Worked example · simulated scenario

Scaling Without Overwriting the Recipe

A larger batch is a working version of a recipe, not a reason to overwrite its normal serving count. Keeping the original intact makes it possible to cook for six today and return to two another time.

A cook scales Soft Spinach Scramble from two servings to six.

Scale, then reopen the original

1. Choose the scramble, enter 6 servings and scale.
2. Note that eggs become 12 each.
3. Open the full original recipe page.

The two views keep their own purpose

The converter shows 12 eggs while the original recipe remains a two-serving, four-egg recipe.

The converter multiplies the four-egg recipe by three. The original page still gives four eggs for two servings; a scaled view and the underlying recipe are not competing versions to reconcile.

Use the planner serving count to save a future meal for six.