How to Import Recipes from PDFs
Turn static PDF cookings guides and downloads into interactive digital recipes with Minichef.
Downloaded a great meal plan or diet guide as a PDF? PDFs are notoriously annoying to read on a small phone screen while cooking.
Minichef can extract individual recipes from those long PDF documents.
How it works
You can send standard PDFs directly to Minichef to be parsed.
- Open the PDF on your phone (in Files, Mail, Safari, etc.).
- Tap the Share button.
- Select Minichef.
- Minichef will analyze the text within the PDF and pull out the recipe details.
Troubleshooting
“The PDF is 50 pages long and only has one recipe I want.” If you send a massive PDF, Minichef might struggle to find the exact recipe you’re looking for. It’s often faster to just take a screenshot of the specific page with the recipe you want, and share the screenshot to Minichef instead!
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