alternative to MFP recipe builder?

mkakids
mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Is there a better alternative to the MFP recipe builder?

Everytime I try to import a recipe from a website...the ingredient matches are ridiculous!

Today I tried to import a recipe for giardiniera relish...recipe from Rachel Ray.

First it told me that it could not locate a recipe from the url i entered and to c&p the ingredients. So i did....

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This is what MFP came up with, lmao!

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hoping there is an alternative that im unaware of!

Replies

  • LeslieB042812
    LeslieB042812 Posts: 1,799 Member
    Oh my goodness! That's insane. I always just enter and search for the ingredients. I agree the new system is a pain and I liked the old one much better.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Ya, the ingredient matching is abysmal. Use the Old Recipe Calculator and enter ingredients one at a time. See also http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10014325/updated-recipe-tool-feedback/p1
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    The new one is terrible. Last night it matched confectioners sugar as sugar snap peas...I guess it was trying to save me calories? I have also had the issue where I can find an ingredient in the database just searching, but the recipe builder can't find it. I just use the old one. I have also been known to use the recipe builder at this site http://www.caloriecount.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php, then create a food with that info in MFP rather than a recipe.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    I just use the old recipe builder. The few times I tried that one, I couldn't get it to work properly.
  • ElizabethOakes2
    ElizabethOakes2 Posts: 1,038 Member
    The new one is terrible. It's the same story whether you enter the ingredients by hand or try to import them. (It seems to like Allrecipes for imports, but that's about it.)
    I use the old recipe builder whenever possible, but it's having more and more glitches. :(
  • mkakids
    mkakids Posts: 1,913 Member
    Ugh. I was hoping to avoid entering everything one by one....ill check out the other link posted but prob just stick to the old builder.
  • Karihappy
    Karihappy Posts: 116 Member
    The recipe builder has a horrible glitch where if you want to use the same recipe but tweak a few of the ingredients, it will let you go through all the trouble, but then when you go to save it, it won't save it! :(

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