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I would like to see the notes field included in the main search. I have begun to add notes to certain recipes, and it would be nice if I could list some alternative ingredients there that would come up in my search results. Finding out how to use up certain ingredients is the main reason I am using this website. A lot of the time the variations are not in the list of recipes. Thank you for your consideration. This is a great website; I don't remember how I discovered it, but I am really glad I did!

Hi Foodfann - we are glad you found us, by whatever means.

We would really like to add alternative ingredients as a wiki.  So members could add alternatives that are listed in the recipe (to be accessed by all members) or their personal variations (that would just be accessed by themselves).  So it would function rather like private and open Notes.  We couldn't have the Notes searchable for alternative ingredients as it's quite likely Notes contain references to ingredients that are not part of the recipe e.g. "I served this with steak" or "This bread was great with a lentil soup."  So you wouldn't want those recipes appearing in searches for steak or lentils.

It's on our to-do list but I can't give you a date when it will be done.