Frequently Asked Questions
A short guide to help your cooking take flight—clear answers to common questions.
What is RecipeCrow?
RecipeCrow is an AI-powered recipe adapter and recipe generator. It helps you adapt any recipe to your dietary needs, swap ingredients, scale serving sizes, and target calories.
Do I need an account?
Yes. Sign in to adapt or generate recipes and to save your creations. You can still browse public recipes without an account.
Can I make recipes public or private?
Yes. You decide whether a recipe is public or private, and you can change a recipe’s visibility at any time.
Can RecipeCrow adapt any recipe?
Yes. Paste a recipe or URL and describe the changes—vegan, gluten-free, keto, dairy-free, low-sodium, fewer calories, ingredient swaps, or serving size changes—and we’ll adapt it.
Can RecipeCrow generate a recipe from scratch?
Yes. Use our AI recipe generator to create a complete recipe based on your cuisine, ingredients on hand, dietary needs, and calorie targets—no source recipe required.
How do ingredient substitutions work?
Describe what you want to replace or ingredients you have available (e.g., ‘no eggs’, ‘swap butter for olive oil’, or ‘use chickpeas instead of chicken’) and we’ll adjust the recipe.
Can I adapt a recipe based on ingredients I have?
Yes. Tell us what’s in your pantry and we’ll adapt the recipe using ingredient substitutions that keep the method coherent and the result tasty.
Can I scale serving sizes automatically?
Yes. Specify the number of servings and we’ll scale ingredient amounts and, where relevant, timings.
How accurate is nutrition and macros?
Nutrition is estimated based on standard ingredient databases and should be treated as an approximation. For medical needs, consult a professional.
Will my adapted or generated recipes taste good?
We optimize for balance and feasibility. Taste depends on ingredients and execution, but our goal is dependable, repeatable results you can improve over time.
Is RecipeCrow free?
You can sign in and start adapting or generating recipes for free.
Can I share my recipes?
Yes. Share publicly to help others discover your adaptations, or keep recipes private in your account.