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How do I edit recipe ingredients?

bird428
bird428 Posts: 3
edited February 1 in Recipes
Hello, MFP community

I love the recipe calculator, but sometimes, I make small variations. So far, I have yet to find a way to easily amounts of edit ingredients. So far, I just have to delete the old entry and search for the same item, but enter a new amount. Is there a more efficient way?

Thanks,

Bird428

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  • MermaidTX
    MermaidTX Posts: 352 Member
    Hello, MFP community

    I love the recipe calculator, but sometimes, I make small variations. So far, I have yet to find a way to easily amounts of edit ingredients. So far, I just have to delete the old entry and search for the same item, but enter a new amount. Is there a more efficient way?

    Thanks,

    Bird428

    Yep it's a pain if ya change up a recipe. I haven't found a way to change the amount of an ingredient w/o deleting it & adding in with the new value.

    Maybe someone will come along with a trick (other than saving recipes in versions, which I also do!)
  • orapronobis
    orapronobis Posts: 460 Member
    That's a major shortcoming. My guess is that MFP is working on it, but in the meantime, if you add your recipes as "meals," you can tweak quantities and ingredients.
  • bird428
    bird428 Posts: 3
    Good to know. It's not just me. Thanks for the replies :)
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    You can do it from the phone app, but not from the web. It's a real annoyance that I keep hoping they'll fix but so far that's the only way to do it.
  • Buzz0007
    Buzz0007 Posts: 3
    Is this being fixed so we can edit recipes from the app?
  • marcyebrown
    marcyebrown Posts: 13 Member
    Can someone from the MFP staff please let us know how to do this or give us an update on where this improvement stands? I will try to build my recipes using the "My Meals" option since that seems you can edit quantities of ingredient... but then what's the point of having a recipe builder? :grumble:
  • marcyebrown
    marcyebrown Posts: 13 Member
    Can someone from the MFP staff please let us know how to do this or give us an update on where this improvement stands? I will try to build my recipes using the "My Meals" option since that seems you can edit quantities of ingredient... but then what's the point of having a recipe builder? :grumble:

    Building a recipe from the "My Meals" option does NOT provide a suitable solution. Way too cumbersome and inability to change serving size. Total fail on that workaround.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,368 Member
    Yeah it's the worst pain in the butt. Frankly sometimes I just don't bother, it's 'close enough'.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Is this being fixed so we can edit recipes from the app?

    You can do it in the app. Go to Settings>Edit Foods and Exercises>Recipes

    You just can't do it on the web.
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