Forage & Fetch, from recipe to shopping list

There are three tabs along the bottom.

• Recipes holds every recipe you've saved. Search at the top, sort by Date Added or Recently Opened, and tap + to add one. Tapping the Recipes tab again takes you back to the list.
• Forage List is your shopping list. Ingredients from any recipe land here, grouped by recipe.
• Settings connects Apple Reminders and chooses your default Reminders list.

The name comes from the idea: you forage for recipes, then fetch what you need.

Open any recipe to see its photo, ingredients and then the instructions. The buttons along the top, from left to right:

• Cart adds ingredients to your Forage List. A picker opens with every ingredient selected. Untick what you already have and tap the Add Items to Forage List button, which shows how many you picked.
• Share sends the recipe's link to Messages, Notes or anywhere else.
• Pencil opens the editor for every part of the recipe.
• Pan starts cook mode. On iPad and Mac there's also a Cook button beside Instructions.

The tick boxes next to each ingredient mean "I've gathered this for cooking", and the count shows how many you've gathered. They're just for you while you prep, are kept on that device, and don't change your Forage List.

Further down the page, the Send ingredients section has Add to Reminders, Add to Target and Share Ingredients, for sending a recipe's ingredients straight out without using the Forage List.

Servings

Use − and + next to "1× recipe" to scale a recipe down or up. Amounts at the start of each ingredient line change. Things like "a pinch" or "to taste", and amounts mentioned inside the steps, stay as written, and lines that can't be scaled say Not scaled.

Photos

Tap the photo (or the space for one) to take a photo, choose one from your library, paste an image link, or go back to the original. On devices with Image Playground you can also Create Image for recipes that don't have one, which is handy for dictated recipes.

Look up an ingredient

Touch and hold any ingredient for Search on Target or Search on Web.

Getting back

On iPhone, swipe from the left edge or tap the back arrow to return to your recipes.

Cook mode shows one step at a time in large type, with a progress bar along the top. Tap Next or Back, or swipe, to move between steps. The list button at the top right shows all the ingredients.

• For this step lists just the ingredients that step uses, so you don't have to scroll back.
• When a step mentions a time ("simmer for 20 minutes"), a timer button appears under the step (for example 5 min). Tap it to start. On iOS 26 and later the timer rings like an alarm, even on silent. Earlier versions use a notification.
• A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island shows which step you're on and any running timer.

Your shopping list. Each item shows the recipe it came from, and the badge on the tab shows how many items are on it. If an ingredient is already on the list, the picker tells you.

• Tick items as you shop. Remove one by swiping it, or clear everything you've ticked with the trash button.
• The buttons at the bottom of the list work on the items you've ticked, and show how many that is.

Send to Apple Reminders

1. The first time, go to Settings, tap Connect Reminders and allow access. Then choose a Default Reminders List, such as your grocery list.
2. On the Forage List, tick the items you want to send.
3. Check the Reminders List at the bottom. You can switch to a different list just for this send.
4. Tap Add 2 to Reminders (the number matches what you ticked).
5. The app then asks whether to remove those items from the Forage List or keep them. Either way they're now in Reminders, and they sync to your other Apple devices and anyone you share that list with.

Send to Target

Add to Target opens a picker, then saves the items you choose as an image in Photos. In the Target app, use its add-from-photo option to bring the items into your Target list. Long lists are split into several images.

Share

Share sends the ticked items as text to Messages, Notes or anywhere else.

Your recipes show up in Spotlight search, so you can swipe down on the Home Screen and type a recipe name. You can also ask Siri:

• "Open lentil stew in Forage & Fetch"
• "Add this recipe to my Forage List in Forage & Fetch"
• "What's on my Forage & Fetch list"
• "Start cook mode in Forage & Fetch"

The same actions are in the Shortcuts app, so you can assign one to the Action Button in Settings.

Forage List widget

Add the Forage & Fetch widget (small, medium or large) to your Home Screen to see what's left to buy. Tap an item in the widget to tick it off. Ticks stay in step with the app.