Creating & Editing Recipes

Starting a New Recipe

There are two ways to create a recipe:

• On screen: Tap the Create card on the home screen.
• By voice: Say "New recipe in Ressup" to Siri - the app will walk you through it conversationally. See the Siri & Voice Commands guide for details.

Both methods open the Recipe Editor, where you'll fill in all the details.

Basic Information

At the top of the Recipe Editor, you'll find:

• Title - The name of your recipe (required).
• Description - A brief summary or personal note about the dish.
• Difficulty - Choose from Easy, Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Total Time - Set the total cooking time using hour, minute, and second wheel pickers.
• Servings - How many portions the recipe makes.
• Test Kitchen - Toggle this on to mark the recipe as "in development." It will appear in the Test Kitchen category on your home screen rather than the regular categories.

Recipe Photos, Videos & Audio

You can attach photos, videos, and audio recordings to your recipe as a whole (the "hero" media) to show the finished dish or key moments. Tap the media section to:

• Select a photo from your photo library.
• Take a new photo with your camera.
• Record a video.
• Record an audio note (e.g., to capture a verbal tip or reminder).

Videos have a maximum file size of 50 MB.

Classification

Classify your recipe so it's easy to find later. You can select multiple options in each category:

• Meal Times: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack
• Dish Types: Starter, Main, Side, Dessert, Extras, Drink
• Cuisines: Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Indian, American, Japanese, Thai, French, Greek, Mediterranean, Other

Ressup also auto-classifies recipes based on the title and ingredients, so if you skip this step, the app will make its best guess.

Tags

Add custom tags to further organize your recipes (e.g., "Weeknight Dinner," "Holiday," "Gluten-Free"). Tags appear as colored labels on the recipe detail page and can help you search and filter.

Adding Ingredients

The ingredients section lets you build your ingredient list with precise measurements. For each ingredient, you'll enter:

1. Name - The ingredient name (e.g., "All-purpose flour").
2. Unit - Select a measurement unit. Available units depend on your unit preference:
   • Imperial: Cup, Tablespoon, Teaspoon, Ounce, Pound, Pint, Quart, Gallon, Piece, Whole, Pinch, Dash, To Taste, Custom
   • Metric: Gram, Kilogram, Milliliter, Liter, Piece, Whole, Pinch, Dash, To Taste, Custom
3. Amount - The quantity. The amount picker adapts to your unit:
   • Imperial units show common fractions (1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, whole numbers, and combinations like "1 1/2").
   • Metric units show whole numbers.
   • Descriptive units (Pinch, Dash, To Taste) don't require a numeric amount.
4. Preparation - Optional preparation notes (e.g., "diced," "room temperature," "sifted").

You can reorder ingredients by dragging, and delete them by swiping left.

Adding Steps

Each step represents one action or stage in your recipe. For each step, you can provide:

• Instruction - What to do in this step (e.g., "Preheat the oven to 350°F").
• Cooking Method - Optional: bake, boil, fry, grill, sauté, steam, etc.
• Time - Optional: set a duration using hour, minute, and second pickers. This time is used for the automatic timer in Cooking Mode.
• Step Ingredients - Optionally associate specific ingredients from your recipe with this step, so they appear alongside the instruction in Cooking Mode.
• Photos, Videos & Audio - Attach step-specific media to show technique, expected results, or record a verbal note.

Steps are automatically numbered. You can reorder them by dragging and delete them by swiping left.

Saving Your Recipe

Tap Save in the top-right corner when you're done. The recipe will appear in the appropriate categories based on your classifications. If you leave the editor without saving, your changes will be discarded.

Editing an Existing Recipe

Open any recipe and tap the Edit button. You'll return to the same Recipe Editor with all your existing data populated. Make your changes and tap Save.

Duplicating a Recipe (Test Kitchen)

From the recipe detail page, tap Duplicate to create a Test Kitchen copy for experimentation. The copy is named with a "_tk" suffix and version number (e.g., "Banana Bread_tk1") and is placed in the Test Kitchen category so you can iterate without affecting the original.

Next: Cooking Mode →