diff --git a/cli/app/new.go b/cli/app/new.go
index 63aff1de6..d0de12b3c 100644
--- a/cli/app/new.go
+++ b/cli/app/new.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ var appNewCommand = cli.Command{
 		var secrets AppSecrets
 		var secretTable *jsontable.JSONTable
 		if internal.Secrets {
-			sampleEnv, err := recipe.SampleEnv()
+			sampleEnv, err := r.SampleEnv()
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatal(err)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/recipe/files.go b/pkg/recipe/files.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6177458f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/recipe/files.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package recipe
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"path"
+
+	"coopcloud.tech/abra/pkg/config"
+	"coopcloud.tech/abra/pkg/envfile"
+)
+
+func (r Recipe2) SampleEnv() (map[string]string, error) {
+	envSamplePath := path.Join(config.RECIPES_DIR, r.Name, ".env.sample")
+	sampleEnv, err := envfile.ReadEnv(envSamplePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return sampleEnv, fmt.Errorf("unable to discover .env.sample for %s", r.Name)
+	}
+	return sampleEnv, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
index 0d0d2ba4a..6bc75f4ab 100644
--- a/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
+++ b/pkg/recipe/recipe.go
@@ -238,15 +238,6 @@ func Get(recipeName string, offline bool) (Recipe, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (r Recipe) SampleEnv() (map[string]string, error) {
-	envSamplePath := path.Join(config.RECIPES_DIR, r.Name, ".env.sample")
-	sampleEnv, err := envfile.ReadEnv(envSamplePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return sampleEnv, fmt.Errorf("unable to discover .env.sample for %s", r.Name)
-	}
-	return sampleEnv, nil
-}
-
 func Get2(name string) Recipe2 {
 	return Recipe2{
 		Name:   name,