Ideas
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What can I cook?
Ideas answers one question: what can I make with what I've got? Type a few ingredients, such as chicken, rice, spinach, and tap the arrow.
Instead of typing, you can tap the ingredient chips under the field to add or remove them. When your pantry has items in it, the chips come from your pantry, and two shortcuts appear:
- Use my pantry looks for ideas using everything you have.
- Use it up uses only the items that are about to expire.
When your pantry is empty, the chips show ingredients that come up often in your own recipes.
Results
From your library
Recipes you already have that fit your ingredients, best match first. Each one shows:
- a percentage for how well it uses what you have
- a short reason it was picked
- Need: any ingredients you're missing
Tap a recipe to open it.
Something new
With Apple Intelligence, Sprig also suggests a new dish built around your ingredients and inspired by recipes you already cook. The card shows a description, the main ingredients and which of your recipes inspired it.
- Save to Library opens it in the review editor so you can adjust it and save it as a recipe.
- Another idea asks for a different suggestion.
Without Apple Intelligence
If Apple Intelligence isn't available, Ideas still finds recipes in your library by matching the ingredients you entered. New dish suggestions need Apple Intelligence.
Getting better ideas
Ideas can only suggest recipes you've saved, so the more you import, the better the matches get. Logging your cooks in the journal helps too.