Recipe Template?

Hey guys,

Hope all is well with everyone! I was wondering what sort of templates or software everyone uses to organize and keep track or recipes? Back when I had to do stuff for ACF we used a pretty badly designed template on excel that made me cringe every time we were forced to use it. I'm trying to standardize all my recipes and techniques to one good format akin to the way it is done on your site and MC. Any advice, specific software, or word or excel templates that people are willing to share or sell? Thanks in advance!

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michaelnatkin

We'd love for you to store your recipes right on ChefSteps, using our template and taking advantage of features like scaling and flexible ability to add photos and video. You can add one anytime at Recipes > Add Recipe in the menu bar. Then mark them published and share them with the community!

Brendan_Lee_56950

is there a way to export the recipes @michael?

DiggingDogFarm_65362

I never thought of storing them here. : )

I have a few different recipe templates that include 3 types of scaling...I usually store recipes in Google Drive, Ubuntu One or email them to myself in gmail.

Here's an example template.....

Sausage & Meat Curing Recipe Template w/Scaling & Calculators......

Below is a spreadsheet recipe template that I put together, I thought that some folks may find it useful.

It includes three types of scaling and additional calculators.

It's intended to be used with gram measurements only for best accuracy, especially when scaling.

An accurate gram scale should be used (preferably high resolution.)

Before starting, click “File” in the upper left and then “Save as...” (or equivalent) to name the new spreadsheet and save the original template.

The green column is the batch multiplier...change the number in the upper green box (cell G3) to take the numbers in the base recipe “Amount” column and multiple them by cell G3 to get the scaled ingredient amounts. Example multipliers, "0.5" for half a batch, "2" to double the batch, etc. etc. etc.

The yellow column is the meat weight scaler, enter the weight of meat on hand in to the upper yellow box (cell G4) to take the numbers in the base recipe “Amount” column and multiple them by cell G4 to get the scaled ingredient amounts.

There's a Baker's Percents column to the right as an additional scaling option.

The spreadsheet was created in LibreOffice Calc (*.ods) and converted to Microsoft Excel (*.xls). I don't have Microsoft Excel (I absolutely HATE Microsoft) to check for formatting errors, so some formatting errors are possible. I've included both files and screenshots to confirm the formatting.

I've also included a sample recipe in the same file to demonstrate some of the options.

Please inform me of any errors.

Any and all feedback is welcome.

Here's a screen shot of the template:

In the above example the the scalers are used as well as the cure calculator. The cure calculator was used to to adjust the salt in the recipe to 1.8%, the 15.66 grams of salt from the calculator was entered into the "Amount" column of the base recipe.

Click to download template in LibreOffice/OpenOffice .ods format (Recommended.)

Click to download template in Microsoft Excel .xls format.

Check, double-check and triple-check all recipes for safety and accuracy.

~Martin

michaelnatkin

@Brendan Lee - there isn't currently a way to export a recipe, but if there was demand for it, we could certainly do that.

@DiggingDogFarm - that is very cool! We are looking at building some calculators into the site soon as well.

avisharb

@Michael Somehow the obvious answer right in front of me flew over my head! I will definitely share as much as I can, and I am definitely +1 in exporting functionality! @diggingdogfarm this is wonderful, thanks for sharing!

michaelnatkin

If we did recipe export, what format would you expect/want it to be in?

Matthew_Snyder_68770

If you publish them as pdfs, would there have to be an intermediate step to set up formatting and whatnot?

Matthew_Snyder_68770

Also, I just thought of something sort of unrelated; can you tag recipes on the site to make your own virtual 'cookbook'?

Nicky_J_17040

i'm liking this a lot. exporting would be great.

Brandon_34695

I would like any images or tables to be expanded in the PDF / printable format. I don't really like some of the content being hidden on the web, but I can live with it.

Brendan_Lee_56950

I would like for them to be exported as something that can be read in Excel so I can perform functions if need be.

Brandon__67713

Would love to export from CS!