Friends in Plan to Eat can browse each other's Recipe Books and save recipes they like. Here's how to add friends, manage requests, and save a friend's recipes to your own account.
Inviting friends
From the Cook tab, tap the My Recipes header.
Tap Friends in the menu.
Tap Add Friends (or the + next to the Friends list) and enter your friend's email address or username to send an invite.
Accepting friend requests
When someone requests to add you as a friend, you'll get an email with the subject line "Recipe Sharing Request from Plan to Eat." You'll also see a notification at the top of the My Recipes section in the app.
From the Cook tab, tap the My Recipes header.
Tap Friends.
Find your requests above your list of friends.
Tap Accept to add the friend, or Ignore to decline. To accept every request at once, tap Accept All.
Once you've managed all your requests, you'll return to the Friends list, where your new friends appear. If you ignored a request, you can accept it later by tapping View ignored request under Friend Requests.
Browsing a friend's recipes
From the Cook tab, tap the My Recipes header and select Friends.
Use the search bar at the top to find a friend by username.
Tap a friend's name to open their Recipe Book, where you can search, filter, and browse their recipes.
A few things to keep in mind when browsing:
You can only see recipes that aren't marked Private. Private recipes are visible only to the person who owns them.
You can only see recipes your friend added themselves. Recipes they saved from another friend won't appear in their Recipe Book.
Recipe directions need to be unlocked once. Unless your friend entered the recipe by hand, you'll need to unlock the directions by visiting the original recipe website. This only needs to happen once per recipe, and the directions stay unlocked from then on. It makes sure the original recipe author gets credit for their work.
Tap the link in the recipe's directions section.
Visit the original recipe website.
Return to the recipe, where the directions are now visible.
ℹ️ If you share a recipe with a friend and later change its directions or ingredients, your friend will see those changes too.
Saving a friend's recipe
Open your friend's Recipe Book.
Tap the heart icon next to the recipe name.
Saved recipes show a filled red heart. To find one later, search for it or scroll through your Recipe Book.
To un-save a recipe: tap the red heart so it returns to an outlined heart.
Editing a copy of a friend's recipe
You can use a friend's recipe just like your own, but you can't change the original. To make your own version, create an editable copy:
Open the friend's recipe you'd like to copy.
Tap the three-dot menu in the upper right.
Select Edit a Copy of This Recipe.
A duplicate opens in the edit window. Make your changes.
Tap Save.
The copy is added to your account as a new recipe.
Questions? Email help@plantoeat.com.