Quick Start Guide

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Your first five minutes with The Saucery

1. Create your account and family

Sign up with email or Apple, then create a family. This is your shared cooking space.

2. Add some recipes

A new book starts with two recipes from The Saucery, Granny's Lasagne and Olive's Chocolate Chip Cookies, marked From The Saucery, so the home screen has something on it. Keep them or delete them.

The fastest way to build your collection:

  • Paste a URL: Tap the + button on the Recipes tab, choose Import from URL, and paste a link from any recipe website.
  • Ask Whisp: Open the Whisp tab and say something like "Create a recipe for chicken tikka masala" -- Whisp will write a full recipe with ingredients and steps.
  • Scan a cookbook: Tap + and choose Import from Photos to photograph pages from a physical cookbook.

3. Plan your week

Go to the Meal Plan tab and add recipes to each day. Or tap the sparkle to Fill My Week: choose the nights, mark the ones that need to be quick, and it suggests dinners from your recipes, with new ideas if you're short.

4. Build your shopping list

Once your meal plan is set, the Shopping List tab will show all the ingredients you need. Check items off as you shop -- your family sees updates in real time.

5. Cook with confidence

Tap any recipe and hit Cook to enter Cook Mode. You'll get large, readable steps with smart timers. Navigate hands-free with voice commands, or ask Whisp a question mid-cook.

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