how do you add your recipes into your recipes?

kayemme

like for instance, i made some garlic pesto, which is a base for another sauce. how do i get my original recipe of pesto (because i only used a little of the entire recipe) into the other sauce?

SammyKatt

Bump! I need to know too..

angels64048

You create a new food, I took the whole recipe and entered by each ingredient which gave me my total calories. Your recipe usually tells you how many people or how many cups....If it makes 6 cups and I use only two I dial it to 1/4 serving or serving for 2. Hope that helps.

terri0527

I just wish you didn't have to use servings only...Sometimes depending on what you make, it's frustrating trying to figure out how many servings there will be:grumble:

At least that's all I've been able to use....

SammyKatt

I know how to create a recipe. What I'm wanting to do is use a recipe I've already made and add it to another recipe.

Like I make my own Marinara sauce so I have a recipe already made for that.

Now I'm making a Veggie Lasagna and want to use the Marinara Sauce I've already made in my lasagna.

Is there a way to do that?

Pebble321

I know how to create a recipe. What I'm wanting to do is use a recipe I've already made and add it to another recipe.

Like I make my own Marinara sauce so I have a recipe already made for that.

Now I'm making a Veggie Lasagna and want to use the Marinara Sauce I've already made in my lasagna.

Is there a way to do that?

I know what you mean - but I don't think there is a way to do it. If there is, I'd love to know too.

(I suppose you could add a new food to the database and call it Sammy's Marinara for example - but I'm reluctant to add yet more items to the database that won't be useful for anyone else, it is already so full of duplicates and miscellanous entries).

SammyKatt

Thats what I just ended up doing! And thats exactly what I called it too!

it sucks that I had to add another one tho.

kayemme

I know how to create a recipe. What I'm wanting to do is use a recipe I've already made and add it to another recipe.

Like I make my own Marinara sauce so I have a recipe already made for that.

Now I'm making a Veggie Lasagna and want to use the Marinara Sauce I've already made in my lasagna.

Is there a way to do that?

exactly!! i thought by adding it to the database (available for everyone) that I could then use it as a base for another recipe. but i don't see it there/

I make almost everything from scratch, but certain things (mayo, pesto, hollandaise) I make more of than I need so I can use them in other things.

sortin

Thats what I just ended up doing! And thats exactly what I called it too!

it sucks that I had to add another one tho.

But...where else will I get my recipe to make marinara sauce?!
Actually, you probably didn't include it in the database, because I can't find it. So you're not bloating the database by adding your own recipe, unless you check the box to add to the database.

kayemme

Thats what I just ended up doing! And thats exactly what I called it too!

it sucks that I had to add another one tho.

But...where else will I get my recipe to make marinara sauce?!
Actually, you probably didn't include it in the database, because I can't find it. So you're not bloating the database by adding your own recipe, unless you check the box to add to the database.

but I DID add it to the database, and I still can't find it. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

SammyKatt

Well, I did it and was able to add it to the new recipe I was making. But now totally gone! WTF??? It was there earlier and its still in the lasagna recipe I made but now I can't find it anywhere. =/ I dont get it.