- About Extension Templates
- Editing a Substitute Recipe Saved from an Extension Template
- Who Can Build a Recipe Extension Template?
About Extension Templates
In a menu item extension grid, an extension cell may have a template available as an option to quickly create a recipe for the designated texture (i.e., a substitute recipe). For example, if extending a recipe that belongs to the entrée category, then in the puree cells of the extension grid, there is Create Substitute from Template option.
- Recipe Information:
- Portion Size
- Portion Size Description
- Serving Utensil
- Tags
- Ingredients and Preparation Steps:
- Cook Method
- Cook Temp
- Cook Time
- Cook End temp
- Holding Temp
- Holding Time
- Ingredients to be pulled into the recipe (e.g., additional liquid for the puree texture recipe)
- Preparation Steps
Note that an extension template is associated with a recipe category (i.e., entrée, soup, vegetable, etc.). Therefore, that extension template will only be available to you if the regular recipe being substituted belongs to the recipe category associated with the extension template.
Having extension templates for different recipe categories offers the flexibility needed by the MealSuite system to meet different recipe details (e.g., preparation steps, amount of liquid, etc.) for the various texture type/recipe category combinations.
Editing a Substitute Recipe Saved from an Extension Template
Once you save the new substitute recipe built from the extension template, the recipe can be edited accordingly.
Note: If you are a facility account creating a substitute recipe from an extension template, the recipe is automatically given the My Recipes label in the Recipe Box (see What is a "My Recipes" Recipe? for information about the My Recipes label). If you are a system or corporate account creating the substitute recipe, the label in the Recipe Box remains as to what is in the template.
Who Can Build a Recipe Extension Template?
A recipe extension template can be built by corporate accounts users and above. Facility account users do not have the ability to build extension templates. If you are a corporate account user or above, refer to the following article to build a recipe extension template: Building a Recipe Extension Template (Corporate Account Users and Above).