This extension enables easy conversion of .cook files to .md files.
To run the extension, open a .cook file and run the cookrender.enableRendering.cook: enable rendering command. Then any edits made to .cook files in the workspace will be automatically written to the .md file with the same name. This means that foo.md will be overwritten by foo.cook if rendering is turned on in the workspace.
To turn on inline quantities for ingredients place "cookrender.enableInlineIngredientQuanitites": true in your user settings.json file. The same can be done for cookware.