Economat¶

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Menu plan recipes¶

A menu plan recipe is the link between a Rotation day and the list of recipes to be used on that day.

The Menu plan recipes link under Parameters in the Economat menu links to the list of menu plan recipes that have been defined.

Here's a list of of menu plan recipes for Rotation day 1:

Each line represents one menu plan recipe - a dish to be made for a specific meal on a specific Rotation day.

The Rotation day is listed in the first column, Day. The second column, Meal, lists the name of the meal. The Recipe column has the name of the recipe to be used. Category is the name of the category the recipe belongs to. Examples are 'Vegetarian Main Dish', 'Salad', 'Side dish', etc. These categories are user-defined.

The final column, Percentage, indicates the percentage of people this dish should be prepared for. This column is used in the calculation for ingredients, please see FIXME.

Searching for menu plan recipes¶

The search box at the top of the Menu plan recipes page can be used to search menu plan recipes. It is quite versatile, and allows for searching by Rotation day, Meal, Recipe, or even Category.

By default, the Menu plan recipes page lists the recipes for the first day of the rotation.

You can search for a day with the search box:

You can also use the links underneath the search box to select all recipes for a specific Rotation day:

Find all recipes with tofu in their name:

Or hazelnuts:

Find all recipes of category 'Side dish':