How to import recipes from websites
Save a website recipe in Brie, keep its original source, review the ingredients and directions, and turn it into a recipe you can edit, plan, and cook.
Start with the recipe page, then share or paste its link into Brie. The goal is a usable recipe: ingredients, directions, servings, and the source you want to keep. A saved browser tab is useful for finding a page again; a saved recipe can also become dinner.
You do not need to move every bookmark at once. Start with one recipe you already trust, check the import, and use it for a meal. That small loop tells you more than collecting another hundred links.
In this guide
What does importing a recipe actually save?
A recipe import turns the relevant information on a page into a recipe record. The useful parts are the ingredient amounts, ordered directions, servings, recipe title, image, and original source. The surrounding article may contain useful context too, so keep a way back to the creator’s page.
Good importing and good editing are separate jobs. First preserve the recipe you found. Then decide whether you want to change it. Our best recipe apps comparison covers both, along with nutrition, planning, and price.
Option 2: paste a link into Brie
- Copy the recipe page’s URL from your browser.
- In Brie’s Recipes area, use the add menu to open Add a recipe and choose the link option.
- Paste the URL into Recipe link. Add a different recipe photo if you want to supply one.
- Choose Import recipe, follow the progress in Recipes, and review the completed recipe.
Give the importer a recipe URL, rather than a search-results page or the front page of a food blog. If the creator offers several variations on the page, check that the result matches the one you intended to save.
The five things to check after an import
Ingredients and amounts
Compare every ingredient line, including divided amounts, optional toppings, and package sizes.
Directions
Check the order and make sure instructions for a sauce, filling, or side were not omitted.
Servings
Keep the original yield before changing the amount you want to cook.
Source and creator
Confirm the recipe title, original link, and creator details remain recognizable.
Notes and estimates
Keep useful source notes. Treat calculated nutrition as an estimate tied to the ingredients and portions.
Fix a missing or ambiguous amount by checking the source. Do not let an incomplete import silently become a different recipe.
What to do when a recipe will not import cleanly
Check the link first. A shortened URL or a link to a feed may not identify the recipe itself. Open the full recipe page and copy that address.
Check what the source contains. A video caption may leave out quantities or steps. A page may require a login. Use the ingredients and directions you can access, and add missing source context yourself rather than assuming the importer can infer it.
Use another capture method when appropriate. Brie’s Add a recipe workflow also accepts your own text and photos. For paper sources, follow the cookbook and handwritten recipe guide.
If a complete recipe page still fails, keep its URL and tell us what happened through Brie support. Avoid adding the same link repeatedly while an import is still running.
Make the saved recipe useful for your next dinner
Once the original recipe is correct, ask for a meaningful change. “Make this creamy tomato pasta higher protein without making the portion much larger” is more useful than “change an ingredient.” A proposal might use blended cottage cheese for part of the sauce; check the amounts and preparation along with the ingredient swap.
Review the changes before saving, then use the chosen version in your meal plan. Estimated macros depend on that version and its serving amount. There is no universal calorie or protein improvement that applies to every cottage-cheese substitution.
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