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Thank you for taking the time to create the SparkRecipie.com site, make changes to the existing features and really provide a simpler and more effective way for everyone to find what they need.
I know and understand fully that there will be kinks and those will be ironed out..but meantime I am having a blast using it..the rating system is great, and it is really easy for the person like me to find the easy to prepare dishes...
So Dave and company...thanks for the long hours..I do appreciate it!
Nan
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DJHEILMANN
3/15/07 1:54 P
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CHIPAWAY
There's an underlined link to SparkPeople.com at the top left of every page on SparkRecipes, that will take you back to SparkPeople.com.
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This new feature is great. I like the idea of rating the recipes so others know how good they are. The only piece I found a bit confusing was how to get back to My Home from SparkRecipes.
I would have like to see the header with the tabs at the top.
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| I do like spark peoples new recipe feature but have one question. I had posted a recipe for approval and it was under review. How can I find out if it was approved and if I was given points for it as in spark points it is showing that no points have been awarded for recipes. Thanks for the help. Spark pepole is great :)
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Finally! this feature is so easy and quick to use. it was alway a chore to have to sift through all the recipes to find one you were looking for.
Thanks for the upgrade!
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TOMCARRIGAN
3/13/07 3:27 P
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love this add on because i like trying new foods and now we can all rate what
we like
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FLYFARTHER79
3/12/07 7:00 P
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I love the site! Thank you for all the hard work! :)
I do have one suggestion/question: Can Sort recipes Alphabetically be added as an option to the Recipe Box? (like you can when browsing?)
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Dave thanks for your reply - was sure I was going mad as I thought recipies from favourites would appear in my recipie box - glad to know I'm sane! haha.
Loving the new recipie site - very handy when I'm trying to work out the nutritional information for an item. I just find a recipie with similar ingredients and add that to my tracker instead - close enough is good enough when I don't have time to work out carbs, protein etc properly and put my own recipies in the calculator.
Cheers, Rachel
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DJHEILMANN
3/12/07 3:17 P
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GERTIEGIRL
3/12/07 3:02 P
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ok... now REALLY embarrassed... I found the favorites in the recipe box... lol.. guess it helps to look ALL the way down the page... :)
jacqui
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GERTIEGIRL
3/12/07 3:00 P
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I love.. love.. LOVE this new recipe site... thanks so much!
I do have one question... and I'm probably going to smack my head when I get the answer... but...  when I find a recipe... when I click save at the top it says saved to favorites... where are my favorites?? LOL I checked in the recipe box and the recipes aren't saved there... how do I find my wayward recipes?
jacqui
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DJHEILMANN
3/12/07 12:37 P
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Hi Tracy,
Since most recipes are submitted by members that will be up to our members like you. We did put a note on the recipe sharing page that people should specify the serving size.
Thanks!
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SLIM4HIM2
3/12/07 12:33 P
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I've just been looking at the new SparkRecipes site. Looks great so far. An excellent idea.
I do have one suggestion though. Some recipes have multiple servings, like soup or chili for example. One recipe I looked at today had 14 servings. If possible, I'd like to see the serving size on the recipe as well. So I know whether it's one cup or 1 1/2 cups of soup for example. Or 1 muffin, 2 cookies, etc.
I love SparkPeople!! Thanks Chris!!
Tracy
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Loser99,
Thank you for your answer on editing the recipes. I got my recipe edited (finally) and now I can actually use it!
It's great having such a helpful, supportive community online!!
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DJHEILMANN
3/12/07 10:02 A
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CHIDS01
You can only edit your own recipes. Also, there are currently no links between SparkFavorites and SparkRecipes Recipe Box. Thanks!
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| I love that I can edit my recipes but I sure wish they would quit changing on their own and disapearing from my food tracker.
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I really love the new site!!!!! I only have one question..How can you make sure the calorie information is correct? I have printed two recipes and can not figure out how the calories are calculated. I have also reentered the exact ingredients and come up with different numbers. How can we be more accurate? Could it be that the ingredient list is needing to be updated? I guess that was more than one..Thank you
Mary
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Possibly a stupid question, but can you only edit recipies you add in yourself? If I add someone elses recipie to my recipie box, can I edit that? I often make little substitutions to recipies I find on SP. I'm not 100% sure about this. I have added in a couple of other peoples recipies to my recipie box and I don't see the edit option, so I'm guessing no? (Unless I'm not looking in the right place for the edit button?)
