Handbook · Chapter 4 of 13

Chapter 4

🍳 Cook

From the recipe page to the plate — cook mode, scaling, substitutions and more.

Updated September 8, 2026

On this page4.1 The recipe page4.2 Cook mode4.3 The serving scaler4.4 Ingredient substitutions4.5 Chef tips & your notes4.6 Nutrition, worked out for you4.7 Sprig's voice4.8 Your recipe's photo4.9 Past Photos4.10 Recipe galleries
4.1

The recipe page

Every recipe gets the full treatment: a beautiful photo, timings, servings, tagged ingredients, step-by-step instructions, chef tips and nutrition — one scroll, everything you need.

A recipe page, top to bottom
A recipe page, top to bottom

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4.2

Cook mode

Tap Start Cooking and the recipe becomes full-screen steps — big type, one step at a time, with the ingredients for each step right there. Your screen stays awake while you cook.

Cook mode — one step, big type, no scrolling with messy hands
Cook mode — one step, big type, no scrolling with messy hands

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4.3

The serving scaler

Cooking for two, or for twelve? Change the servings and every quantity rescales instantly — and your original recipe stays untouched underneath.

Open Serves — slide the count and every quantity follows, your original kept safe underneath
Open Serves — slide the count and every quantity follows, your original kept safe underneath

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4.4

Ingredient substitutions

Sprig Pro

Out of buttermilk? On the recipe page, tap any ingredient and Sprig suggests swaps that actually work in this recipe — with amounts, not just names.

Step 1On the recipe page, tap the ingredient you're missing
On the recipe page, tap the ingredient you're missing
Step 2Sprig's suggestions — measured for this recipe, not generic
Sprig's suggestions — measured for this recipe, not generic

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4.5

Chef tips & your notes

Recipes come with chef tips for the tricky moments. Add your own rating and notes after cooking — future-you will thank past-you.

Tips from Sprig — right above your rating and notes
Tips from Sprig — right above your rating and notes

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4.6

Nutrition, worked out for you

Per-serving calories, protein, carbs and fat on every recipe — estimated from the actual ingredients and amounts, and they rescale when you scale servings.

The nutrition facts panel
The nutrition facts panel

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4.7

Sprig's voice

In cook mode, Sprig can read every step aloud. Pick the voice you like on the You page — the row is called Voice — then cook hands-free.

📍 You page → Voice · open in Sprig →
The Voice screen — pick a voice, set the speed, hear a preview
The Voice screen — pick a voice, set the speed, hear a preview

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4.8

Your recipe's photo

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Every recipe deserves a photo worth cooking for. Generate one, regenerate until it looks right, edit it with a prompt, level it up — or polish your own shot with Make It Professional. Nothing is lost: Past Photos keeps every version.

Step 1Open the Edit menu — Photo lives there
Open the Edit menu — Photo lives there
Step 2Image options — edit, level up, replace, or regenerate
Image options — edit, level up, replace, or regenerate

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4.9

Past Photos

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Every photo a recipe has ever had stays in Past Photos, in the photo menu. Bring any of them back as the main photo with one tap.

Open the recipe's Edit menu → Photo → Past Photos
Open the recipe's Edit menu → Photo → Past Photos

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4.10

Recipe galleries

Sprig ProNew

Pro members can add up to eight photos of their own cooking to any recipe. Open the recipe's photo menu and choose Add to Gallery — pick several at once if you like. Once a recipe has more than one photo, swipe the main photo to browse them; a small count in the corner opens the grid, where you can drag photos into order, set one as the main photo, add a caption, or delete. Tap any photo to see it full screen. Your gallery is private until you share the recipe with the community and switch on "Include my photos" (Sprig remembers your choice). Public photos are screened like every upload and can be reported; a pulled photo shows PULLED in your grid and stays yours.

TipLogged a cook with a photo on your own shared recipe? Sprig offers to add it to the gallery in one tap.
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