My Recipes Help

What Is My Recipes?

My Recipes is the place to save, edit, and analyze your recipes. Combine multiple ingredients to form a recipe, then analyze it for nutritional information just as you would any food in Nutrition Data's database.

An entry in My Recipes can be any combination of different foods you choose. It can be simple, like a turkey sandwich (consisting of one slice of turkey plus two slices of rye bread), or more complex, such as a casserole dish with many ingredients. If you choose, a recipe can also represent a meal (for example, "breakfast" consisting of two eggs, toast, coffee, and juice). Creating and storing a recipe for frequently eaten meals saves time when tracking your intake.

You can access My Recipes from the My ND navigation menu at the top of each page.

Create a Recipe

To create a new recipe, start with one of the following methods:

• If you are new to My Recipes, select the Get Started button on the My Recipes main page.
• If you already have a My Recipes list, select the Create Recipe button from the My Recipes page.
• Look for the next to any food you find on Nutrition Data. Click it and select "Create Recipe." You will be taken to the Create Recipe page, where your selected food will be the first ingredient. You can then add more ingredients from the Create Recipe page.

Once on the Create Recipe page:

1. Enter a name for your recipe.
2. Use the drop-down to select the total number of servings that your recipe will make.
3. Use the Add Ingredient search box to search for ingredients from My Foods, My Recipes (a recipe can be used as an ingredient in another recipe), or from the entire Nutrition Data database. To add an ingredient from the results list, click on the next to that item.
4. For each ingredient, enter a quantity and select the appropriate ingredient measure from the drop-down. These fields will appear underneath the ingredient name once it has been added to the recipe.
5. Delete any unwanted ingredients by clicking on the to the right of an ingredient.
6. Click on the Save & Analyze button to see the Nutrition Facts for your recipe, or click on "Save Recipe" to return to your list of My Recipes.

Tip: To get the most accurate nutrition analysis for your recipe, read this tip from Monica Reinagel, Nutrition Data's chief nutritionist.

Edit a Recipe

To edit a recipe, click on the to the right of the recipe in your My Recipes list. Follow the same directions as for Create a Recipe.

Delete a Recipe

To remove a recipe you no longer want, click the to the right of the recipe in your My Recipes list.

Note: Deleted recipes will be permanently removed from your account and cannot be recovered.

Navigate My Recipes

The items in My Recipes are listed in alphabetical order.

If you have more than 50 recipes, the page numbers and Next/Previous page options at the top and bottom of the list will allow you to page through your list.

View Nutrition Facts

Each recipe name in My Recipes is a link. Click on the recipe name to see the Nutrition Facts for that recipe. Likewise, if you click on any ingredient name within a recipe, you will see the Nutrition Facts for that specific ingredient.

Save a Nutrition Data Recipe to My Recipes

If you find a recipe on Nutrition Data that you want to save, such as one of the Healthy Dinner Tonight selections, go to the nutrition analysis for that recipe and select the Add to Recipes option at the top of the Nutrition Facts page.

Compare Foods, Create New Recipes, or Track Your Intake

The to the left of each food in My Recipes provides options for actions you can take with that recipe. Click on the icon to choose one of the following options: Add to Tracking, Create Recipe, Add to Compare.