Also, I'm a little confused about my SP recipies from the old site that are saved in my favourites, do I have to save them again in the new recipies thing or should they/will they just transfer over?
Thanks, Rachel
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LONGISLANDFEVER
3/11/07 10:09 A
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Thank you so much for this new website. Not only are the recipes in here easy and quick to prepare, they are also healthy.
Sometimes, I just want an alternate way to prepare a certain food group, which is low cal and doesn't require alot of ingredients. Your site is all that I need to make home cooked meals exciting again. Kudos!
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| I think the sparkrecipes site was a PHENOMENAL idea. I am a recipe junkie!
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MANDY23150
3/10/07 10:38 P
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| Thanks SP. I especially like the edit "My Recipes" feature!!!
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Well, I can say this is a nice site. I have just about stopped using Sparkpeople because it takes soooooooo long to load on dialup. This site loaded a lot faster and was a joy to use. Too bad for me tho about the regular site.
MTNGRL
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Thank you Sparkpeople!!!! This was the only thing I felt this wonderful site was missing....a decent place to not only get the recipes but rate them and comment on them too. And you did it!!!
I am one happy camper right now!!
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CATPERSON2
3/10/07 10:15 A
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Hi,
I am excited with this new Recipe Page
Thanks SparkPeople!
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| Thank you Dave! That was unclear. Glad to hear it! One of the areas I'm doing a lot of diet and recipe experimentation is with subsituting low fat yogurt where I would normally use mayo, and I'm really happy with the results so far and love to share. Spark decision makers have done a great job with the new site - its so refreshing and nice to have found a place where the members are not only listened to, but responded to so wonderfully well. Thanks to all of you! Allison
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ALLISONO
Your recipes will appear on the site right away after sharing, they no longer need to be approved since members can now rate and comment on recipes.
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| I think the site is beautiful and such an improvement over the old recipe area. I'm wondering though, once you have submitted a recipe for approval, how long does it take for review. Do you still get a message saying it was approved? I'd like to know because a couple of people suggested I submit this last recipe and I'd love to know decisively whether its approved or not. I'm not clear on the new process.
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| Just wanted to say that I think the recipe site is wonderful!!
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CCMERZ,
Why don't you bookmark this site. I did and it is so easy to go between this site and the other.
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Hi Dave - me again - please feel free to point me to the "instructions" but how do you link a recipe to your food tracker? I just inputed a recipe for Turkey Curry over Brown Rice into my recipe box- took a long time - but now how do I get a serving into my food tracker? Thanks so much.
LATER - found your instructions on the tracker thread. I had tried the "save" button at the top which is supposed to save it to your favorites but I can't see that it did. Then used the button under the nutritional info as you instructed and it worked.
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DJHEILMANN
3/7/07 10:08 P
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| Thanks for the comments bikini! We hope that by prominently featuring nutrition info and letting people add recipes to their food tracker that members can decide which they want to try. My personal feeling is that if you prepare recipes at home it's a a great thing verses eating out, since you know exactly what's in your food!
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BIKINIBOUND!!
3/7/07 9:56 P
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wow..pretty bitter. Forgive my 2 cents and dipping here. Spark is a really good site..the main goal is healthy living, and weight loss is a big part of it. The site contains mostly healthy,low-cal, etc recipes, but not everybody eats like that for every meal, every day. Sometimes ya gotta splurge! I have, and I did manage to lose weight by balancing my 'bad' stuff with the 'good'. I would see no problem in having a serving of the mentioned 'Tater Tot Casserole' (or perhaps only half) with a salad (large or small depending) or veggie..and perhaps someone in my household who is not following this would like it! If you don't like the recipe for whatever reason..bypass it.
Spark, and it's members, are promoting a healthier lifestyle..which means learning how to incorporate and manage the 'bad' into your lifestyle.
Off my soapbox now..thank you.
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BIKINIBOUND!!
3/7/07 9:49 P
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Hi Dave-
Great idea for Spark! I have not had a chance to venture thru this but look forward to it! I have a TON of Spark recipes saved in my Favorites, and it will be great to see other people's opinions on them, especially before making them. You've done a really great job..thanks.
Now, a question/request. I already looked at one recipe that had measurements in metric..actually the one ingredient that caught my eye was measured in kg. Is there a way to install a converter (I think Recipezaar has one) that could convert the measurements to suit both US and out of country?
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