CookBox is a minimal web app that extracts and saves recipes from BBC Good Food.
Recipe websites are often cluttered with ads, pop-ups, and long intros. CookBox focuses on what actually matters:
- ✅ The title, image, ingredients, and instructions
- ✅ Extracted recipe can be saved directly to your personal collection
- ✅ Displayed in a clean, readable format
Ideal for anyone who just wants the recipe — nothing more.
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🔗 Extract Recipes from BBC Good Food
Paste a URL and the app scrapes the essential details. -
📦 Save to Your Collection
Logged-in users can save recipes to their account. Duplicate URLs are prevented. -
📖 View Saved Recipes
Browse your saved collection and open any recipe in a detailed modal view. -
🔐 Auth System
Secure sign up, sign in, and password reset powered by Supabase Auth. -
✨ Modern UI
Built with shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS for a responsive, fast experience.
| Layer | Tooling |
|---|---|
| Framework | Next.js 14 (App Router) |
| UI Components | Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui |
| Auth / DB | Supabase |
| Scraping | Axios + Cheerio |
| Icons | Lucide React |
| Hosting | Vercel |
- Ingredient scaling (change servings → auto-adjust quantities)
- Categories or tags for filtering
- Search functionality in your collection
- Print-friendly recipe layout
- Support for more websites
CookBox is a personal project I built to improve my own cooking workflow and experiment with modern web technologies.
It's inspired by the idea behind Just The Recipe — extracting only the essential parts of a recipe.