Template:Recipe

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How to add a recipe

You must be logged in to add a recipe. If you do not have a username, you must request one from me, Steven Wallace, explicitly. The idea is that I know who contributes to this site. It is not meant to be for strangers, but instead for people who know each other to share their recipes. If you are interested in a more public recipe wiki site, try RecipeWiki.

First search if there is a recipe like this already in the database. If not, then there will be a link on the search page to add that recipe. Try to use proper capitalization in your recipe name! Then paste the template below into the text box and fill in the fields appropriately.

If you have images, note them in the page as you create it -- they will not be on the page until you upload them. After you have saved your page, click on the image placeholders and an upload form will appear. Find the files on your hard drive and upload them. If everything goes well, your images will appear in the recipe page immediately after uploading them.

Template

[[Category:PLACE YOUR CATEGORY HERE.  Fish, Cookies, Desserts, Pasta, etc.]]
[[Category:PLACE ANOTHER CATEGORY HERE IF IT FITS IN MORE THAN ONE]]

{{Recipe

|preptime=How Long It Takes To Make It
|serves=How many it feeds
|yield=How many is made (ie 2 loaves, 24 muffins, etc)
|source=[WEB_ADDRESS_OF_SOURCE And the name of it]

-- OR --

|source=Your Name/Your Friend's Name/

-- OR --

|source=''Book Name'' by Author. (Publisher, Year. ISBN.)

|intro=A short paragraph to introduce the recipe, if desired.

|ingredients=
* First ingredient
* Second ingredient
* etc

|preparation=
# First preparation step
# Second preparation step
# etc


|cook=
# First cooking step
# Second
# etc
# (if it's just "throw it in the oven" then you can use just the preparation section above)

|bake=
# First baking step
# Second
# (if its just "bake for n minutes" then you can use the prep section above)

|progressimages=
<gallery perrow=6>
Image:Recipe Name 1.jpg
Image:Recipe Name 2.jpg
Image:Recipe Name 3.jpg
</gallery>

}}

Examples

For an example of this in use, click the "edit" button at the top of any recipe page, such as the Coconut Crusted Shrimp page.