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How do I sign in to Framily?

Framily members can sign in using their email address or mobile phone number.

First-Time Sign In — Important

If you’re a new member, you must sign in using your email address and password the first time.

After your first successful sign-in, you can use your registered mobile phone number to sign in with a text message code or password.

Sign in with your phone number

1. Select Sign In from the menu.
2. Enter your registered mobile phone number and select Continue.
3. Choose Use Sign-In Code to receive a one-time code by text message.
4. Enter the code to sign in.

You can also choose Use Password if you prefer.

Sign in with your email address

1. Open Sign In.
2. Select Use Email Address.
3. Enter your email address and password.

Having Trouble?

Your email address and phone number must be associated with your Framily membership. If you can’t sign in, visit Get Help and send a message.

How do I save a recipe I want to try?

Use Want to Try in My Cookbook to save a recipe link for later. You don’t need to add it as a complete Framily recipe just to remember it.

To save a recipe:

1. Open My Cookbook and select Want to Try.
2. Under Save a Recipe Link, paste the recipe’s web address into Recipe URL.
3. Optionally, enter a Recipe Name.
4. Click Save to Want to Try.

Your saved recipe will appear in your personal Want to Try list, where you can return to it later.

How do I add or import a recipe?

There are two ways to save recipes in Framily, depending on whether you’re ready to add a complete recipe.

Want to try a recipe later?

Use Want to Make in My Cookbook to save a link to a recipe you’ve found online. You don’t need to enter the ingredients or instructions.

Ready to share a recipe?

Go to Share a Recipe and choose one of three options:

1. Import from a Website — Paste the recipe’s web address. Framily will try to retrieve the ingredients, instructions, and other details.
2. Import from a Photo — Upload a picture of a handwritten recipe card, cookbook page, or printed recipe.
3. Add Manually — Enter a recipe yourself, including ingredients, instructions, and any personal notes or family stories.

Good to Know

Imported recipes are saved as drafts so you can review and correct the details before publishing. Some information may need adjustment, especially when importing from photographs.

When adding or editing a recipe, you can choose who is allowed to see it using the Recipe Visibility setting.

Public

Anyone visiting Framily Cookbook can view the recipe, including people who aren’t members.

Members Only

Only signed-in Framily members can view the recipe.

Private

The recipe is visible only to you and authorized administrators.

Good to Know

You can change a recipe’s visibility later by editing the recipe and selecting a different option.

If your recipe includes a personal or family story, Framily also has a separate Recipe Story Visibility setting.

Can I share a recipe but keep its family story private?

Yes! Framily lets you control who can see your recipe and its personal story separately.

When adding or editing a recipe, you’ll find two settings:

Recipe Visibility controls who can view the recipe itself.

Recipe Story Visibility controls who can read the story associated with it.

You have three story visibility options:

• Same as Recipe — The story follows the recipe’s visibility setting.
• Members Only — Only signed-in Framily members can read the story.
• Private — Only you and authorized administrators can read the story.

For example:

You could share Grandma’s cookie recipe publicly while keeping the family memories behind it visible only to Framily members.

Good to Know

Story visibility cannot make a restricted recipe publicly accessible. Someone must have permission to view the recipe before they can see its story.

How do I organize ingredients and instructions into sections?

Some recipes are easier to follow when divided into sections, such as For the Chicken and For the Sauce.

When adding or editing a recipe, you can create sections in the Ingredients and Instructions fields.

To create a section heading, type two # characters followed by a space and the heading on its own line.

For example:

## For the Chicken
2 chicken breasts
1 tbsp olive oil

## For the Sauce
8 oz mushrooms
2 tbsp butter

You can use the same approach for cooking instructions. Framily automatically displays the headings and organizes the ingredients or numbered steps underneath them.

Section headings are optional. Recipes without them work just as before.

How do I record when I’ve cooked a recipe?

Open the recipe and select Add Cooking Log.

You can record:

• Date — When you made the recipe.
• Rating — How you liked it.
• Notes — What worked, what you’d change, or anything worth remembering.
• Photo (optional) — A picture of how your dish turned out.

Good to Know

You can revisit your cooking experiences under My Cookbook → Cooking History. Each Cooking Log helps you remember what you made and how it turned out.

What’s the difference between Want to Try, My Recipes, and Favorites?

Want to Try

Found a recipe you’d like to try someday? Save the link here without having to add the entire recipe to Framily.

My Recipes

These are recipes you’ve added to Framily Cookbook, whether you entered them manually or imported them from a website or photo.

Favorites

These are recipes you’ve marked as favorites — the ones you especially enjoy and want to make again.

Good to Know

You can also use My Cooking History to see recipes you’ve cooked, when you made them, and any ratings or notes you’ve recorded.