Recipe Box

How do I open up my Recipe Box?

You can access your Recipe Box from any page. First you need to Sign In (look for the link located in the top right corner). Your recipe box (and shopping lists!) can be accessed by selecting the My Recipe Box that is underneath the My Allrecipes tab on the upper right.

You can also select the My Allrecipes tab below your username and profile image (you will only have a profile image if you have uploaded one to the site, otherwise you see an orange image that says Upload A Photo).

Recipe Box overview

My Allrecipes contains a personal online Recipe Box where you can store recipes from our site, add recipes from your own collection, categorize recipes, add private notes to recipes, rate and review recipes for everyone to read, create a personalized shopping list, and more!

Deleting a recipe from your Recipe Box

On the recipe listing line, select the recipe or recipes you wish to delete by clicking on the box to the left of the recipe. Click on the Delete Checked Items bar in the lower right-hand corner of the page. This will move the checked recipes into the trash can. You can make the final delete from your trash can.

Restoring a recipe from the trash can

To restore a recipe from your trash can, select the recipe in your trash can and click Restore Checked Items. You can also restore multiple recipes by selecting more than one recipe.

Adding recipes to your Recipe Box

You must be logged into your Allrecipes account to save a recipe to your recipe box. Open the page of the recipe you want to add to your Recipe Box, and click the Add to Recipe Box button to the right of the recipe description. You can add the recipe to a specific folder (such as a muffin recipe to your Baking folder), or save it as an uncategorized recipe. You can select the folder you would like to add the recipe to by clicking the + next to the Add to Recipe Box link.

Custom Recipes

Once you’re a Supporting Member, you have the exclusive power to add and change recipes—and save them as your own. It’s the perfect way to build your own recipe database, so you have all the tried-and-true (and loved!) recipes of your life.

Here’s what you can do:

• Make it your way. You can take an existing recipe and add or modify ingredients, change directions, and give it a new title.
• Take cook’s notes. You can also add personal notes about the recipe (“This is Grandma Ella’s famous Oatmeal Cookie recipe.”), and add your own photo.
• Collect good tastes. Build your own recipe database of what you, family, and friends love to eat. Create recipes for every occasion: party food, picnic food, or simply what to do with the chicken in your fridge (in 30 minutes or less!).

How do I save a recipe as my own?

As a Supporting Member, you can customize any recipe.

1. Find a recipe you want to modify. Click the option Customize Recipe.
2. Modify the recipe in the following way:
• Change the recipe title.
• Add a recipe description.
• Change the ingredients amounts or listing.
• Add a Custom Recipe Rating.
3. When you have completed your changes, click on Update to save the changes so you can review them.
4. When you’ve made all your changes, click on Done Editing to save all the changes and leave edit mode.

Can I edit my custom recipe?

You can continue to change your recipes and save your revisions. Here’s how:

1. Find the custom recipe you want to edit. Click the option Customize Recipe.
2. Modify the recipe and click Update to save changes while you’re working. This also allows you to review changes to make sure they are what you want.
3. When you’ve completed your changes, click on Done Editing to save all the changes and leave edit mode.

Categorizing recipes in your Recipe Box

Categorizing your recipes allows you to place your recipes into categories you create yourself. You can categorize recipes as you save them to your Recipe Box: select a category from the Add to Recipe Box Folder drop-down list, and click Save. You can also categorize the recipes already in your Recipe Box. Select the recipe or recipes you want to categorize, choose a folder from the drop-down list at the bottom of the page, and click on the Go button.

Adding category folders to your Recipe Box

1. Click on the Recipe Box tab.
2. Click Create New Folders on the left side under the View menu. Here you can select from four ready-made folder combinations. You can add one combo or all of them.
3. Click the Add These Folders button under the folders you want to add.

You can also create custom folders for your Recipe Box. In the Create Your Own Folder box, on the upper right side, enter the name of your new folder, select the folder location, and click the Add Folder button.

View entire Recipe Box recipe list

To view your entire recipe list, click All Items from the View box on the Recipe Box page. This page view will show up to 17 recipes, and you can view more recipes by clicking on the page numbers in the lower right-hand corner.

Changing the list view

Your recipe box can sort recipes alphabetically, by rating and by date added. Change the listing by clicking on the category above that column. Each time you click on a new heading, it sorts the list.

Recipe notes

A recipe note is a private note on a recipe (reviews are public). Once you are logged in to your Recipe Box, you can add a recipe note. The Add a Personal Note link can be found on the right-hand side of the recipe pages.

Managing your notes

You can add, view and edit personal notes to a recipe by clicking on the More Info link just to the right of the recipe listing line in your Recipe Box.

1. Log in to My Allrecipes with your user name and password.
2. Open the Recipe Box tab.
3. Click on More Info to the right of a recipe to add, view, or edit notes.
4. Follow the prompts to view, create, or edit a note.

Your recipe note will not appear directly on the recipe page in your Recipe Box; you will have to click on the More Info link to view notes. The Advanced Print Option allows you to print your notes along with each recipe.

Adding Personal Recipes

Your own recipes can be saved in your Recipe Box as personal recipes. You can also now share your Personal Recipes with other home cooks by selecting Share or Share and Submit once you have entered the recipe.

Once you have entered and saved a personal recipe, you can print it out or email it to a friend. (Your personal recipes will print without advertisements.) You can also add notes to personal recipes, rate/review them, and add your own photos as well.

