Terms of Use

Last updated: October 24, 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of hellorecipes.net ("Hello Recipes", "we", "us"). By visiting the site, reading recipes, leaving a rating or comment, or sending us a message, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree with them, please do not use the site.

Please also read our Privacy Policy, which explains what information is collected when you use Hello Recipes and how it is handled.

2. Use of Content and Copyright

The recipes, texts, layout, graphics and other material on Hello Recipes are protected by copyright and belong to us or are used with permission. You are welcome to use them in the following ways:

Cook our recipes at home for yourself, your family and your guests
Print or save a recipe for your own personal, non-commercial use
Share a link to a recipe page on social media, in a message or on your own website

Without our prior written permission, please do not:

Copy, republish or redistribute full recipes, articles or images on another website, app, newsletter or printed publication
Use our content for commercial purposes, including selling it or including it in products or paid services
Bulk-download or scrape the site, or use its content to build a competing collection

If you would like to quote a short excerpt, please credit Hello Recipes and link back to the original recipe page. For any other permission request, use our contact page.

3. User Submissions

Hello Recipes lets you submit ratings and comments on recipes and send us messages through the contact form. By submitting content, you:

Grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to display, store and reproduce that content on the site in connection with the recipe it relates to
Confirm that you wrote the content yourself or have the right to share it
Accept responsibility for any claim that your content infringes someone else's rights

Ratings and comments are public once they appear, so please do not include personal information such as your phone number or home address. Contact form messages are used only to reply to you.

We may edit, decline to publish or remove any submission, for example if it is off-topic, abusive, misleading, promotional or otherwise unsuitable for a cooking site.

4. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

Use the site for any unlawful purpose
Post content that is offensive, harassing, hateful, spam or harmful to others
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the site, its servers or other users' data
Interfere with the site's operation, security or performance
Collect information about other visitors without their consent
Pretend to be another person or misrepresent your connection with Hello Recipes

5. Recipe and Nutrition Disclaimer

Recipes on Hello Recipes are developed and edited for clear steps, realistic times and temperatures, ingredient substitutions and food-safety notes. Cooking nevertheless involves variables we cannot control, so please keep the following in mind:

Results vary. Ovens, stovetops, cookware, ingredient brands, altitude and personal technique all affect timing and outcome. Treat times and temperatures as a guide and use your own judgement.
Nutrition values are estimates. Any nutrition information is approximate. It can differ depending on the brands, portion sizes and substitutions you use, and it should not be treated as exact.
Check allergens. Always read ingredient labels and check every ingredient, including substitutions, against your own allergies and intolerances and those of the people you cook for. Packaged products can change their formulation or be produced alongside allergens.
Follow food-safety practice. Wash your hands and surfaces, keep raw meat, poultry, fish and eggs away from ready-to-eat foods, chill leftovers promptly and reheat them thoroughly. Verify doneness with a food thermometer rather than by appearance or time alone, for example 165°F (74°C) for poultry and 145°F (63°C) for whole cuts of beef, lamb and fish, and 160°F (71°C) for ground meats. Follow current guidance from your local food-safety authority.
Home canning, pickling and preserving require carefully tested procedures. If you preserve food, follow current guidance from a recognized food-safety authority and do not rely on a recipe alone.
Not medical or dietary advice. Content on Hello Recipes, including pages about healthy eating, is general information for cooking and does not replace advice from a doctor, registered dietitian or other qualified professional. Consult one before changing your diet, especially if you have a medical condition, are pregnant or are cooking for infants or young children.

You prepare and eat any recipe at your own risk.

6. Third-Party Links and Advertising

Hello Recipes contains links to other websites, including our social profiles such as Pinterest, and displays advertising from third parties, including Google AdSense and advertising partners. We do not control these external sites or advertisers and are not responsible for their content, products, services or privacy practices. A link or an ad is not an endorsement. Your dealings with advertisers or third-party sites are solely between you and them, and their own terms and privacy policies apply. Information about cookies and advertising choices is in our Privacy Policy.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

Hello Recipes is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not guarantee that:

The site will be available at all times or free of errors and interruptions
Every recipe, time, temperature, quantity or nutrition estimate will be free of mistakes or suit your circumstances
The results you get from a recipe will match the description or photos

If you notice an error in a recipe, please tell us through the contact page.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Hello Recipes and its owners and contributors are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for any loss or harm, arising from:

Your use of, or inability to use, the site
Preparing, serving or eating any recipe, including allergic reactions, foodborne illness, burns, cuts or other injuries
Content posted by users or third parties, or links and advertisements from third parties
Unauthorized access to or alteration of your data

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

9. Suspension of Access

We may restrict or suspend access to Hello Recipes, or remove content, if you violate these Terms, misuse the site or use it in a way that is unlawful or harmful to others or to the site.

10. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time, for example to reflect changes to the site or to legal requirements. The current version is always published on this page with its "Last updated" date. Changes take effect when they are posted, and continuing to use Hello Recipes afterward means you accept the updated Terms.

11. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, want to report an error in a recipe or need to ask for permission to use our content, please reach out through our Contact Us page. You can also learn more about the site on our About Us page.