Wow! Import from Allrecipes!!!

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  • Josalinn
    Josalinn Posts: 1,066 Member
    So you need to take out any instructions listed next to the ingredient, like 1 egg beaten. Also it imports the picture!

    had better success using link from ziplist recipe box than from skinnytaste proper
  • sassyjae21
    sassyjae21 Posts: 1,217 Member
    I couldn't get it to work. But it could be because my computer + internet explorer together are d-bags
  • NancyN795
    NancyN795 Posts: 1,134 Member
    I just tried to import this recipe:

    http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Mexican-Lasagna-Lite/Detail.aspx

    and it came up as 1900 cal/serving. Um, no.... I don't think so...

    You're right - it had a lot of trouble with that recipe. Got a number of ingredients completely wrong and really messed up the amounts. This just shows that - with any recipe that you import - you need to carefully look at the ingredients, and the calorie counts, and use your "garbage detector" to notice when things need fixing.

    I still think it is easier than entering a recipe by hand! I did it yesterday with a recipe from Slate. I did have to paste in the ingredients, as it didn't find them in the article, but after that, it went smoothly.
  • Amandawith3kids
    Amandawith3kids Posts: 367 Member
    i tried this last week i think, and idk if it was the site or my computer, but the whole browser froze, so i gave up , rebooted, and did it manually.

    if it works next time, i think i'll be in love though.
  • NancyN795
    NancyN795 Posts: 1,134 Member
    i tried this last week i think, and idk if it was the site or my computer, but the whole browser froze, so i gave up , rebooted, and did it manually.

    if it works next time, i think i'll be in love though.

    I had tried it a week or so ago with similar results - I don't think it froze up everything, but it did get hung up. I was glad to see it work for me yesterday.
  • rlp1975
    rlp1975 Posts: 47 Member
    Awesome! Thanks so much! What a time saver! Just tried it!! LOVE IT!!!:heart:
  • D_squareG
    D_squareG Posts: 361 Member
    You do need to do a sanity check on the ingredients. If anything is way off, just delete and re-enter that ingredient. I'm just really psyched because I have almost all my recipes online!
  • steppingstones
    steppingstones Posts: 569 Member
    Wow!!
  • cossmoss15
    cossmoss15 Posts: 509 Member
    Thank you. Makes it less likely I'll give up on my tracking!
  • MelWilB137
    MelWilB137 Posts: 20 Member
    Awesome...the lazy logger in me is thrilled!!

    Muchas Gracias!
  • SbetaK
    SbetaK Posts: 398 Member
    I just found this and tried it a few days ago-worked great! As said above, you need to read and correct wording, such as "2 eggs, lightly beat" you need to remove the words "lightly beat". Need to have just the measurement and ingredient only. Then when you submit, MFP searches for matching ingredients in it's database. If not found, you have the choice to manually look for it yourself. I couldn't CHANGE the ingredient but I could delete it and enter manually. Wnen I was all done I was suprised to see that it imported the picture that showed with the recipe on it's source site. ALSO_it added a link back to the original source site that you can click on the go to it and review the preparation instructions! Nice new feature that will most likely get tweaked and improved as it is used more!
  • StickingWithIt2015
    StickingWithIt2015 Posts: 34 Member
    Bump
  • ginnylee75
    ginnylee75 Posts: 29 Member
    Bump for later when I have time to try.:bigsmile:
  • caquandt2012
    caquandt2012 Posts: 9
    FANTASTIC!! Thank you for sharing!
  • patrickd123
    patrickd123 Posts: 5 Member
    Oh my god!!! Just too good to be true. And it works perfectly, like a charm! I was a fan of myfitnesspal for years, now I'm a fan for life!!!!!!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Don't do it! You need to enter your own ingredients. Recipes like this never give the right amount of calories per serving... and as you still can't edit recipes anyway without retyping all the ingredients, just do it from scratch...
  • Snip8241
    Snip8241 Posts: 767 Member
    Bump...thanks!
  • adamitri
    adamitri Posts: 614 Member
    Hey thanks for sharing this! It's going to save me so much time and I can even edit the recipes! woot.
  • elemkc
    elemkc Posts: 43 Member
    I just noticed it as well and i LOVE it!
  • ayhamberlin
    ayhamberlin Posts: 1
    nice one
  • stacysjourney
    stacysjourney Posts: 52 Member
    I just tried it and it worked! IT WORKED! :) Now my fingers can rest a bit
  • dlbaron
    dlbaron Posts: 79 Member
    ah! awesome! tagging
  • jenny24012014
    jenny24012014 Posts: 83 Member
    My favourite function, I use it all the time :)
  • fanaledrinks112
    fanaledrinks112 Posts: 9
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