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ABOUT THE RECIPE TRACKER
Go paperless and store your favorite
Tracking Toolkit
recipes in this digital recipe tracker!
Along with adding recipe ingredients
and instructions, this template enables
you to rate your recipes, add tags and
a photo, enter nutritional values, and
more.
Use the instructions on the right to
help you get started.
How to use the Recipe Tracker
HOW DO I USE THE RECIPE TRACKER?
The Recipe Contents sheet is your central hub for viewing your recipes at-a
Click to View link to the left of the recipe name to quickly jump to the rec
on the recipe sheet, click the Recipe Contents button.
HOW DO I ADD MY OWN RECIPES?
To get started, you can type over the Spinach Feta Pizza recipe we added a
scrumptious sample recipe and try it sometime, add your information to a
instructions, follow these steps.
1 Click the Click to View link to the left of a recipe to navigate to that
2 In cell E3, type your recipe name.
3 Select cell G3 and select a recipe category from the drop down list.
Tip: Modify the category drop down list on the Category Setup shee
4 Fill out the remaining information, such as Ingredients, Directions, Ta
5 To add a photo of your completed recipe, right-click the photo or plac
the location of your picture and select it, and then click Insert.
6 To change the worksheet name, double-click the sheet tab, type you
press Enter.
Note that the recipe name recipe name will automatically appear at
Contents page along with the recipe's category and tags.
DATA ENTRY TIPS
To add a new line, such as in the Directions cell, press Alt + Enter.
If you copy the Ingredients and Directions from a web page you can eas
paste. To do so, on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arro
Match Destination Formatting icon.
I ADDED MY RECIPIES, WHAT DO I DO NEXT?
After you have built your database of recipes, the Recipe Contents page he
with a few clicks of your mouse using the Filter options. For example, if you
arrow next to Category, clear the (Select All) check box, click Main Cou
results further by filtering on another field, such as Tags. To use the Tags fi
Search text box type your search string, such as cheese, and click OK.
For more information on filtering, click this link:
Filter data in an Excel table
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 your recipes at-a-glance. To view a specific recipe, click the
y jump to the recipe details. To return to the Recipe Contents,

ecipe we added as an example. Or, if you want to keep the

information to a empty recipe sheet. If you need specific

o navigate to that recipe sheet.

e drop down list.

gory Setup sheet.

nts, Directions, Tags, etc.

the photo or placeholder, click Change Picture, navigate to

lick Insert.

eet tab, type your recipe name over the selected text, and the

tically appear at the top of the recipe sheet and on the Recipe
tags.

Alt + Enter.

age you can easily retain the template formatting when you
oup, click the arrow below the Paste button and then click the

T?

Contents page helps you easily find what you're looking for
or example, if youre searching for a main course, click the
, click Main Course, and then click OK. You can narrow your
To use the Tags filter, click the arrow next to Tags and in the
, and click OK.

How to use the Recipe Tracker 369336456.xlsx

Recipe Tracker

LINK RECIPE NAME CATEGORY

Click to view

Click to view Empty Recipe 1

Click to view Empty Recipe 2

Click to view Empty Recipe 3

Click to view Empty Recipe 4

Click to view Empty Recipe 5

To add a new line drag the right bottom

corner down and write to B cell in your new
line ='Empty Recipe x'!RecipeName. Where x
is the next empty recipe available.

Recipe Contents 369336456.xlsx

 CATEGORY SETUP

TAGS COMMENTS

Recipe Contents 369336456.xlsx

Recipe Categories RECIPE CONTENTS

CATEGORIES BY TYPE

Appetizer TIP: Modify or add new categories

to this list to update the Category
Beverage drop down for your recipes.

Bread

Casserole

Dessert

Kid's Kitchen

Main Course

Salad

Sandwich

Side dish

Soup

Category Setup 369336456.xlsx

 Recipe: RECIPE CONTENTS

Dessert

INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS by

1/3 ( ) 1/3 1/2
.
chili

chili Yield
( ).

. xx
servings
!

RECIPE TAGS

, chili

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 Recipe: Empty Recipe 1 RECIPE CONTENTS

Click in cell G4 and

Empty Recipe 1 select a category for
your recipe.

INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS by

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To replace this photo with one of your

completed recipe, right-click the photo, click
Format Picture, Fill, Insert Picture from file, Yield
navigate to the location of your picture,
select it, and then click Insert.
#
To delete a tip, click the edge to select it and servings
then press Delete.

RECIPE TAGS

Empty Recipe 1 369336456.xlsx

 Recipe: Empty Recipe 2 RECIPE CONTENTS

Click in cell G4 and

Empty Recipe 2 select a category for
your recipe.

INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS by

????

To replace this photo with one of your

completed recipe, right-click the photo, click
Format Picture, Fill, Insert Picture from file, Yield
navigate to the location of your picture,
select it, and then click Insert.
#
To delete a tip, click the edge to select it and servings
then press Delete.

RECIPE TAGS

Empty Recipe 2 369336456.xlsx

 Recipe: Empty Recipe 3 RECIPE CONTENTS

Click in cell G4 and

Empty Recipe 3 select a category for
your recipe.

INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS by

????

To replace this photo with one of your

completed recipe, right-click the photo, click
Format Picture, Fill, Insert Picture from file, Yield
navigate to the location of your picture,
select it, and then click Insert.
#
To delete a tip, click the edge to select it and servings
then press Delete.

RECIPE TAGS

Empty Recipe 3 369336456.xlsx

 Recipe: Empty Recipe 4 RECIPE CONTENTS

Click in cell G4 and

Empty Recipe 4 select a category for
your recipe.

INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS by

????

To replace this photo with one of your

completed recipe, right-click the photo, click
Format Picture, Fill, Insert Picture from file, Yield
navigate to the location of your picture,
select it, and then click Insert.
#
To delete a tip, click the edge to select it and servings
then press Delete.

RECIPE TAGS

Empty Recipe 4 369336456.xlsx

 Recipe: Empty Recipe 5 RECIPE CONTENTS

Click in cell G4 and

Empty Recipe 5 select a category for
your recipe.

INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS by

????

To replace this photo with one of your

completed recipe, right-click the photo, click
Format Picture, Fill, Insert Picture from file, Yield
navigate to the location of your picture,
select it, and then click Insert.
#
To delete a tip, click the edge to select it and servings
then press Delete.

RECIPE TAGS

Empty Recipe 5 369336456.xlsx