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Nutrition analysis tutorial

This tutorial leads the new user through the steps to calculate the nutritional properties of a recipes.

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This tutorial assumes that you have completed the recipe data entry tutorial.

  1. Select the Recipe Navigator tab.

    2. How?

  2. Select the recipe.
    1. Expand the cookbook named My Cookbook.
    2. Expand the chapter named My Chapter.
    3. Select the recipe named Tarragon Cream Sauce.

      4. Note: This tutorial assumes that you have completed the recipe data entry tutorial.

  3. Open the edit recipe dialog.
    1. On the Action menu click Edit Recipe.
  4. Link the recipe ingredients.
    1. Click the Ingredient tab.
    2. Click the first ingredient.
    3. Click Link.
    4. The ingredient list will contain a list of ingredients that match the recipe ingredient. Choose the one that most closely matches the recipe ingredient.

      Tip: If none of the ingredients in the list match (or if the list is empty), try changing the text in the Search for box. For example, if the recipe ingredient is green or red pepper you would need to change the text to green pepper to get a match. After changing the Search for text, click Search to find new matches.

    5. In the equivalent to box choose the quantity and unit that match the recipe ingredient. For example, if the recipe ingredient is 1 clove garlic, minced then the equivalent ingredient would be 2 x 1 clove garlic, raw.
    6. Click OK
    7. Repeat steps 2 to 7 for each of the remaining ingredient.

      8. Tip: The ingredient database contains 6400 ingredient. If you can't find an ingredient, you can choose an ingredient with similar nutritional properties, you can create a new ingredient, or you can skip the ingredient.

    8. Click OK.
  5. Calculate the recipe nutrition.
    1. Click the Nutrition tab.
    2. Click Calculate From Ingredients.
  6. Click OK to close the window.

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