Basic Navigation in ClipDish

ClipDish is designed to be simple and intuitive, but let's make sure you know where everything is.

Navigation Overview

When you open ClipDish on iPhone or iPad, you'll land on your All Recipes view. This is home base—where all your saved recipes live.

ClipDish uses a sidebar for navigation on both iPhone and iPad. The sidebar gives you access to all main areas of the app, recent recipes, and your collections.

The Sidebar

The sidebar is always accessible from the top-left corner of the screen. It contains three sections:

Navigation Section:

• Recipes - Your recipe collection (this is where you start)
• Ask Chef - Chat with Chef Beverly, your AI cooking assistant
• Discover - Browse community recipes
• Settings - App preferences and account settings

Recent Section:

• Recently Saved - Recipes you just added
• Recently Viewed - Recipes you looked at recently

Collections Section:

• All your custom collections
• Favorites - Recipes you've marked as favorites (always shown first)
• Create Collection - Add a new collection

The sidebar is your command center for organizing and navigating your recipe library.

Opening the Sidebar

On iPhone: The sidebar is collapsed by default. Tap the back arrow button in the top-left corner to open it.

On iPad: The sidebar is visible by default on the left side of the screen. You can collapse it by tapping the sidebar button if you need more space.

Finding Your Way Around

Here's how to get to common places:

To View All Your Recipes

• Open the sidebar
• Tap Recipes in the Navigation section

To Browse Community Recipes

• Open the sidebar
• Tap Discover in the Navigation section

To Chat with Chef Beverly

• Open the sidebar and tap Ask Chef in the Navigation section
• Or look for the floating chat bubble when viewing a recipe (this opens Ask Chef with recipe context)

To Open a Collection

• Open the sidebar
• Scroll to the Collections section
• Tap the collection you want to view

To View Recently Saved or Viewed Recipes

• Open the sidebar
• Look in the Recent section
• Tap Recently Saved or Recently Viewed

Navigation Tips

Quick Tip: The sidebar remembers where you were. If you open it from your Recipes view, you can quickly jump to a collection or Discover without losing your place.

Search Tip: On iOS 26, search is now at the bottom of the screen for easier thumb access. Just start typing to find a recipe.

What's Next?

Now that you know your way around:

• Understanding Discover - Find recipes from the community
• Working with Recipes - Master the recipe list and detail views
• Organizing with Collections - Create custom recipe collections
• Settings & Preferences - Configure ClipDish to work the way you want

Still have questions? Check our FAQ or contact support.