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Editing A Recipe

 

Choose FOOD - Recipes from the menu bar on the left.

Search for the recipe. You can search by ID, name, diet, additional name, created by, main group, subgroup, target group, status

Press Enter or Tab on your keyboard and the program searches for the recipe based on your keyword. If you want to clear the filters and bring back all recipes to the list, just empty the search fields and press Enter or Tab on your keyboard.

Open a recipe by double clicking on the recipe row or by choosing Open on the top of the view when the cursor is placed on the recipe on the list.

You can edit all the information on the recipe, such as the name and the amount of portions. You can also delete or add ingredients and edit the weight information on them.

 This article covers the following topics:

Editing the amounts of portions

When you need to change the amount of portions, just enter the new portion count and press Tab or Enter on your keyboard. The program automatically calculates new raw weights for ingredients based on the new amount of portions.

Editing the ingredient row

Changing the raw weight of an ingredient

You can change the raw weight of an ingredient. You can enter either the raw weight or the purchase weight in ounces or pounds, or by ratio. Raw weight can be entered by percentage, as well. The unit of measure will be automatically updated to the purchase weight according to the one chosen for the raw weight.

Adding the ratio

If the ratio is missing from the ingredient’s basic data, you can add it by choosing Change ratio. Enter the ratio and save your entry. After this you can enter the amount of the ingredient by ratio, as well.

The step of the recipe

You can define in which step of the recipe the ingredient is used. Accept the changes by choosing Close.

Viewing Ingredient Information

From version 4.46.0

You can open ingredient information in a separate window by clicking with the right mouse button on an ingredient in a recipe and choosing "View".

Deleting ingredients and adding new ingredients

You can delete ingredients from the recipe by choosing Delete from the drop down menu that opens up with the right mouse button.

You can add new ingredients from the Ingredients tab on the right. You can use the Search for ingredients function.

Order of ingredients

You can change the order of ingredients on the recipe by dragging them into the right place.

Adding a subrecipe

In addition to ingredients, you can add recipes as a part of a recipe. These are called subrecipes. Choose Recipes on the Ingredients tab on the right. You can search for recipes both by Main group and Subgroup. Add the recipe either by double clicking on the recipe row or by dragging it on to the recipe. The subrecipe is displayed with yellow color on the recipe. Open the subrecipe by double clicking on it and add the weight information. You can also define in which step of the recipe the subrecipe is used. Accept the changes by choosing Close.

Adding a subheading

You can add subheadings for recipes. Click on the ingredient row with the right mouse button and then choose New subheading from the drop down menu. Enter a name and define the step. Save your entries with the Close button. You can move the subheading on the recipe by dragging it into the right place.

Editing the instructions

You can edit the instructions through the Edit button on the Instructions tab on the right. You can add or edit the steps to match the ones you have saved behind the ingredients. As a result, once you print or view the recipe the ingredients and the instructions in the same step are displayed together. Save the changes by choosing Accept.

Saving the changes

Save all the changes you made to the recipe by choosing Save on the top of the view.

Save as

If you wish to keep the original recipe as it was, you can choose ’Save as’ on the top of the view. The program then saves the edited recipe as a new recipe.

Cancelling the changes

If you do not wish to save the changes you just made, then choose Cancel.

Tips

Recipe Description

From version 4.44.0

Recipe - General Info tab - Description

You can add a description for a recipe.

You can choose to print the description on recipe printout. 

Locking weights for ingredients

Ingredient weights can be locked so that a change in the total weight does not affect the raw weight on the ingredient row. You can lock weights for all ingredients on the recipe at once. You can also lock weight row-specifically, for example if you want to keep the amount of protein the same even if the amount of portions or the portion size changes.

You can also lock all ingredient rows of a sub-recipe at once, for example when you want to keep the cake size of a layer cake the same even if the amount of frosting changes.

The program takes the row-specifically locked weights into account in the View function, as well.

Editing Weights For Recipe: Locking Cooking Loss

From version 4.44.0

Recipe - Edit Weights - Lock Cooking Loss

The selection is active as default but you can deactivate it, if needed.

  • When the cooking loss is locked and you update the raw weight, the system will automatically calculate the cooked weight based on the cooking loss percentage. Similarly, when you update the cooked weight, the system will automatically calculate the raw weight based on the cooking loss percentage.
  • When the cooking loss is not locked and you update raw weight or cooked weight, the system will automatically calculate the cooking loss percentage based on the raw and cooked weight.

Selecting columns that are displayed

You can select ingredient columns that are displayed on the recipe window. Selection is made through the cog settings icon that can be found after the outermost column on the right. Selections will be saved as user-specific default setting.