creating recipes

Polarbear376
Polarbear376 Posts: 7 Member
edited November 26 in Getting Started
Hi folks

I had MFP for awhile but never really used it because I couldn't figure out an easy way to reate recipes.

For example say like turkey sandwiches and ham sandwiches.
How can I add the bread, cheese, mayo, mustard, turkey and ham so that when I want
Bread, ham, mustard and swiss cheese
or
Bread, turkey, mayo and american cheese
or
Bread ham, mayo and no cheese sandwich ?

I may not necessarily want the same sandwich each time. I like to mix it up.
Do I really have to enter each sandwich each time I have a different combination ?

Please help, I like MFP but this is what keeps me from using :(

Thanks for listening

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  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    You can either do a recipe and then change the few ingredients that change. I do that with most my recipes because the weight of things changes each time.
  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    Or create a meal and and change the things you do and don't want.
  • amykay9377
    amykay9377 Posts: 98 Member
    I second doing it as a meal. That way when you pull up "Sandwich" (or whatever you want to call it), it will add the individual items (bread, mayo, cheese, meat) to your journal, rather than "Ham Sandwich". I do a lot of meals like this (especially smoothies - I have a base recipe that I add components to, so I add "Smoothie" then my 'mix-ins'. Hope this helps!
  • rbakedq
    rbakedq Posts: 142 Member
    What AmyKay said. I created a sandwich meal with the various things I might put in a sandwich: English Muffin, Potato Bread, Pita, Ham, Turkey, Chicken salad, Cheese, Lettuce, tomato, Mayo, mustard etc. I then add the meal to my diary and delete the items, not in the sandwich. That way on the phone it is just a few swipes.
  • Polarbear376
    Polarbear376 Posts: 7 Member
    Interesting ideas.
    Question though, does this initial sandwich need to have every ingredient ?
    What if down the road I want cole slaw on my sandwich for example ?
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    I just add things like that from my recent items or regular items.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    Polarbear376 wrote: »
    Interesting ideas.
    Question though, does this initial sandwich need to have every ingredient ?
    What if down the road I want cole slaw on my sandwich for example ?

    You can add additional items to today's meal (lunch, dinner, tea, or whatever you've called it) for just this one time, either before or after you log the saved meal ("Sandwich fixings" or whatever you've called it).

    If you decide you're going to be having cole slaw on a lot of your sandwiches from now on, you can add it to the saved meal this way: After you've logged the cole slaw and the saved meal, and before you've deleted anything that's in the saved meal that you're not having this time, you can "resave" the meal (after you click "remember meal" you'll have the option of giving it a new name or replacing an existing meal -- I would replace the existing "sandwich fixings" meal, so now it contains cole slaw as well as the other things that were already in it).
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