How to Use Recipio to Discover New Recipes
Find your next favorite meal with Recipio's powerful discovery features. From trending recipes to personalized recommendations, explore a world of culinary inspiration.
🌟 Discovery Features
🔥 Trending Recipes
See what recipes are popular right now with the Recipio community. Updated daily based on saves, likes, and cooking activity.
👥 Community Feed
Follow other home cooks and see their latest recipe discoveries, cookbooks, and cooking activity in your personalized feed.
🎯 For You Recommendations
Get personalized recipe suggestions based on your cooking history, saved recipes, and flavor preferences.
🏷️ Browse by Tags
Explore recipes by cuisine type, dietary restrictions, cooking methods, or meal types to find exactly what you're craving.
🚀 Getting Started with Discovery
1. Explore the Discovery Page
- Click **"Discover"** from the main navigation
- Browse trending recipes at the top of the page
- Scroll through the "For You" recommendations
- Use the search bar to find specific dishes or ingredients
2. Follow Interesting Cooks
- Click on any recipe to see who created or saved it
- Visit their profile to see their cooking style
- Click **"Follow"** to see their future recipes in your feed
- Check out their public cookbooks for curated collections
🔎 Advanced Search & Filtering
Search by ingredients:
- Type ingredients you have on hand (e.g., "chicken thighs")
- Use multiple ingredients separated by commas
- Add "without" to exclude ingredients (e.g., "pasta without tomatoes")
Filter by dietary needs:
- • Vegetarian
- • Vegan
- • Keto
- • Paleo
- • Gluten-free
- • Dairy-free
- • Nut-free
- • Egg-free
- • Italian
- • Asian
- • Mexican
- • Mediterranean
- • Breakfast
- • Lunch
- • Dinner
- • Dessert
📱 Discovery Tips
💡 Save interesting recipes immediately
Found something that looks good? Save it to a cookbook right away so you don't lose it. You can always organize later.
👀 Check out recipe variations
Many recipes have multiple versions saved by different users. Compare them to find the perfect approach for your taste.
📝 Read the reviews and notes
Other users often leave helpful tips, substitutions, and modifications that can improve your cooking results.
🤝 Community Discovery
Build your cooking network:
- Follow friends: Connect with people you know to see their cooking adventures
- Join cookbook collaborations: Get invited to group cookbooks for themed collections
- Share your discoveries: Save recipes you find elsewhere and share them with your network
- Rate and review: Help others by rating recipes and leaving helpful cooking notes
🎯 Personalized Recommendations
Recipio learns from your activity to suggest better recipes over time:
How recommendations improve:
- Save recipes you like: The more you save, the better we understand your preferences
- Rate completed recipes: Tell us what worked and what didn't
- Follow similar cooks: We'll suggest recipes from people with similar tastes
- Complete your profile: Add dietary preferences and favorite cuisines for better matches
📅 Seasonal and Trending Discovery
🗓️ Seasonal suggestions:
- Holiday-themed recipes during festive seasons
- Fresh produce recipes based on what's in season
- Comfort food suggestions during colder months
- Light, fresh recipes for summer cooking
🔧 Troubleshooting Discovery
Not finding what you want?
- Try broader search terms instead of specific recipe names
- Search by cooking method (e.g., "slow cooker", "one pot")
- Browse by time constraints ("30 minute meals", "make ahead")
- Check spelling and try alternative ingredient names
Recommendations not relevant?
- Update your dietary preferences in your profile settings
- Save more recipes that match your actual interests
- Rate recipes honestly to improve future suggestions
- Follow users whose cooking style matches yours
🍽️ Pro tip: The best way to discover amazing recipes is to be active in the community. Save, rate, follow, and engage with recipes you love - Recipio will learn and suggest even better matches!