Copying ingredients from recipe pages gets old quickly
A single recipe is manageable. A week of dinners is where the manual work starts to drag.
Recipe tabs pile up
You end up flicking between browser tabs, notes, screenshots, and recipe cards just to work out what to buy.
Quantities need checking
Cooking for four instead of two means reworking amounts before the list is even useful.
Shared ingredients are easy to miss
Two recipes might both need onions, rice, or yoghurt. Basket List combines those into one line.
Paste a recipe URL and keep control of what gets saved
Basket List can import public recipe URLs and prepare a cookbook-ready draft with the recipe details and ingredients. You can review the preview before saving, so the recipe stays useful rather than becoming a messy copied note.
Manual entry is still there for family recipes, cookbooks, or anything you want to add yourself. The important bit is that every saved recipe can then be reused in shopping lists.
Useful for weekly meals, recipe-box favourites, and household cooking
Planning the week
Save your regular dinners, pick what you are cooking this week, and turn them into one supermarket shop.
Keeping recipe-box favourites
Once you know the meals you like, save the recipe and shop the ingredients yourself.
Sharing the food shop
Everyone in your cookbook can use the same live shopping list and tick items off as they shop.
From recipe link to supermarket list
The workflow is built around the way people actually cook at home.
Save your favourite recipes
Paste a public recipe URL or add the recipe manually. Check the ingredients before saving it.
Pick what you are cooking
Choose several saved recipes for the week, a batch cook, or one specific shop.
Set servings
Adjust each recipe for the number of people eating it so the ingredient amounts stay useful.
Generate one shopping list
Basket List combines the ingredients into one organised list you can take to any supermarket.
Manual copying vs Basket List
Both approaches can get you to the supermarket. Basket List removes the repeated admin.
| Task | Manual notes | Basket List |
|---|---|---|
| Adding recipes | Copy ingredients line by line | Paste a URL or add the recipe once |
| Planning meals | Keep checking recipe pages | Pick from saved recipes in your cookbook |
| Changing servings | Recalculate amounts yourself | Set servings per recipe before generating the list |
| Combining ingredients | Spot overlaps by hand | Shared ingredients are merged into one list |
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Paste a public recipe URL and Basket List creates a preview with the recipe details and ingredients before you save it.
Yes. The importer shows a preview first, so you can check the ingredient list and recipe details before adding it to your cookbook.
Yes. Manual recipe entry is available for family recipes, cookbooks, notes, or anything that does not have a public URL.
Yes. Pick several saved recipes, set servings for each one, and Basket List generates one combined shopping list.
Yes. Basket List gives you the list. You can shop at any supermarket, online or in person.
Try the workflow
Import a recipe, save it, and build your first shopping list.
The trial is free and no card is required.
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