How It Works
Everything you can do on Sweet Bean Recipes, in one place. Prefer to see it in action?
Browse & search
Explore recipes by category from the homepage, or head to the Recipes page to search by name or filter by dietary tag — Gluten-Free, Keto, Vegan, and more.
Rate & review
Tried a recipe? Leave a star rating. It rolls into the average shown on the recipe card and detail page for everyone else.
Save recipes
Click Save on any recipe to add it to your account. Find everything you've saved on the Saved & Forked Recipes page.
Fork a recipe
Want to tweak someone else's recipe? Fork it — you get your own editable copy, and the original stays credited.
Scale & swap ingredients
On any recipe, adjust the serving size, switch between US and metric units, or swap an ingredient for a Sweet Bean substitute — the ingredient list updates instantly.
Cook Mode
Cooking? Tap Cook Mode for a hands-free, step-by-step view. Each step shows exactly which ingredients you need — scaled and swapped the way you set them up.
Private notes
Add your own notes to any recipe — substitutions you made, timing tweaks, whatever helps next time. Only you can see them.
Substitution guide
A full sugar-free & allergy-friendly substitution guide is available anytime from the menu — look up a swap by ingredient or browse by category.
Add your own recipes
Write a recipe from scratch, or import one straight from a Word document or PDF — ingredients and instructions get pulled in automatically.
Your digital recipe book
Every recipe you save or write gets sorted into your personal Recipe Book automatically. Customize the cover, add your own sections, and flip through it like a real cookbook.
Share privately
Keep a recipe private but still want to share it with one person? Generate a private share link from the recipe page — no account needed to view it.
Ready to see it for yourself?
The guided tour walks you through every feature above, right on the pages where you'll use them.