Erin, you did great, but I have another angle....
When I have a Word document recipe to copy, I've learned a few tricks! I had a couple hundred to import....
It's seems like a lot, but it will pay off in the end.
Here's what I had to do.
Make sure there is no space between your title and your ingredients. You can leave your author and servings there if that is how you saved them. (ie...how you find them on here when we post them from MC) (More on that later)
Make sure the fractions are not converted....they should appear like this: 1/4.....NOT ΒΌ .
Finally, make sure there is a space between your ingredients and your instructions...and each step along the way.
I know it seems like a lot, but you will be happy once you have them in there!
A few final tips:
Make sure you save the thread or website the recipe came from. You will need that later. (I'll cover why later when you ask...LOL!)
Check the "Nutrition" tab after entering the recipe. Some ingredients don't carry correctly or are not recognized...ie, instant espresso is not recognized, boneless, skinless chicken breasts needs to be "chicken breast, no skin, no bone, R-T-C," etc. This will help later when using the Shopping list option.
Finally, try to change regular items to be consistent:
ie; 1 fresh clove of garlic < 1 clove garlic, fresh; 1 T freshly minced cilantro to 1 T cilantro (I know I always buy fresh), minced;
AND FINALLY, check the units....T will compute nutritionally differently than T., so check nutrition to make sure everything makes sense.
I know it sounds like a lot, but once you get in the mode, it is fast....AND once you have it all in there, its WONDERFUL!
One last tip: If you have the website saved for a recipe in your files, go to that online recipe and use your MC toolbar option that Erin describes above to save it straight from the web to MC! THAT is the reason it is so important to save the website of a recipe!
WHEW! Did any of that make sense?!?!??!? I LOVE MY MC!