMBER 24, 2026

A recipe planner app turns saved recipes into a week of meals

Saving recipes is easy. Cooking from them all week takes a plan. Here’s how a recipe planner app connects the two in about 20 minutes.

Illustration of a phone collecting saved recipes from videos, screenshots and bookmarks into one cookbook.

Recipe collecting

RECIPE COLLECTING · SEPTEMBER 23, 2026

Where are my saved recipes on iPhone?

Where saved recipes end up on iPhone — Apple News, Safari, Photos, Notes and your social apps — and how to keep them together.

Illustration of a Pinterest Pin becoming a written recipe.

Recipe collecting

RECIPE COLLECTING · SEPTEMBER 23, 2026

Turn a Pinterest Pin into a recipe you can cook

A Pinterest Pin is usually just a photo. Open the original site with Visit, copy the link, and import it into Hireci.

Illustration of saved recipes arranged into a weekly meal plan.

Recipe collecting

RECIPE COLLECTING · SEPTEMBER 23, 2026

Turn your saved recipes into a week's meal plan

Turn saved recipes into a weekly meal plan: pick dishes, merge ingredients into one grocery list, and adjust for what is in your kitchen.

Illustration of scattered recipe notes becoming an organized collection.

Recipe collecting

RECIPE COLLECTING · SEPTEMBER 23, 2026

Organize your saved recipes so you can actually find them

Your recipes are scattered across saves, screenshots, and notes. Bring them into one searchable collection on your iPhone with tags, minus the duplicates.

Illustration of a YouTube Short becoming a written recipe.

Recipe collecting

RECIPE COLLECTING · SEPTEMBER 23, 2026

Turn a YouTube Short into a recipe you can cook from

Turn a YouTube Shorts cooking video into a written recipe. Copy the link, import it into Hireci, and use the description box.

Illustration of a phone screenshot becoming a written recipe.

Recipe collecting

RECIPE COLLECTING · SEPTEMBER 23, 2026

Turn screenshots into recipes on iPhone

Recipe screenshots pile up in your camera roll and never get cooked. Learn how to turn iPhone screenshots into recipes.

Illustration of an Instagram post becoming a written recipe.

Recipe collecting

RECIPE COLLECTING · SEPTEMBER 23, 2026

How to save Instagram recipes on iPhone

Instagram's Saved is a bookmark list, not a cookbook. Learn how to turn Instagram Reels and posts into editable recipes.

Illustration of a TikTok video becoming a written recipe.

Recipe collecting

RECIPE COLLECTING · SEPTEMBER 23, 2026

How to save TikTok recipes without losing them

Your TikTok recipe collection keeps growing but you never cook from it. Learn how to import TikTok recipes into Hireci.

Illustration of recipe quantities halved from four servings to two.

KITCHEN MATH · SEPTEMBER 15, 2026

How to convert a recipe for the servings you need

Work out the right quantities, make sense of measurements, and check what should not change with the batch size.

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Illustration of ingredients from a TikTok cooking video organized into a recipe checklist.

HIRECI GUIDE · 02

From a fast-moving TikTok to a clear recipe

Capture the recipe behind the video and review the details that are easy to miss.

Illustration of a Facebook cooking Reel linked to a written recipe.

HIRECI GUIDE · 03

Save the recipe behind a Facebook Reel

Find the original public post, import its link, and keep the recipe connected to its source.

Illustration of a Pinterest Pin leading to its original recipe website and then a saved recipe.

HIRECI GUIDE · 04

Turn a Pinterest discovery into dinner

Open a Pin’s original recipe website, then import that website link into Hireci.

Illustration of bookmarked Instagram recipes collected in an open cookbook.

HIRECI GUIDE · 05

How to save recipes from Instagram

Bring supported public recipes into your cookbook so you can find them when it is time to cook.

Illustration of TikTok cooking videos gathered into a bookmarked recipe folder.

HIRECI GUIDE · 06

How to save recipes from TikTok

Give your cooking inspiration a home with editable recipes you can organize and revisit.

Illustration of recipe website pages collected in an orange recipe binder.

HIRECI GUIDE · 07

How to save recipes from websites

Collect recipes from supported websites and keep ingredients and directions together.

A LITTLE CHECK GOES A LONG WAY

Keep the inspiration.
Check the details.

Before cooking an imported recipe, review ingredient amounts, temperatures and timings against the original source. A recipe converter gives you a starting point you can edit and organize.