How-to Use Your Recipe Box with Step-by-Step Photos!

Hi everyone!

Today I wanted to take the time to show you guys how great and easy the Recipe Box feature is on the Mr. Food Test Kitchen site. I thought I’d take on this task since I’m the newest member on the team and I’m still trying to manage my way around everything too!  So, here goes…

First things first, make sure you’ve registered!

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Look at my Cow Cookies post on the homepage!

Once you’ve created an account and you’re all logged in, you can start browsing through the categories on the left-hand side of the screen, or you can search in the top-right search bar.

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I’m searching for decorated recipes, since I’m thinking about making something sweet and Spring-themed sometime this month. Sometimes the search bar will make suggestions based on common searches. You can select one of the suggestions if that’s what you’re looking for, or you can keep typing to search for something else.

Here are my search results. I’m going to click on the page titled “Decorative Desserts: 40 of Our Favorite Seasonal Sweets.” I know that this page has a collection of great-looking recipes, so I’m sure I’ll find something I love!

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And it doesn’t look like I have to look very far, because those Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes look fantastic! (Fun fact: I love marshmallows!) Once I click on the image, it’ll take me to the recipe page.

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Right next to the recipe’s image and description I see a box that gives me several options, including one that says Save to Recipe Box. Perfect!

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Okay, so I’ve clicked Save to Recipe Box and I get this pop-up.

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This box will disappear from your screen in a few seconds. Save to Recipe Box will now say Remove from Box, which lets you know you’ve successfully saved it to your Recipe Box!

You can now go to your Recipe Box just to double-check. Click Recipe Box in the header bar.

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This is what my Recipe Box looks like right now. I just have the one recipe right now, but I know I’ll have a bunch more in there pretty soon so I think I want to start creating some folders to start keeping everything organized! I’ll just click on the My Folders tab to get started.

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Since I don’t have any folders yet, all I see is a link to Add Folder. I’ve clicked on it and it’s given me a pop-up. This is where I can name my folder. I think I’ll name this folder Spring.

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Spring is a good name for this folder, but I think I’d like to be even more organized and add a subfolder just for my spring dessert recipes. I can do this by selecting Add Folder as above and selecting Spring in the drop-down menu under Place folder in:

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Or, I can hover over my Spring folder in the Recipe Box to get an icon titled Options.

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Clicking on this will give me a list of options that allows me to rename, delete, or add a subfolder. If I choose Add a Subfolder I get this pop-up:

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Now that I’ve got my folders set up (I’ll have to set up one up for each season later!) I’m going to go back to the My List tab, where my recipe is, and I’m going to click Add to Folder and select Desserts from the drop-down menu provided.

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As you can see, it gives me the option to add a new folder here too! That’s pretty easy! Once I’ve clicked on Add to Folder I can also Click to Manage Folders, which takes me back to the My Folders tab.

My Recipe Box also lets me sort my recipes by date, popularity, or alphabetical order. That’s pretty handy.

I hope this post has been as helpful to you as it has been to me! Sometimes just walking through something step-by-step, especially with photos, makes things much easier to learn.

If you still have questions about your Recipe Box, be sure to let me know in the comments!

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