Recipe Step Templates
Recipe Step Templates are a tool that helps you write recipe instructions that are clear, consistent, and fast to create. Instead of typing out everything manually, you can pick from a set of common cooking actions, like Bake, Cut, Mix, Fry, Grill, Marinate, Steam, and many more. Kanvie will pre-format the step for you.
They're designed to be useful whether you're making a family recipe, crafting content for an audience, or building a professional cooking guide.
Using Templates
- Start creating a recipe
- Tap Add template while viewing a step
- Select your template
- Fill in only the fields that matter for that action. Some examples:
- Bake → add time + temperature + oven setting
- Grill → add time + temperature
- Cut → choose how to cut (dice, slice, grate, etc.)
- Mix → add time + mixing style (whisk, knead, fold…)
- Marinate → add time
- Ferment / Pickle / Defrost → no details required
What Types of Templates Are Available?
Kanvie provides a wide range of common culinary techniques. Each option includes only the settings that make sense for that technique, including:
| Template | Typical Use | Special Fields / Features |
|---|---|---|
| Cut | Chopping, slicing, dicing, grating, mincing | 🔪 Cut style (slice, dice, mince, grate, etc.) |
| Mix | Stirring, whisking, kneading, folding, blending mixtures (non-blender) | ⏲️ Duration |
| 🥄 Mixing style (whisk, knead, fold, regular) | ||
| Blend | Using a blender / food processor | ⏲️ Duration |
| Wait | Letting something rest, hydrate, rise, settle, marinate wait | ⏲️ Duration |
| Defrost | Thawing ingredients/items until they have reached a certain state | None |
| Chill | Cooling ingredients/items for some time | ⏲️ Duration |
| Freeze | Freezing ingredients/items | ⏲️ Duration |
| Bake | Oven baking: breads, cakes, casseroles, etc. | ⏲️ Duration |
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| ⚙️ Oven Mode (top/bottom, convection, broil) | ||
| Cook | Stove-top cooking: boiling, simmering, sautéing, general cooking | ⏲️ Duration |
| ♨️ Heat Level (low / medium / high) | ||
| Fry | Pan-frying or deep-frying | ⏲️ Duration |
| ♨️ Heat Level (low / medium / high) | ||
| Grill | Grilling (pan, grill, BBQ) | ⏲️ Duration |
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| Steam | Steaming vegetables, dumplings, etc. | ⏲️ Duration |
| Roast | Oven roasting: meats, veggies, whole trays, etc. | ⏲️ Duration |
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| Caramelize | Slow browning of sugar, onions, sauces for flavor | ⏲️ Duration |
| ♨️ Heat Level (low / medium / high) | ||
| Dehydrate | Low-heat drying, preserving ingredients | ⏲️ Duration |
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| Smoke | Smoking meats, fish, vegetables | ⏲️ Duration |
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| Marinate | Soaking ingredients in marinades / brines | ⏲️ Duration |
| Pickle | Brining for longer-term preservation | None |
| Ferment | Fermenting for longer-term preservation | None |
| Sous-Vide | Precise low-temp water-bath cooking | ⏲️ Duration |
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| Pressure Cook | High-pressure cooking in pressure cookers / Instant-type pots | ⏲️ Duration |
| 💨 Pressure Level (low / medium / high) |
What Templates Look Like in a Recipe
When someone views your recipe, templates help ensure your steps are clean, readable, and formatted consistently.
Examples:
- Bake · 20 min · 180°C · Convection oven setting (Temperature will be automatically converted to °F for some users)
- Fry · 8 min · Medium Heat
- Whisk · 45 sec
- Pressure Cook · 12 min · High pressure
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