Getting started with Recipe Cost Calculator doesn’t require setting everything up perfectly. In fact, the fastest way to see value is to just jump in and build something real.
Start by creating a few basic ingredients — name them, enter the price, and tell us how you buy them. That’s it. You can ignore the rest for now and come back later if you want. For this example, think simple: eggs, butter, mushrooms, cheese, salt, pepper. A handful of ingredients takes just a couple of minutes.
Once your ingredients exist, creating a recipe is just as fast. Add a new recipe, set the yield (however you think about portions), and drop in the ingredients you already created. Enter the amounts, save, and you’re done.
Right away, you’ll see exactly what that recipe costs you — broken down by ingredient, both in dollars and percentages. No guessing. No spreadsheets. Just clarity.
From there, you can start making confident pricing decisions, spot expensive ingredients, and understand where small changes actually matter.
This is the whole point: get useful insight first, refine later.
