We suggest recipes based on ingredients you’re already shopping for. When you select a recipe, you can easily shop all ingredients.

Shopping for recipes

When viewing items, like chicken or spaghetti, you can browse Related recipes for more ideas. Or, browse recipes by cuisine by going to the My Recipes tab of your account. If you find a recipe you like, you can buy the ingredients or favorite it for later. 

In the shoppable ingredient list, you can uncheck the circle next to any items you don’t want or need. You can also substitute any item in the recipe based on your preferences by selecting View alternatives under the item and choose another item that works better.

If a recipe ingredient is out of stock, select a replacement preference during checkout or after placing your order (before Instacart assigns a shopper). 

You can also shop recipes from New York Times Cooking. From the Instacart app or website homepage, click the New York Times recipe to view the preparation instructions and easily add items to your cart. Learn more about Instacart+ and New York Times Cooking partnership.

Saving recipes

If you find a recipe you’re interested in and want to save it for later, tap the heart on the top right corner to save to your favorites.

  • Find favorited recipes in the Instacart app by selecting Your Recipes from the home screen, then Favorited. 
  • On the website, you’ll see your favorited recipes on the sidebar of the home screen.
  • You can also filter your favorited recipes by store. 

Finding ordered/favorited recipes

From a specific storefront, you can find recipes under Your Recipes or Buy It Again. 

Find your shopped recipes in the Instacart app under Your Recipes—

  • From the home screen, select Your Recipes.
  • From the storefront, select View all next to the Your Recipes carousel.
  • Select Ordered for the recipes you shopped for.

Find your ordered recipes under Buy It Again—

  • From the home screen, tap Buy It Again, then Your recipes at the top, or
  • Select View more, then Your recipes.

Instacart recipes on TikTok 

If you’re watching a food video on TikTok, there might be an Instacart recipe! Tap View recipe on Instacart at the bottom of the video to open the recipe in the Instacart app. Then you can view the preparation instructions and order all the ingredients. 

Instacart recipes are currently available to all customers using the Instacart iOS app or Instacart.com. We’re working to expand availability to Android.