---
title: "Your first recipe"
description: "Add a Recipe Card to a post, create the recipe right there, and publish."
url: https://scrumptiouswp.com/help/first-recipe/
site: "ScrumptiousWP"
---

# Your first recipe

Recipes in Scrumptious are written **inside your post**, in the block editor. You never leave the post you’re writing.

## 1. Add the Recipe Card block

1. Open a post (or create one) in the block editor.
2. Click **+** (Block Inserter) where you want the recipe, and search for **Recipe Card**.
3. The block shows two choices:
4. **Create new recipe** — starts an empty recipe.
5. **Or insert an existing recipe** — search your recipes by name and pick one.

## 2. Fill it in

Type straight into the card: name, description, times, servings, ingredients, instructions and notes. See [The recipe editor](https://scrumptiouswp.com/help/recipe-editor/) for every field.

**Tip:** Have the recipe written somewhere already? Click **Paste & Parse** at the top of the empty card and paste the whole thing — it fills everything in for you. See [Paste & Parse](https://scrumptiouswp.com/help/paste-and-parse/).

Add a photo in the block sidebar under **Recipe image**. Google needs an image to show your recipe as a rich result.

## 3. Your changes save themselves

The recipe saves automatically a moment after you stop typing. The small status line at the top right of the card shows **Saving…**, **Unsaved changes** or **All changes saved**.

Publishing or updating the post publishes the post as usual. The recipe itself is already saved.

## 4. Check it

Preview the post. You’ll see the recipe card with its buttons (Print recipe, Cook mode), servings scaling, US/Metric switch and star rating — whichever you’ve turned on in [Settings](https://scrumptiouswp.com/help/settings/).

## Where the recipe lives

Each recipe is saved as its own item under **Recipes → All Recipes**. That means:

- You can put the **same recipe in more than one post** (insert it as an existing recipe). Edit it once and every post updates.
- Recipes survive a theme change.
- The **Used in** column on **All Recipes** shows which posts show each recipe, and the **View in “…”** link takes you straight to it.

You can also create and edit recipes directly from **Recipes → Add New Recipe**. It’s the same editor.

## Related

- [The recipe editor](https://scrumptiouswp.com/help/recipe-editor/)
- [Recipe Card block options](https://scrumptiouswp.com/help/recipe-card-block/)
- [Recipe pages (optional)](https://scrumptiouswp.com/help/recipe-pages/)