Get your ingredients delivered with Instacart or Amazon Fresh

Send a shopping list or a recipe's ingredients to Instacart or Amazon Fresh in a couple of taps. You check the cart and pay in the store, then mark the items as bought in CookEase.

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In short

  • Order Ingredients sends the items on a shopping list, or the ingredients of a recipe, to Instacart or Amazon Fresh.
  • Website: Order Ingredients in the menu on the left. App: open a list and tap Get it delivered, or use the ... menu on a recipe.
  • The store opens with your items. You review the cart, choose delivery or pickup and pay there; CookEase never places or pays for an order.
  • Afterwards, mark the items as bought so your list shows only what is left. Free accounts can send 5 orders a day.

Once your shopping list is ready, you do not have to drive to the store. Order Ingredients hands the list to Instacart or Amazon Fresh, where you check the cart and pay. Here it is on the website, sending a list to Instacart.

cookeaseapp.com/dashboard?tab=order

Pick what to order, choose the store, send. The store opens in a new tab.

Instacart or Amazon Fresh

  • How you get it

    Instacart
    Delivery or pickup from stores near you
    Amazon Fresh
    Delivery
  • Amounts

    Instacart
    Filled in for you
    Amazon Fresh
    You choose how many of each on Amazon
  • You need

    Instacart
    An Instacart account
    Amazon Fresh
    An Amazon account with Prime

CookEase remembers the store you used last.

Order on the website

  1. 1

    Open Order Ingredients

    Click Order Ingredients in the menu on the left. On a phone-sized screen it is a button at the top of Shopping Lists. You can also choose Order Ingredients from a list's ... menu, or from the button on any recipe page.
  2. 2

    Choose a list

    Pick a list under Choose a list. To order a recipe instead, click From a recipe (see below).
  3. 3

    Pick what to order

    Everything still to buy is selected. Items you already ticked off show Have it and are left out. Tap any item to leave it out too, or use Select all and None.
  4. 4

    Choose the store and send

    Choose Instacart or Amazon Fresh, then click Send N items to Instacart (or Amazon Fresh). The store opens in a new tab.
  5. 5

    Check out in the store

    Sign in to the store if asked, check the cart, swap anything it matched differently, choose delivery or pickup and pay there.
  6. 6

    Mark them as bought

    Back in CookEase, click Mark N items as bought so your list shows only what is left. If the tab did not open, click Open again.
Your list is open in Instacart. Check your cart there, then come back and mark these as bought, with Done, Open again and Mark 17 items as bought

Order straight from a recipe

No list yet? Click From a recipe on the Order Ingredients page, or Order Ingredients on the recipe itself. Pick one or more recipes, untick what you already have, and click Make list & send to Instacart (or Amazon Fresh). CookEase saves the items as a new shopping list, named after the recipe, and opens the store.

Ordering from a recipe: What you need for Honey-Lime Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas, 10 of 10 selected, with Make list and send to Instacart

Order on iPhone and Android

The Get it delivered sheet on Android: send 18 items from Weeknight groceries to Instacart or Amazon Fresh
  1. 1

    Open the list

    On the Shopping Lists tab, open a list and tap Get it delivered at the bottom.
  2. 2

    Pick the store

    Tap Instacart or Amazon Fresh. Items under Already have are left out. The store opens with your items.
  3. 3

    Come back and tick them off

    Check out in the store, then tap Mark N items as bought in CookEase. They move to Already have.

Tips for a better cart

  • Be specific on your list: brand, amount and unit help the store find the right product, like "Organic Gala apples, 2 lbs".
  • Tick off what you already have before sending, so you do not pay for a second jar of cumin.
  • Always check the cart before paying. The store matches each line to its own products, and you can swap any of them.

Questions people ask

Which stores can I order from?

Instacart and Amazon Fresh. Instacart shows stores near you for delivery or pickup and fills in the amounts. Amazon Fresh is delivery for Prime members, and you choose how many of each item on Amazon.

Does CookEase place the order or charge me?

No. CookEase only opens the store with your items in it. You review the cart, change anything you like, choose a delivery time and pay in Instacart or Amazon, with your own account there.

Why did the store pick a different product?

The store matches each item to what it sells, and a general name like "cheese" can match many things. Brand, amount and unit help, for example "Organic Gala apples, 2 lbs". You can always swap products in the store's cart before paying.

What does Mark items as bought do?

It ticks the items you just sent on your CookEase list, the same as ticking them off in the store, so the list shows only what you still need.

Is there a limit on orders?

Free accounts can send 5 orders a day to each store, and the count starts again the next day. CookEase Pro has no limit.

Does CookEase earn anything from my order?

The store links are affiliate links, so CookEase may earn a small commission when you shop through them. It costs you nothing extra. See the affiliate disclosure for details.

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