How to save a recipe from a Facebook video or post
Facebook is full of recipe videos you mean to come back to, and then can never find. Paste the link into Forkato and the recipe is written down in your library, ready to cook.
No account needed to see the recipe. Make a free one to keep it.
Step by step
- 1Find the post, video or ReelIn the Facebook app or on facebook.com.
- 2Tap Share, then Copy linkOn a computer, the three-dot menu on the post also has Copy link.
- 3Paste it into ForkatoUse the box on this page, or Save a recipe once you are signed in.
What Forkato reads
- The post text, where most pages write out the recipe
- What is said in the video, from its captions
- The top comments, for when the recipe is posted as a comment
What you get
- Ingredients with amounts, and steps in order
- Which ingredients you already have, once you add your pantry
- The missing ones on your shopping list in one tap
- Cook mode with big steps and timers, on your phone or Echo Show
If it does not work
- The post is in a private group
- Facebook only shows private group posts to members, so Forkato cannot open them. Copy the post text and paste it as text instead.
- The post links to a recipe website
- Open that link and paste the website address. Many recipe websites save free with no limit.
- The recipe is only shown on screen
- Take a screenshot of the ingredients and save it as a photo.
Free accounts get 10 saves a month from videos, posts, photos and pasted text. Saves from many recipe websites are free and unlimited.