- Adjusting Portion Size of Recipe and Automatically Calculating New Ingredient Amounts ("My Recipe" Only)
- Automatically Adjusting Ingredient Amounts to Match Portion Size {"My Recipe" Only)
- Manually Adjusting Ingredient Amounts ("My Recipe" Only)
Adjusting Portion Size of Recipe and Automatically Calculating New Ingredient Amounts ("My Recipe" Only)
When adjusting the portion size of a "My Recipe" recipe (i.e., a recipe owned by your account), the ingredient amounts will need to be scaled accordingly. Rather than doing the math for each ingredient to meet the new portion size and then having to open each ingredient to update its amount, you can use the yield tool to automatically calculate the new ingredient amounts based on the desired portion size.
Depending if the recipe has edible portion ingredients or not, the method is a little different. Refer to the appropriate set of instructions below:
Recipe without an Edible Portion Ingredient
Assume the recipe is without an edible portion (EP) ingredient. The existing portion size of the recipe is 1 cup and needs to be adjusted to 1.5 cups.
- Your first step is to obtain the desired estimated serving size, which in this example will be 12 oz (1.5 cups). You do this by entering a lower serving yield. In the example screenshots below, entering 32 servings increases the estimated serving size to 12.17 oz, which will suffice.
- With the desired estimated serving size achieved, your next steps are to use the scale function to automatically adjust the ingredient amounts. Click the adjust icon beside Yield and the Yield Adjustment window appears (second screenshot below).
- In the Scale To field, enter the original serving number of the recipe (which in this example is 50), and then click Calculate. The window refreshes with the new ingredient amounts.
- Click the Update Recipe Yield button to apply the new ingredient amounts to the recipe.
- Update the Portion Size description with the new amount, and optionally enter the portion size in the Display Name.
- Click the Save button to apply your changes.
Recipe with an Edible Portion Ingredient
Assume the recipe contains an ingredient with an edible portion (EP) ingredient. The edible portion amount is 53.82 g (1.9 oz) and needs to be adjusted to 85 g (3 oz).
- Your first step is to obtain the desired edible portion amount of the ingredient, which in this example will be 85 g (3 oz). You do this by entering a lower serving yield. In the example screenshots below, entering 32 servings increases the edible portion amount of the ingredient to 84.09 g, which will suffice.
- With the desired edible portion amount achieved, your next steps are to use the scale function to automatically adjust the ingredient amounts. Click the adjust icon beside Yield and the Yield Adjustment window appears (second screenshot below).
- In the Scale To field, enter the original serving number of the recipe (which in this example is 50), and then click Calculate. The window refreshes with the new ingredient amounts.
- Click the Update Recipe Yield button to apply the new ingredient amounts to the recipe.
Note: For ingredients that do not need to be scaled, such as hamburger buns, manually adjust the amount to the original.
- If needed, update the Portion Size description with the new amount, and optionally enter the portion size in the Display Name.
- Click the Save button to apply your changes.
Automatically Adjusting Ingredient Amounts to Match Portion Size ("My Recipe" Only)
When you review a recipe, you may notice that its estimated serving size does not match the portion size for the recipe. This is likely due to the serving number being too low/too high for the total ingredient amounts for the recipe.
In the chicken dijon example recipe below, the Estimated Serving Size is 21.35 oz and the Servings are only 2, which means that the total EP amount of ingredients (42.70 oz) is divided by only two servings, resulting in the estimated serving size of 21.35 oz, which is too high for the ideal portion size of 4 oz.
An option is to calculate and adjust the serving number to adjust the estimated serving size to match the portion size (see Calculating and Entering New Serving Number). However, if you do not want to adjust the serving number, then the other option is to adjust the ingredient amounts to adjust the estimated serving size to match the portion size.
Rather than doing the math for each ingredient to adjust the estimated serving size, you can use the yield tool to automatically calculate the new ingredient amounts based on the portion size. To do so, complete the following steps.
- Your first step is to obtain the desired estimated serving size to match the portion size, which in the example below is 4 oz. You do this by entering the serving number to automatically adjust the estimated serving size accordingly. Keep entering a different number until you achieve the desired result. In the example screenshot below, entering 10 servings adjusts the estimated serving size to 4.27 oz, which will suffice.
- With the desired estimated serving size achieved, your next steps are to use the scale function to automatically adjust the ingredient amounts. Click the adjust icon beside Yield and the Yield Adjustment window appears (second screenshot below).
- In the Scale To field, enter the original serving number of the recipe (which in this example is 2), and then click Calculate. The window refreshes with the new ingredient amounts.
- Click the Update Recipe Yield button to apply the new ingredient amounts to the recipe.
- Click the Save button to apply your changes.
Note: The recipe cost will be affected accordingly when the estimated serving size is adjusted.
Manually Adjusting Ingredient Amounts ("My Recipe" Only)
You can manually adjust the ingredient amounts of a "My Recipe" recipe (i.e., a recipe owned by your account). When you adjust the ingredient amounts, the recipe's estimated serving size will adjust automatically to accommodate the new ingredient amounts against the recipe's serving number, and as such you will have to manually adjust the portion size of the recipe. Note also that the recipe cost will be affected accordingly when you adjust ingredient amounts.
To manually adjust ingredient amounts in a recipe, complete the following steps:
- Open the recipe.
- Expand the Ingredients and Preparation section.
- Click the Edit icon (
) of the ingredient to edit. The Edit Ingredient pop-up appears (second screenshot below).
- In the Amount field, enter the new amount.
- Click the Update Ingredient button to apply the changes.
- Update the Portion Size description with the new amount, and optionally enter the portion size in the Display Name.
- Click the Save button to apply your changes.