The number of people this recipe will serve.

The time it takes to do everything short of actually cooking your dish. In addition to slicing and dicing ingredients, include the time your dish needs to chill, rise, etc.

The amount of time your dish will spend in the oven, on the stovetop, on the grill, etc.

Enter any special equipment or tools required.

List every ingredient and amount the recipe requires, in the order they are to be used in the recipe.

Use specific measurements (e.g. instead of “2 tuna steaks,” say “2 (6 ounce) tuna steaks” and avoid inexact measures like “1 package,” “handful,” “a fair bit,” etc.) Also, if an ingredient is optional, indicate so.

Make sure the ingredient listing is descriptive. Is the cheese shredded? Is the basil fresh or dried? Are the almonds whole or sliced?

HTML is encouraged! For example:

<ul>

<li>Flour</li>

<li>Sugar</li>

</ul>

List steps in the same order you would do them when making the dish, and be as concise as possible. Remember to include oven temperature, dough-rising time, marinating time, etc.

HTML is encouraged! For example:

<ol>

<li>Put the ingredients in a bowl</li>

<li>Mix thoroughly</li>

</ol>