Why can't we share?

jeepskate
jeepskate Posts: 16 Member
edited November 8 in Recipes
I got my wife to use MFP with me as we change our lifestyle. The fun is that we explore new recipes together! The not so fun is that we have to enter recipes separately or just quick add on one account. This is nuts! Why can't the developers allow recipe sharing, at least amongst friends? Do they even listen to the users?

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  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    You can choose add food to the database, and so long as you put something in there to make it easily identifiable you should have no issues searching for it. For example "jeepskate's chocolate cake".
  • jeepskate
    jeepskate Posts: 16 Member
    Thanks! I shall try that!
  • MrsMizart
    MrsMizart Posts: 1,275 Member
    Ah. That's a really useful tip, thank you Prize Poppleton :smile:
  • AmigaMaria001
    AmigaMaria001 Posts: 489 Member
    I always use my first name on the front of all my recipes (no one has my same first name) so any time I type in my name, only all my recipes come up.
  • ChrisM8971
    ChrisM8971 Posts: 1,067 Member
    On the computer version you can copy a food from a friends diary so if you both eat the food on the same day you only need to enter the recipe into one account then once logged into the dairy copy it.

    Not sure if that works on an app though
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    edited November 2014
    PrizePopple wrote: »
    You can choose add food to the database, and so long as you put something in there to make it easily identifiable you should have no issues searching for it. For example "jeepskate's chocolate cake".
    AmigaMaria001 wrote: »
    I always use my first name on the front of all my recipes (no one has my same first name) so any time I type in my name, only all my recipes come up.
    I would actually recommend against this for personal recipes. The database is already ugly and in dire need of cleanup.
    Instead, you can have them copy the meal from your diary. I do this with my girlfriend all the time, and I've done it when a friend sent cookies.
    edit: They don't even have to be your "friend" on here, as long as they can see your diary. For instance, @jeepskate, I could copy a meal from your diary.

    Ideally, MFP would add the ability to copy your recipe into their own recipe list, but copying between diaries is the best option in terms of keeping the database cleaner and more user friendly for everyone while still keeping you from having to recreate a recipe.

    @ChrisM8971, it does.
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