Handbook · Chapter 2 of 13
Chapter 2
Every way a recipe begins — describe it, snap it, import it, or write it yourself.
Updated September 10, 2026
Tap the big leaf button and Sprig asks one question: what are you cooking up? Snap a photo, chat it through, generate from a craving, import a link, write it yourself, or plan a whole cooking day — every road into a recipe starts here.
📍 the Home tab · open in Sprig →
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Describe a craving — "something cozy with chicken and not much cleanup" — and Sprig writes a complete recipe around it: photo, ingredients, steps, nutrition. The more you tell it, the better it cooks.
📍 the create sheet → Generate · open in Sprig →


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Point your camera at the fridge, the pantry, or a dish you loved, and Sprig works out what you can make with it. On the free plan snaps count as chats.
📍 the Home tab · open in Sprig →


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Paste a link from any recipe site — or a photo, or a file — and Sprig pulls the recipe in cleanly: no ads, no life story, just the ingredients and steps in your library.
📍 the create sheet → Import · open in Sprig →


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In the phone app, browse your favourite recipe sites inside Sprig, or search the web for a dish right there. When Sprig spots a recipe on the page, the import button lights up — one tap and it's yours. In a browser, paste the link into Import instead.

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Family recipes deserve a good home. Write yours in with groups for ingredients and steps, add a photo — or let Sprig generate one — and it lives alongside everything else.
📍 the create sheet → Custom · open in Sprig →
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Find it on the You page, under Recipe Photo Style. Standard is our richest, most editorial style; Fast is lighter and quicker — and the page shows the same dishes in both so you can judge for yourself.
📍 You page → Recipe Photo Style · open in Sprig →
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Choose from 12 languages and Sprig writes recipes, tips and chats in yours — Spanish, French, German, Japanese and more. Set it once on the You page.
📍 You page → Recipe Language · open in Sprig →
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Found a recipe in Safari, Instagram or your photos? Use your phone's Share button and pick Sprig. The page or picture goes straight into an import — no copying links, no switching apps first. It's the fastest way to save something you stumbled on.
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Create was created in Sprig — the AI chef that turns any craving into a complete recipe, plans your week, and shops with one smart list.