How to enter a recipes

Truaxmelanie
Truaxmelanie Posts: 29 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello I would like to know how to enter a recipes, I can't seem to make it work.

Here is the recipe that i would like to enter


Fantastic Banana Muffins

3 large bananas

¾ cups of white sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon of baking soda

1 teaspoon of baking powder

½ teaspoon of salt

1-1/2 cups of flour

1/3 cup of melted butter

◦Mash bananas, add sugar and slightly beaten egg
◦Add the melted butter
◦Add the dry ingredients and bake at 375F for 20 minutes.

Thanks for your help

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  • minizebu
    minizebu Posts: 2,716 Member
    Go to the "Food" tab and then select "Recipes". Then select "Enter a recipe now". There will be a field for you to enter the recipe name. Then click "Add ingredient" and repeat until you've entered everything. When you are done you will click a button to indicate you are finished and you will have a choice to save the recipe, and I think you can also make it available for other myfitnesspal users to use, as well.
  • 126siany
    126siany Posts: 1,386 Member
    Go to the "Food" tab and then select "Recipes". Then select "Enter a recipe now". There will be a field for you to enter the recipe name. Then click "Add ingredient" and repeat until you've entered everything. When you are done you will click a button to indicate you are finished and you will have a choice to save the recipe, and I think you can also make it available for other myfitnesspal users to use, as well.

    This is mainly correct, although I have not yet found a way to share recipes. When you've finished the recipe, remember to key in the number of servings!

    Unfortunately, MFP doesn't give you a way to enter the directions. :angry:
  • Truaxmelanie
    Truaxmelanie Posts: 29 Member
    So for exemple when you enter sugar do you put what is on the box (ex: 1 cup pers. give your so many cal.) are you really put what its asking in the in the recipe (ex: 3-4 cup)?
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    You would put in the ingredients you put in the recipe. So if you used 3/4 cups of sugar you would add 3/4 cup of sugar to the recipe. Put in the amounts you put when you listed it out above.
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    So for exemple when you enter sugar do you put what is on the box (ex: 1 cup pers. give your so many cal.) are you really put what its asking in the in the recipe (ex: 3-4 cup)?

    You need to enter the amount that is in the recipe.
    As your recipe calls for 3/4 cup, you can find an entry that has a serving size of 1 cup sugar and you would enter a quantity of 0.75 (eg. 3/4).
    You do this for all the ingredients and then you enter the number of muffins that the recipe makes (12 for example).

    Once you have saved the recipe you can add it to your diary, 1 "serve" = 1 muffin.
  • 4nurseapril
    4nurseapril Posts: 2
    is there a way to look up someone elses recipes? or.. just your own saved recipes?
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    is there a way to look up someone elses recipes? or.. just your own saved recipes?

    No, there isn't a way to share recipes in the database, you can only access your own.
    (I'm pretty sure there is a way to copy a meal from one person to another if you are using the app, but not for recipes as far as I'm aware).
  • Truaxmelanie
    Truaxmelanie Posts: 29 Member
    Thanks Ladies :-)

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