Cook The List

Paste any recipe link. Get a clean shopping list.

Skip the popups, long backstories and bloated grocery apps. Cook The List pulls the ingredients from any website, video or pin in seconds.

Try it with your recipe

Works with food blogs, YouTube Shorts, Pinterest pins and pasted text.

The old way, and the calmer way.

Closing cookie banners and auto-playing video ads

Paste the link once and get just the recipe

Recalculating ¾ cup into grams for six people

One-tap portion scaling with metric or imperial units

Forgetting an ingredient on a messy handwritten note

A tap-to-check list with amounts and your own notes

Losing your list in a store with no signal

Lists you opened before still open without reception

How it works.

  1. 01

    Paste any link or text

    Food blogs, YouTube cooking videos, Pinterest pins or a recipe a friend texted you.

  2. 02

    Set your exact portions

    Cooking for two or six? Every amount follows by simple multiplication.

  3. 03

    Take it down the aisles

    A large, easy-tap checklist made for one-handed phone use in the store.

Questions.

Can I turn a YouTube recipe into a shopping list?
Yes. Paste the YouTube link and the ingredients, amounts and steps are pulled from the video.
Does it work with Pinterest links?
Yes. It follows the pin to the original recipe page and builds your list from there.
What if I lose reception in the store?
Recipes and lists you have opened before stay available on your phone, so you can still read your list.
Is it free to use?
Yes. You can create and scale shopping lists on your phone or computer, with no ads.

FAQ

How does turning a recipe into a shopping list work?

Paste a link to a recipe (from a recipe site, Pinterest, or a YouTube video page) or paste the recipe text. Cook The List reads the ingredients and builds a tidy shopping list from them, grouped by store category so the shop follows the layout of the store.

Do I need an account?

Yes, a free account is required before you import a recipe or build a list. It takes under a minute and keeps your recipes and lists saved between visits.

Can I change the servings before making the list?

Yes. Adjust the servings with the stepper first and the shopping list is generated from the adjusted quantities, so you never buy for 4 when you are cooking for 2.

What if a recipe is behind a video?

For YouTube recipes, paste the video link; the ingredients from the video's recipe are pulled into the same clean format. Our YouTube guide walks through it.

Can I combine lists from several recipes?

Generate a list per recipe; they all use the same store categories, so merging a week's lists into one is a quick pass. The method, with a worked example, is in our combining guide.

Ready to cook without the clutter?

Start with your next recipe in under a minute.

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