Save recipes from Instagram & TikTok
See something delicious while scrolling? Share it straight to Chowboy. One tap — recipe saved, cleaned up, and ready to cook.
- ✓Works with Instagram Reels and posts
- ✓Works with TikTok videos
- ✓AI extracts the full recipe automatically
- ✓Auto-formatted into a clean, readable card
Import from photos & cookbooks
Point your camera at any recipe page — a cookbook, a printed card, a magazine — and Chowboy reads it for you. No typing required.
- ✓Scans printed recipe pages with your camera
- ✓Works with cookbooks, cards, and clippings
- ✓AI parses ingredients and instructions
- ✓Stores everything in your digital collection
Discover recipes you'll actually make
Chowboy learns what you like and surfaces recipes worth trying. Personalized picks, curated collections, and trending meals — updated daily.
- ✓Personalized "Chosen for You" picks
- ✓Curated collections like Protein Picks and Cozy One-Pot Nights
- ✓Follow friends to see what they're cooking
- ✓Discover trending meals in your community
Craft your own recipes with AI
Chat with your personal AI Chef. Ask it to plan a dinner party, generate a recipe from what's in your fridge, suggest substitutions, or explain a technique — it can do all of it.
- ✓Generate full recipes from a description
- ✓Ask about knife skills, searing, internal temps
- ✓Get substitutions with correct amounts
- ✓Plan meals for any occasion or diet
Cook with step-by-step instructions
Follow along one step at a time. Ingredients for each step are highlighted, timers are detected automatically, and the screen stays on so you never lose your place.
- ✓One step at a time — no scrolling needed
- ✓Per-step ingredient highlights
- ✓Auto-detected timers you can start with a tap
- ✓Screen stays on while you cook
Build grocery lists from recipes
Add a recipe to your list and Chowboy handles the rest. Ingredients are merged, de-duplicated, and sorted by store section so you can shop in one smooth pass.
- ✓Auto-organized by category: Produce, Dairy, Pantry…
- ✓Build from one recipe or an entire meal plan
- ✓Check off items as you shop
- ✓Add custom items alongside recipe items
Customize your weekly meal plans
Plan breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert for the entire week. See your calorie totals per day at a glance, then generate your full grocery list in one tap.
- ✓Weekly view across all meal slots
- ✓Daily calorie totals calculated automatically
- ✓Add any saved recipe to any day
- ✓Generate the grocery list for your whole week
Get nutritional information instantly
Know exactly what you're eating. Every recipe in Chowboy comes with a full nutritional breakdown powered by AI — macros, minerals, and health benefits in plain language.
- ✓Calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber, sodium, sugar
- ✓Health benefits explained clearly
- ✓Works on any recipe you save or create
- ✓Supports dietary and fitness goals
All your recipes, in one place
Everything you've ever saved, organized exactly how you want it. Create cookbooks, track what you've cooked, build your cooking streak, and share your collection with friends.
- ✓Unlimited recipe storage
- ✓Organize into custom cookbooks
- ✓Track cooked recipes and build streaks
- ✓Follow friends and share your favorites
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