Generate Recipes in Google Sheets & Excel

What this pulls

Create recipes by the row. Returns ingredients, steps and cook times for any dish name — Google Sheets or Excel.

It's one of 250+ live sources you reach with a single =VERVE() function — served from APIVerve's production data engine, billed at 2 credits per resolved cell, and refreshed on whatever cadence you set. No API keys to wrangle, no scripts, no exports.

See it in a cell

A real example — the input you type, and the values you can pull from it. Click any cell to see the formula behind it.

recipe.xlsxsample data

B2fx=VERVE("recipe", A2, "field", "description")

Name

Description

Instructions

Prep time

Cook time

chicken fajitas

A flavorful and easy-to-make dish with mar…

1. In a bowl, combine chicken with fajita …

15 minutes

20 minutes

click any cell to see its formula2 credits / cell

Ways to use it

One value per row

Fill =VERVE("recipe", "chicken fajitas", "field", "description") down a column and Generate Recipes returns a result for every row — a batch of live values in a single drag, no code.

Enrich data in place

Add Generate Recipes beside a table you already have to append its output right where your data lives, then sort, filter, or chart on it.

Live or frozen

Keep the generate recipes values as formulas that look up again when their inputs change, or fill them as plain values that never move.

Use it in your sheet

The same function works in both apps — install once, sign in with your key, and type it into any cell.

Google SheetsAdd-on

Install from the Workspace Marketplace, then drop the formula into a cell. Autocomplete suggests the source and its fields.

=VERVE("recipe", "chicken fajitas", "field", "description")

Microsoft ExcelAdd-in

Same source, same arguments, same key — in Excel on desktop, the web, or mobile. Excel namespaces it as VERVE.CALL. Drag to fill a whole column.

=VERVE.CALL("recipe", "chicken fajitas", "field", "description")

Fields you can pull

Add a field name as the last argument to land just that value in the cell.

Description
=VERVE("recipe", "chicken fajitas", "field", "description")
Ingredients
=VERVE("recipe", "chicken fajitas", "field", "ingredients")
Instructions
=VERVE("recipe", "chicken fajitas", "field", "instructions")
Prep time
=VERVE("recipe", "chicken fajitas", "field", "prep_time")
Cook time
=VERVE("recipe", "chicken fajitas", "field", "cook_time")
Servings
=VERVE("recipe", "chicken fajitas", "field", "servings")
Name
=VERVE("recipe", "chicken fajitas", "field", "name")

Generate Recipes, answered

Everything you need to wire it into a sheet.

How do I pull Generate Recipes into Google Sheets?

Install the VerveSheets add-on, sign in once with your key, and type =VERVE("recipe", "chicken fajitas", "field", "description") into any cell. The "field" argument names the value you want back, so the cell resolves to a single number or string you can chart, sort, or feed into another formula.

What data can I pull from Generate Recipes?

Generate Recipes returns description, ingredients, instructions, prep_time and cook_time, plus 2 more — name any one of them as the "field" argument and that value lands in the cell. Leave the field out and the whole record spills into a two-column table instead.

Can I fill a whole column of Generate Recipes at once?

Yes. Put your name values down a column and point the formula at the range — A2:A50 instead of A2 — and one call returns a value for every row. Dragging the formula down works too, but the range form is a single billed call per column rather than one per cell.

How many credits does each Generate Recipes cell cost?

Each resolved cell costs 2 credits. A cell only re-bills when it actually refreshes, so a sheet you aren't touching doesn't keep charging.

Does Generate Recipes work in Excel as well as Google Sheets?

Yes — same arguments, same key, same fields. Excel namespaces custom functions, so the call is =VERVE.CALL() there and =VERVE() in Google Sheets; nothing else about it changes.

Generate Recipes

One value per row

Enrich data in place

Live or frozen

Generate Recipes, answered

Put Generate Recipes in your next spreadsheet. Add the extension, paste the formula, and the cell keeps itself current.

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