YouTube videos & Shorts
From cooking video
to recipe card.
Paste a YouTube video or Short and LinkDish reads the recipe from its description, then saves the ingredients and steps with the original video one tap away. No more pausing and rewinding with floury hands.
How it works
Share the video.
Keep the recipe.
Many creators write the full recipe in the description. LinkDish finds it and turns it into a recipe you can scale, convert, plan and cook from.
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Copy or share the link
Regular videos, Shorts and live links all work. On Android, tap Share, then LinkDish.
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LinkDish reads the description
The written recipe becomes ingredients and steps, with the video thumbnail as the photo.
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Cook without rewinding
Big steps, timers from the method, and the video a tap away when you need to see a technique.
What you get
A recipe card,
not a timestamp.
The description becomes a real recipe with the photo, times, servings and every ingredient, ready to scale, switch to metric, plan and cook from.
- Ingredients and steps read from the description
- Scale servings and switch between US and metric
- Add it to the week and to your shopping list
- The video one tap away when you need the technique
Good to know
What works,
and what doesn't yet.
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Recipe in the description
The best case. If the ingredients and method are written out under the video, LinkDish turns them into a full recipe.
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Recipe on the creator's site
If the description only links to a blog post, open that link and save the recipe page instead. It usually imports even more cleanly.
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Recipe only on screen
When the recipe is only shown in the video, take a screenshot of the ingredient list and scan it, or paste the text if you have it.
TikTok works the same way with captions: share a TikTok whose caption spells out the recipe. Pinterest pins are followed to the recipe page they link to. Instagram and Facebook links aren't supported yet.
Questions
YouTube recipe
questions.
Can LinkDish save recipes from YouTube Shorts?
Yes. Shorts, regular videos, embedded videos and live links are all read the same way, from the recipe written in the video description.
What if the video description has no recipe?
LinkDish will tell you it couldn't find a recipe. If the description links to the creator's website, save that page instead, or scan a screenshot of the recipe.
Does LinkDish credit the creator?
Yes. Every recipe saved from YouTube keeps the video as its source, one tap away, so the person who made it gets the credit.
Can I save recipes from TikTok too?
Yes, when the recipe is written in the TikTok caption. Share the TikTok to LinkDish or paste its link.
Keep reading
Stop pausing.
Start cooking.
Turn your next cooking video into a recipe you can actually follow.