To add private recipes to your Recipe Box:

1. Open your Recipe Box and click the Personal Recipes navigational link.
2. Enter your recipe information in the fields provided, following the instructions on the right side of the page.
3. Enter all fields (they are all required unless noted as optional).
4. To enter the ingredients, use one line per ingredient.
   When you enter directions, do not number the steps: each line will be automatically numbered for you. Please use one line per step.
   
   Once you have finished entering all your information, you will be able to preview your personal recipe and either cancel, edit, or save your recipe.
5. Please note: Personal recipes are not connected to our database. Therefore, although they can be added to the shopping list, scaling and nutrition information are not available for personal recipes.

Adding web links and references

The web links and reference tabs located in the Recipe Box allow you to save other pertinent cooking information. A web link is a URL address to another website that contains information you want to save in your Recipe Box, such as cooking advice. A reference is an online catalog that you can create for your favorite recipes from books and magazines.

To add a web link or a reference, open your Recipe Box and click on either the Web Links or References tab. To add a web link, click on Add a Web Link. You will need to complete the Add a Web Link to my Recipe Box form to add a non-Allrecipes web page to your Recipe Box. Enter the title for the page and the web address (URL)—the best way to enter a URL is to copy and paste it directly into the form. Select the page type and the folder in which to store the link. Saved web links can be accessed in the Recipe Box and from the Web Links tab. The Advanced Save option allows you to add up to five web links to your Recipe Box at one time.

To add a reference, click Add a New Reference. You will need to complete the form to add a recipe reference to your Recipe Box. Enter the recipe title, reference type, location, page number, and where the reference will be stored. The Advanced Save option allows you to add up to five references to your Recipe Box at one time.

Recipe Search

You can find recipes stored in your Recipe Box by using the Search box above the recipe listing. You can search for recipes by keyword or by title, but not by ingredient. For example, a search for “lasagna” would return all the lasagna recipes in your Recipe Box.

Access problems: cookies

To maintain access to your membership area, please make sure that your computer is set to accept Allrecipes cookies. Some people choose to disable cookies because of privacy concerns, but cookies do serve a purpose: they allow our site to recognize you so you do not have log in each time you visit. Unfortunately, if cookies are not enabled on your browser, you will not be able to log in to MyRecipe.com.

To enable cookies on Internet Explorer 6.0:

1. Choose Internet Options from the Tools menu of Internet Explorer. This will launch the Internet Options window.
2. In the Internet Options window, select the Privacy tab. Choose the Edit button in the websites area of the screen. If you do not see an Edit button, click on the Sites button.
3. In the Manage Sites, or Per Site Privacy Action window, type Allrecipes.com in the Address of Website text box and click on the Allow button. Then click on the OK button near the bottom of the screen.

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4. Set and test your Allrecipes cookie. Click the Next button to test your cookie configuration.

To set cookies in Netscape 8.1:

1. Open the Tools menu and select Options.
2. Click on Site Controls on the upper right side of the Options box.
3. Select I Trust This Site.
4. Ensure that the following items are checked:
   
   
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   • Allow cookies
   • Enable JavaScript
   • Leave any other boxes checked according to your preference.
   
   
5. 5. Click OK.

For version 8.04, click here for instructions on how to allow cookies and scroll down to Managing Cookies Site-by-Site.

Access problems: Proxy

If you are experiencing problems with our pages and your cookies are enabled, it is possible that your internet service provider or your internet browser is using proxy servers. If someone using your ISP views a page, a copy of that page is stored. Then every time anyone using your ISP asks for that page, the server sends the copy, which can eventually result in an error message or old pages being stored. A typical error message is, “The page you are trying to view has expired.”

To disable the proxy server (Off) in Internet Explorer 5.X - 6.0

1. Open Internet Explorer. From the Menu bar, select Tools > Internet Options > Connections.
2. Click the LAN Settings button in the lower right corner.
3. Uncheck the Automatically Detect, Automatic Configuration, and Proxy Server setting options.
4. Click OK.
5. Click Apply, if available.
6. Click OK.
7. Click the Refresh button in your browser.

To disable the proxy server (Off) in Netscape 8.0:

1. Open Netscape. From the Menu bar, select Tools > Options.
2. Click on the General button at the top left of the Options box.
3. Towards the bottom, under Connection, click the Connection Settings button.
4. Select Direct Connection to the Internet.
5. Click OK.

Access problems: clearing cache

If you are experiencing page loading problems, you need to try clearing your temporary internet files or cache.

1. In your browser, click on Tools.
2. Select Internet Options. The temporary internet files should be on the first screen in the General area.
3. Click on the button to Delete Temporary Internet Files (not the cookies). This will clear up files that may be clogging up your computer.

Access problems: old pages

If you are viewing old pages, you need to reset your computer to pull up the most recent version of web pages:

1. From the Menu bar, select Tools > Internet Options > Temporary Internet Files
2. Click on Settings.
3. Select the option to Check for Newer Versions of the Page
4. Set it to Every Visit to Page.
5. Click OK.

Sharing your recipe box

With every Kitchen-Approved, Custom, or Personal Recipe you save and enter, you are able to choose either to share or not share the recipe in your public recipe box. (Note: If you click Add to Recipe Box from the recipe page, the recipe will automatically be shared.) If you would like to opt to not share a Kitchen-Approved or Custom recipe:

Click My Allrecipes

Then click Recipe Box

From this page, you can select the Un-share box to hide the recipe from the public recipe box view.

Please note: when you enter a Personal Recipe, you can select to keep the recipe private, share the recipe, or share and submit the recipe. When you customize a recipe, when you save the recipe, you also have the option to share or hide the recipe.