How do I save a recipe from Instagram?

Tap share on the Instagram recipe post or video and select YoHugo from the list. Hugo saves the full recipe to your collection as a recipe card.

What does YoHugo save from an Instagram recipe?

The ingredients, the method, the servings and the creator the recipe came from, laid out as a ready-to-cook recipe card.

Is it free to save recipes from Instagram?

Importing recipes is part of YoHugo Pro, which costs £2.99 a month or £24.99 a year. YoHugo is free to download, and your saved recipes, the Ideas page and shopping lists are always free.

How many Instagram recipes can I save?

You can import up to 50 recipes a month under the fair use rules in our terms. Cooking your saved recipes, the Ideas page and shopping lists do not count towards that limit.

Can I also save recipes from TikTok and YouTube?

Yes. YoHugo imports recipes from TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest, any recipe website and photos of cookbook pages.

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Q: Can I add an Instagram recipe to my shopping list?

Yes. Once the recipe is saved you can add its ingredients to your shopping list in one tap.

The problem

Why Instagram saves are a poor cookbook

Saving a recipe on Instagram feels productive, but the save is only a bookmark. The ingredients might be in the caption, in the video or split between the two, and none of it can be searched, added to a shopping list or planned into your week.

YoHugo is a recipe app that pulls the recipe out of the post and keeps it with the rest of your collection.

How it works

How to save a recipe from Instagram

It takes a few seconds and uses the share button you already know.

1Find the recipe post or video on Instagram and tap share.
2Select YoHugo from the list of apps.
3Hugo saves the full recipe to your collection, ready to cook.

What you get

A proper recipe card, with the creator credited

Each saved recipe becomes a clean card with ingredients, steps and servings. The creator it came from is shown on the card, because the people making great food content deserve the credit for it.

Cook mode then takes you through the method one step at a time, so you are not scrubbing back through a video with your elbow.

Then what?

Shop for it and plan it

Once a recipe is saved you can add its ingredients to your shopping list in one tap and see an estimated cost at Aldi, Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury's. Our supermarket price comparison page explains how the estimates work.

You can also drop the recipe into a day of the week using the meal planner, then add the whole week to your list at once.

Beyond Instagram

One home for recipes from everywhere

Instagram is rarely the only place people find recipes. YoHugo also imports from TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Pinterest and recipe websites, and it can save a recipe from a photo of a cookbook page.

Everything ends up in the same collection, in the same format, whichever app it started in.

Pricing

What it costs

Importing recipes from Instagram is part of YoHugo Pro at £2.99 a month or £24.99 a year. The app is free to download, and cooking your saved recipes, the Ideas page and shopping lists stay free whether you subscribe or not.

Comparing your options? See YoHugo vs ReciMe, browse the comparison hub, or read about YoHugo as a UK recipe app.

Save recipes from Instagram