Food

What should I cook tonight? Ask the recipes you already saved

Restash · Guides · Updated

Short answer

The fastest answer to “what should I cook tonight?” is in the recipes you already saved. With Restash, you can ask your saved recipes by ingredient, time or mood — “something quick with eggs”, “a cosy vegetarian dinner” — and get options from your own Reels and TikToks, linked to the original videos.

You have saved two hundred dinners. You are about to order takeout.

Ask your own recipes what to cook. Download Restash.

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Why your saved recipes beat a web search

A web search gives you a million recipes and no taste. Your saves already reflect what you like, what your household eats and what you felt like making. The problem is only finding them in the moment.

Questions that work well

  • “Something under 30 minutes with chicken.”
  • “Vegetarian dinners I saved this month.”
  • “What can I make with rice, eggs and spring onions?”
  • “A dessert for six people.”

Then make it a habit

  1. Sunday: ask for three dinners from your saves.
  2. Add them to a meal plan and generate the grocery list.
  3. Cook one saved recipe a week you have never tried.

FAQ

How do I find a recipe I saved on Instagram?

Instagram only lets you browse Saved and collections. If you save recipes to Restash, you can search or ask by ingredient, dish or time and it finds the right Reel.

Can an app suggest dinner from my saved recipes?

Yes. Restash answers dinner questions using only the recipes you saved, with links back to each source.

About Restash

Restash is an iPhone app that saves posts from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X, Pinterest, Reddit, Facebook, Threads and the web — plus screenshots and notes — into one private vault. It reads each save, files it, and lets you ask questions about everything you saved in plain English. Workspaces turn saves into meal plans and grocery lists, workout routines, trip plans and product comparisons. Restash is free to start on the App Store; Restash Pro unlocks unlimited saves.

Privacy note

Your vault is yours. See the Privacy Policy for how Restash handles data — including that we do not sell your personal information or use your private vault to train public models.

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