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title: "Log recipes"
slug: "log-recipes"
updated: 2021-10-05T16:02:43Z
published: 2021-10-05T16:02:43Z
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# Log recipes

You can log custom, member, or Premium recipes to any day, meal, or snack. Complete the steps in this article to log a recipe to a meal or snack.

**Note:** [Premium members](/docs/en/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium) have unlimited access to Premium recipes, but if you aren’t a Premium member, you can still access some Premium recipes on a limited basis.

## Log multiple recipes from a list

1. Web app users: Go to the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/home.svg) **Daily Log**.**Tip:** The daily log opens to today’s date. To log an item to a different date, select a date from the top of the screen. For more information, see [View any day in the daily log](/docs/en/view-any-day-in-the-daily-log).
2. Select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add.svg) **Add Item** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add-food-btn.svg) **Add Food**. In the screen that opens, Carb Manager selects the meal or snack that is closest to the current time of day, but you can select a different meal type from the list at the top of the screen.**Tip:** You can also go to the section in the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/home.svg) **Daily Log** for the type of meal that you want to log, such as Breakfast, and select the **Add Food** button.**Tip:** If you’re a [Premium member](/docs/en/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium), you can change the time when a meal, snack, or supplement occurs. For details, see [Set time ranges for meals, snacks, and supplements](/docs/en/set-time-ranges-for-meals-snacks-and-supplements).
3. In the food selection screen, select **Multi-Add** to turn on the Multi-Add feature.
4. Open a list of your foods, such as My Foods, Favorites, and Frequently Eaten, then select the **+ Add**button next to each food that you want to add to the daily log.**Tip:** Your food lists are in the following locations. For more details, see [Find foods, recipes, and meals](/docs/en/find-foods-recipes-and-meals).

  - Select the **All** tab, then select **Favorites**, **Frequently Eaten**, or **Recently Viewed** from the drop-down list.
  - Select the **My Foods** tab, then select a button or item from the drop-down list to narrow the list of foods.
5. Optional: If you are [fasting](/docs/en/working-with-fasting) and try to log a recipe during a fasting window, select **Continue Logging & Keep Fasting** or **Log food & break my fast now**.**Tip:**To change the recipe's timestamp to a time within your eating window, select **Cancel** to return to the recipe's detail screen, select **Show Advanced**, and select a different **Date** or **Time**. Then, select **Add** to log the recipe.
6. Do one of the following steps.
  - If you are done logging foods, select **X** to close the food selection screen.
  - To log food one at a time, select **Exit Multi-Add** to turn off the feature, then follow the steps in the **Log recipes after viewing or changing each recipe’s details** section of this article.

## Log recipes after viewing or changing each recipe’s details

1. Web app users: Go to the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/home.svg) **Daily Log**.**Tip:** The daily log opens to today’s date. To log an item to a different date, select a date from the top of the screen. For more information, see [View any day in the daily log](/docs/en/view-any-day-in-the-daily-log).
2. Select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add.svg) **Add Item** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/add-food-btn.svg) **Add Food**. In the screen that opens, Carb Manager selects the meal or snack that is closest to the current time of day, but you can select a different meal type from the list at the top of the screen.**Tip:** You can also go to the section in the [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/home.svg) **Daily Log** for the type of meal that you want to log, such as Breakfast, and select the **Add Food** button.**Tip:** If you’re a [Premium member](/docs/en/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium), you can change the time when a meal, snack, or supplement occurs. For details, see [Set time ranges for meals, snacks, and supplements](/docs/en/set-time-ranges-for-meals-snacks-and-supplements).
3. In the food selection screen [find a recipe](/docs/en/find-foods-recipes-and-meals) that you want to log. Recipes appear in the **All** tab, the **My Foods** tab, and the **Recipes**tab.**Note:** Premium members have unlimited access to Premium recipes, but if you aren’t a Premium member, you can still access some Premium recipes on a limited basis.

**Tip:** If you can’t find a recipe that you want to log, create a new recipe. Select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/more-options-vertical.svg) **Options** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/custom-add.svg) **Create Recipe**. For details, see [Create custom recipes](/docs/en/create-custom-recipes).
4. Select a recipe to open its detail screen.
5. In the Servings section of the recipe’s detail screen, enter or select the number of **Servings**.**Tip:** To enter part of a whole serving, either enter a decimal in the **Servings** field, such as **.5**, or select a fraction from the list, such as **1/2**. In the mobile app, if you only want to select whole and partial servings from a list instead of entering numbers, select **Switch to Selector**.
6. Optional: To change any of the recipe’s nutrient values, select [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/more-options-vertical.svg) **Options** > [Embedded object](https://cdn.document360.io/39f753db-7167-486f-a297-e9dee7536f7d/Images/Documentation/edit.svg) **Quick Edit Nutrients**, enter a value for one or more nutrients, then select **Save Changes**. Carb Manager saves the changes to that recipe for your account.**Note:** For more information about editing nutrients, including how to reset changes you made, see [View and edit nutrition information in foods, recipes, and meals](/docs/en/view-and-edit-nutrition-information-in-foods-recipes-and-meals).
7. Optional: To see more options, select **Show Advanced**, then do any of the following steps.
  - [Premium members](/docs/en/subscribe-to-carb-manager-premium): if you [enabled meal goals](/docs/en/set-meal-goals), select **% of Day** or **% of Meal** to view the recipe's macros as a percentage of the goals for your day or meal. Carb Manager updates the chart near the top of the screen.
  - To automatically log the recipe to another day in addition to the current day, select an option from the **Repeat** list. For details, see [Log recurring food automatically](/docs/en/log-recurring-food-automatically).
  - To log the recipe to a different day instead of the current day, select a **Date**.
  - To change the time that will be logged with the recipe, which is only available if you turned on the setting to [track meal times](/docs/en/track-meal-times), enter a **Time**.
8. Review the recipe to ensure it includes all of the details that you need.
9. Select **Add** to add the recipe to the daily log.
10. Optional: If you are [fasting](/docs/en/working-with-fasting) and try to log a recipe during a fasting window, select **Continue Logging & Keep Fasting** or **Log food & break my fast now**.**Tip:**To change the recipe's timestamp to a time within your eating window, select **Cancel** to return to the recipe's detail screen, select **Show Advanced**, and select a different **Date** or **Time**. Then, select **Add** to log the recipe.
11. Optional: To log another recipe, repeat the previous steps.
12. Select **X** to close the food selection screen.

The daily log displays each recipe that you logged and a summary of each recipe’s nutrition.