I'm fairly new here!

[LILLIANCOOKS]

I'm learning my way around and just posted some of my recipes! I can't wait to see them....after they're approved! Can we only add photos AFTER our recipes are approved? I didn't see a way to add the photo when I submitted it!

[duonyte]

hi and welcome - glad you are joining in the fun. Photos can only be added after the recipe comes up.

There will be a delay on recipes getting approved - two holiday weekends will do that, so do be prepared to wait a bit. If you go to your profile page, and look at the statistics box, at the bottom of it is a Track My Submissions link - if you click that you will see your submitted recipes listed - that means they are in process.

[Molly53]

Maybe you'll find this helpful:

Firstly, please type the name of your recipe into the searchline to make sure that it's not already there.
The site's db is approaching 1/2 million recipes and removal of duplicates is an ongoing process.

When you're ready to enter your recipe, click on the POST YOUR RECIPE link

When posting the instructions to your delicious recipes, remember that our members are located all over the world and have all levels of experience from beginner to professional. If you want others to understand your recipes, you need to say what exactly needs to be done with each ingredient. Please write your directions completely and clearly in an elementary fashion so that novice cooks or people whose first language is not English can have the best opportunity for a successful outcome when they try your recipe.

Separate the steps by hitting the enter key once after each step. If you have ended with a period, then the next line should be another step. This makes reading and following your recipe easier for those that will be preparing it. It will also ensure that your recipe is placed correctly in certain categories that food.com chooses for you.

When someone wants a recipe that is 3 steps or less and they sift for that category, it is a little frustrating to see so many recipes that list 12 steps in one or 2 paragraphs.

There is no need to number your steps. Recipezaar will do that for you when your recipe is approved to the database.

Thank you very much for taking the extra time to make your recipes easier to read and for posting correctly in order for your recipe to be placed in the proper category.

Formatting Guidelines for Submitting Recipes
We understand just about every measurement and ingredient, but there are some things that will cause your recipe to be rejected:

Measurements and amounts must precede the ingredient.
"1 cup sugar" NOT "sugar, 1 cup"

Differently-sized packages are sold around the world, so all packages, cans, boxes, containers, etc. MUST include the weight or volume size of the package.
"1 (15 oz.) can tomatoes" NOT "1 small can tomatoes" or "1 can tomatoes"

For the same reason, "cans" may not be used as measuring tools.
NOT "1 can water"

Any included "mix" must include all items necessary to make it
NOT "1 cake mix, prepared according to package"

Only whole, decimal or fractional weight or volume measurements can be accepted (see accepted measurements)
NOT "1 handful basil" or "1 heaping cup flour" or "2 servings pasta" or "1 part oil, 1 part vinegar"

Other recipes cannot be included as ingredients, unless they can be purchased at the store.
"1 prepared pie crust (I recommend )" NOT "1 recipe of My Eggs Benedict"

The default setting for members' contributions is "private". To make your contribution public, click on the MAKE PUBLIC link once (. If you click on MAKE PUBLIC multiple times, your recipe is moved to the end of the approval queue every time you click. Your recipe will remain private until you choose to make it public. Once it has been made public, it cannot be made private again. The public database is updated throughout the day (M-F, excluding US holidays) and you will receive an email notifying you when your recipe is available to the public.

Once your recipe has been approved/made public, it will only be removed if it is identified as a duplicate of another recipe already in the database.

To separate sections of your recipe's ingredients list (as an example; cake, frosting, filling), entitle each section followed by a colon before typing in the ingredients.
For example:
Cake:
Ingredient 1
Ingredient 2
Ingredient 3

Filling:
Ingredient 1
Ingredient 2
Ingredient 3

Frosting:
Ingredient 1
Ingredient 2
Ingredient 3

If you discover an error, click on SUBMIT A CORRECTION near the bottom of the recipe, make the changes you wish, scroll through the subsequent pages until you get to the one that tells you they've been successfully submitted.

Duonyte's right...pics can only be added once the recipe is in the db.

[LILLIANCOOKS]

duonyte wrote:
hi and welcome - glad you are joining in the fun. Photos can only be added after the recipe comes up.

There will be a delay on recipes getting approved - two holiday weekends will do that, so do be prepared to wait a bit. If you go to your profile page, and look at the statistics box, at the bottom of it is a Track My Submissions link - if you click that you will see your submitted recipes listed - that means they are in process.

Thank you so much Duonyte! Thats very helpful info!

[LILLIANCOOKS]

Thank you too Molly!

[Molly53]

YVW, Lillian! Click on COMMUNITY at the top of the page to get to the more than 50 forums available for your enjoyment!

[LILLIANCOOKS]

Yes, I will derfinitely be checking out the forums here, when I get lots of free time! I just LOVE cooking websites! Trying new recipes is my FAVORITE thing to do! In the past 2 1/2 years I've tried over 300 recipes from cooking sites! And I've photographed and reviewed every single one! I guess its become my obsession! lol!

[Auntie Jan]

Hello and welcome Lillian. Anyone with a cooking obsession is in the right place here!