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Paste a link or the text
Most recipe sites publish their recipe as structured data for search engines. We read that and nothing else, so the card has no ads, stories or pop-ups.
Print any recipe as a clean card
Paste a recipe link or the recipe text. Get a clean card with the ingredients and steps, scale the servings, and print it on 3x5, 4x6 or letter. No sign-up.
How it works
The recipe, and only the recipe
No account, no app to install, and nothing from your device is uploaded.
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Fix anything, then scale it
Every field on the card can be edited. Change the servings and the ingredient amounts follow, with fractions kept as fractions.
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Print, or save a PDF
Pick 3x5, 4x6 or letter. Print puts only the card on the page. Choose Save as PDF in the print dialog to keep a file instead.
Card sizes
Three sizes, set for you
The print dialog gets the right page size. Pick the matching paper in your printer settings.
3 by 5 index card
Fits a standard recipe box. Short recipes on one card, longer ones flow onto a second.
4 by 6 index card
The most common recipe card size. Room for a dozen ingredients and the steps on one card.
Letter page
A full page for long recipes.
Save recipe bookmark
For sites that block readers
Some large recipe sites refuse automated visitors. This bookmark reads the recipe in your own browser, where the page already loaded, and opens it here as a card.
Save recipe
Drag this to your bookmarks bar.
- 1Show your bookmarks bar (in Chrome and Safari it's under the View menu).
- 2Drag the Save recipe button onto the bar.
- 3On any recipe page, click it. The card opens here, made from that page's own recipe data.
It runs in your browser and reads only the page you are on, so it works on sites that block our server. On an iPhone there is no bookmarks bar: select the recipe text on the page, copy it, and paste it into the box above instead.
Printing recipes: questions
Tote is not affiliated with TikTok, Instagram or Facebook.
How do I print a recipe without the ads and the story?+
Paste the recipe's link above and press Make the card. The card holds the title, credit, times, servings, ingredients and steps, and Print puts only that on paper. Nothing else from the page comes along.
Which sites work?+
Any site that publishes its recipes as schema.org Recipe data, which covers most recipe blogs and the large recipe sites. A few sites block automated readers. For those, the Save recipe bookmark reads the page in your own browser, or you can paste the recipe text.
Can I print a recipe from TikTok or Instagram?+
When the recipe is written in the video's caption, yes: paste the video link and the card is made from the caption. When the recipe is only spoken in the video, this page says so. Get Tote and share the video to it, and Tote reads the recipe from the video for you.
How do I print on 3x5 or 4x6 index cards?+
Choose 3x5 or 4x6 above the card, then Print. The page size is set for you, so pick the same card size in your printer's paper settings and feed the cards through the manual tray. A long recipe continues on a second card.
Can I save the recipe as a PDF instead?+
Yes. Press Print and choose Save as PDF as the destination in the print dialog. Every browser on Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android offers it. The PDF is the same card at the size you chose.
How do I scale a recipe?+
Use the minus and plus buttons next to the servings, or the half, double and triple chips. Each ingredient amount is recalculated, including ranges like 2 to 3 cups. If the recipe doesn't say how many it serves, the buttons scale by a plain multiplier.
What does Save to Tote do?+
On an iPhone it opens your share sheet. Pick Tote and the recipe is saved there. On a computer it shows a QR code: scan it with your iPhone camera to open the recipe here on your phone, then tap Save to Tote and choose Tote. Tote is a free iPhone app for saving recipes, links and screenshots.
Is this recipe card maker free?+
Yes. No sign-up, no watermark, and no limit on how many cards you print. Tote makes it because people save recipes to Tote and want to cook from paper.
Recipes that live on your phone?
Tote keeps recipes from TikTok, Instagram, Safari and screenshots in one searchable place on iPhone, with the ingredients and steps read out for you.