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Cooking a Recipe

Little Kitchen's recipe library lives at the bottom of the Home page (Real Kitchen). Every recipe opens in Cook Mode, a big-text player that shows one step at a time.

For littles

Pick a recipe and tap Cook this now. Each step shows up big on the screen. When a step needs a grown-up, ask for help!

Find a recipe​

  1. Open Home.
  2. Tap a category: All, Snacks, Sweet Treats, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Sippy Drinks or Baby Food.
  3. On Baby Food, you can also pick a texture: Silky smooth, Soft mash or Little lumps.
  4. Tap Favorites to see only recipes you have hearted.

Hide allergens​

Under Hide recipes with…, tap Dairy, Gluten, Egg or Nuts to hide recipes that contain them. Your choices are remembered on this device and apply on every page of the app.

The tags are a helper, not medical advice. Always check the ingredients for your own allergies.

Bonus recipes​

Some recipes are marked Bonus or Cozy Café. These are for Pro and Premium members. Free members see them with a lock and a link to upgrade. More recipes can be unlocked as treasure on the Quest Trails.

Cook in Cook Mode​

  1. On a recipe card, tap Cook this now.
  2. The get-ready screen shows the ingredients. If any step needs an adult for heat, cutting or the oven, a Grown-up helper check box says so.
  3. Pick Just me x1 or Two cooks x2. Two cooks doubles the ingredients.
  4. Tap Start cooking!
  5. Each step shows on its own screen, with big buttons to go forward and back. Steps that need a grown-up are highlighted.
  6. If a step has a timer, tap its timer chip to start it.
  7. On the last step, tap We made it!

Cook Mode tries to keep your screen awake while you cook.

Timers​

A running timer follows you around the app as a small floating chip. It dings when time is up, even if you have moved to another page, like the café.

The ta-da screen​

When you finish a recipe:

  • You can tap to take a photo of your dish. Photos go on your private Fridge Door in the Cookbook. Only you can see them.
  • If it was today's Daily Special, you get the special's bonus.
  • If it was a meal your caregiver planned for you, it is ticked off.
  • Tap Tried something new? Earn a Brave Taster star! to log a new food.
  • Tap Add to my meal plan to open your meal plan on the main site.
  • Tap Back to the kitchen to finish.

Finishing a recipe also counts as proof for any matching quest stop on the Quest Trails.

What can I make? (Pantry)​

  1. Open Pantry.
  2. Under Tick what you have in your kitchen, tap the foods you have.
  3. You can make these right now! lists recipes you have everything for. Tap one to cook it.
  4. Almost there — just grab… lists recipes that need only a few more things. Tap Peek at the recipe to see it.

Pantry results follow your allergy filter.

Fridge Helper (Pro and Premium)​

Fridge Helper writes a simple snack idea from what you have, or changes a recipe you love. Free members see a short description and an upgrade link.

  1. Open Fridge.
  2. Pick Snack idea or Adapt a recipe.
  3. For a snack idea, type what you have, separated by commas (for example, "banana, oats, honey"). To adapt a recipe, type the recipe's name.
  4. Tap Find me a snack!
  5. Read the ingredients and steps. Tap Add ingredients to shopping list to save them.

Fridge Helper follows your allergy filter. If the idea writer is unavailable, Fridge Helper picks a matching recipe from the recipe box instead and tells you so.

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