Log what you cooked

Each recipe has its own cooking log. Add an entry when you make the dish, and next time you will know what you thought and what you would change.

Rate a recipe in a few taps#

The fastest way to log a cook is the rating sheet. It saves today’s date. You can open it from three places.

• Rate this recipe in the More options menu on the recipe page. It is always there.
• The Log a cook link on the Cooked line under the recipe’s buttons. That line only appears after the recipe has one cook logged.
• The Cooking log section further down the page, which has its own form. See the next section.

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   Open More options and choose Rate this recipe

   More options is the round button with three dots at the end of the row of buttons under the recipe’s description. Once the recipe has a cook logged, the Log a cook link on the Cooked line opens the same sheet.

   

   

   You'll see: A sheet titled How did it go? opens.

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   Tap the stars, and add a note if you like

   You need at least one star. Notes are optional, but they are the part you will thank yourself for, such as more garlic or a lower oven.

   You'll see: The Save rating button turns on once you pick a star.

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   Press Save rating

   

   You'll see: A message says Rating saved and the entry appears in the log.

Add a full entry#

Use this when you cooked on another day and want to choose the date.

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   Scroll down to the Cooking log section and press its Log a cook button, at the top right of the section

   

   You'll see: A short form opens above your past entries.

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   Set Date cooked and tap a star under Rating

   The rating is optional here.

   

   You'll see: The date is filled in for you. Tap the same star again to clear the rating.

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   Write in Notes, then press Save entry

   Change your mind? Press Cancel. Nothing is saved.

   

   You'll see: The form closes and the new entry is in the list, newest first.

Add a photo#

Photos go on an entry that already exists, so save the entry first.

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   Tap an entry to open it

   Tap the date row. Tap it again to close it.

   You'll see: The note appears, with Add photo and Delete entry underneath.

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   Press Add photo and choose a picture

   On a phone your browser offers to take a photo or pick one from your gallery.

   

   You'll see: The photo uploads and shows as a small picture in the entry.

Let cook mode log it for you#

Pressing Finish on the last step adds a cook to the log by itself, and the stars on the final screen rate it. See Cook step by step.

Where your log shows up#

• On the recipe page: Cooked 3 times, the average rating, the date of the last cook and your latest note.
• In the Cooking log section below the recipe, with every entry.
• In Cook tonight, which looks at what you cooked recently.
• In your monthly recap, which counts the cooks in each month and can be shared as a card.
• In your data export. See Export your data.

The log is personal: it shows only the cooks you logged yourself, even on a recipe shared in a household.

Common questions#

Can I edit an entry?#

There is no edit button for the note or rating. To fix the date, drag the cook to the right day in Plan. The rating, note and photos stay. To change anything else, delete the entry and add it again, which loses its photos.

I rated a recipe twice. Which counts?#

Both. The average on the recipe page is the average of every rating you have given it.

Related: Use a recipe page, Cook step by step, Your monthly cooking recap.