Moving from another app
Moving from Recipe Keeper to Menu Planner 2
Menu Planner 2 brings over every recipe you have in Recipe Keeper in one go. Export them from Recipe Keeper, open the file in Menu Planner 2, and they’re in your Kitchen, ready to plan meals with.
1. Export your recipes from Recipe Keeper
- Open Recipe Keeper and go to Settings.
- Tap Import/Export, then Export, and choose Recipe Keeper .zip file.
2. Open them in Menu Planner 2
- Get the file onto the device you use Menu Planner 2 on. iCloud Drive, AirDrop or email work on iPhone, iPad and Mac; on Android, save it to Downloads or Google Drive.
- In Menu Planner 2, open the Kitchen, choose New Recipe, then From Other Recipe Apps. You’ll also find Import Recipes from Other Apps in Settings, under Import & Export.
- Pick Recipe Keeper in the list, then Choose File, and pick the file you exported. On a Mac, you can also drag the file onto the Menu Planner 2 window.
- Every recipe in the file is selected, except ones that look like recipes you already have. Choose Import, and they’re in your Kitchen.
Steps for each device are in the Help Guide: Moving your recipes from another recipe app.
What comes across
- Each recipe’s name, its ingredients (with their headings) and its steps
- Photos
- Prep and cook times
- Servings
- Nutrition
- Where each recipe came from
- Notes
- Categories, as tags. Any tag you don’t have yet is made for you.
- Ratings
- Favorites
Each one comes across when Recipe Keeper’s file has it.
Good to know
- Importing is free, and you don’t need an account.
- Your recipes in Recipe Keeper aren’t changed.
- You can stop the import at any time. The recipes imported so far stay.
- Recipes that look like ones you already have start unselected, so importing the same file twice doesn’t make copies.
Don’t have Menu Planner 2 yet?
It’s free on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Android. Plan the week with your recipes, get one shopping list sorted by your store’s aisles, and cook step by step.
Recipe Keeper is a trademark of its owner. Menu Planner 2 isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Recipe Keeper.
