Johnson Family Recipe Tracker

ABOUT THE RECIPE TRACKER

Go paperless and store your favorite

Tracking Toolkit
recipes in this digital recipe tracker!

Along with adding recipe ingredients

HOW DO I USE THE RECIPE TRACKER?
and instructions, this template enables
you to rate your recipes, add tags and a The Recipe Contents sheet is your central hub for viewing your recipes at-a-glance. To view a specific recipe, click the
photo, enter nutritional values, and Click to View link to the left of the recipe name to quickly jump to the recipe details. To return to the Recipe Contents,
more. on the recipe sheet, click the Recipe Contents button.

Use the instructions on the right to help

you get started. HOW DO I ADD MY OWN RECIPES?

To get started, you can type over the Spinach Feta Pizza recipe we added as an example. Or, if you want to keep the
scrumptious sample recipe and try it sometime, add your information to a empty recipe sheet. If you need specific
instructions, follow these steps.

1 Click the Click to View link to the left of a recipe to navigate to that recipe sheet.

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 sheet.

4 Fill out the remaining information, such as Ingredients, Directions, Tags, Nutritional Report Card, Calories, etc.

5 To add a photo of your completed recipe, right-click the photo or placeholder, click Change Picture, navigate to
the location of your picture and select it, and then click Insert.

6 To change the worksheet name, double-click the sheet tab, type your recipe name over the selected text, and the
press Enter.

Note that the recipe name recipe name will automatically appear at the top of the recipe sheet and on the Recipe
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 easily retain the template formatting when you
paste. To do so, on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below the Paste button and then click
the 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 helps you easily find what you're looking for with
a few clicks of your mouse using the Filter options. For example, if you’re searching for a main course, click the arrow
next to Category, clear the (Select All) check box, click Main Course, and then click OK. You can narrow your
results further by filtering on another field, such as Tags. To use the Tags filter, click the arrow next to Tags and in the
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
 Recipe Tracker CATEGORY SETUP

LINK RECIPE NAME RATING StarStarStarStarCATEGORY TAGS COMMENTS

Click to view Thatta Payir Kolumbu 4 stars

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

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 recipe s.

Bread

Casserole

Dessert

Kid's Kitchen

Main Course

Salad

Sandwich

Side dish

Soup
Recipe: Thatta Payir Kolumbu RECIPE
RECIPE CONTENTS
CONTENTS

PREP TIME

Main Course
Thatta Payir Kolumbu 10
minutes

INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS COOK TIME

     Directions
20
1. Flat Lentils (Thatta Payir)- 1 C Put the flat lentils on a pan and fry it without any oil minutes

2. Small Onions- 5-6

until it gets warm enough to get rid of the moisture
inside.
3. Tomatoes- 1 small Saute in Instant pot. Pour oil. Let it be for a few YIELD
4. Sambar Powder- 3 TB minutes then put the ingredients from the Saute
5. Turmeric- ¼ tsp section.
6. Puli- amala size 3/4 When the Mustard seeds start spluttering. Add the 6
servings
vegetables and saute till they become tender.
7. Salt- 2 tsp
Add two cups of water. Then put thatta payir in the
Saute pot.
1. Oil- 3 tsp Then add salt, turmeric, and sambar powder.
Tips
2. Mustard- 1 tsp Put water in another cup with the puli and wait until
3. Big Sombu (Fennel Seeds)- ½ tsp the puli gets absorbed into the water. Squeeze the
puli and discard. Use only puli water.
Remember to dice the tomatoes and onions. 4. Urad dal- ½ tsp
Put the instant pot in high pressure for 12 minutes.
Add more salt if needed after cooking. 5. Asafoetida (perungayam)- sprinkle
Good with rice, idlis, and dosas 6. Curry Leaves- 1 stem

RECIPE TAGS

lentils, kolumbu, goodwithrice, maincourseside

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To replace this photo with one of your completed YIELD

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

NUTRITION REPORT CARD (amount per serving)

grams
# total fat

milligrams

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calories
# cholesterol

milligrams
# sodium

grams
# carbs

RECIPE TAGS
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