5.2. Adding and Editing Recipes

You can use the "Inventory & Recipes" page in the menu to enter recipes into the system.

On the page that opens, you will see "Recipes", "Sub-recipes", and "Production Recipes" under the recipe and production cards.

Defining these first and then reviewing one example of each will be enough to understand the subject.

Recipes define the raw materials directly associated with a product that is sold. Recipes update the inventory quantities of the raw materials used in sold products with each sale, allowing the business to maintain real-time inventory. A recipe can include several sub-recipes. For example, Adana kebab must have a recipe so its inventory can be tracked. Each product sold can have one recipe.

A sub-recipe defines raw materials that are frequently used in different recipes. It can include raw materials such as rice, salad, and pita served with Adana kebab.

A production recipe defines raw materials that are produced and used in a recipe or sub-recipe. It can include raw materials such as rice, oil, and salt required to produce one kilogram of cooked rice.

Before entering a recipe into the system, you must enter the unit prices of the electricity, gas, and water used in your business. You can do this with the "Resource Multipliers" form opened by the settings button on the Recipes page. If you will not calculate these details, you can enter 0 for these values in the system.

If you have entered all raw materials used by your restaurant into the system, understand the differences between recipes, and have entered expenses such as electricity, gas, and water - the "Resource Multipliers" - into the system, you can proceed to adding recipes.

When the unit prices of consumables are entered into the system, a "+" button appears next to the settings button. Press the "+" button to define your recipes in the system.

For example, a recipe states that a product named "Spicy Buffalo Wings" contains 400 grams of chicken wings and 3 grams of onion. Each time an order containing "Spicy Buffalo Wings" is closed, the quantities in the recipe are deducted from raw material inventory.

At the end of the recipe form, you can define the electricity, gas, water, planning, and additional costs used to produce one product, allowing you to manage costs as well as inventory.