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Ingredient Singular and Plural

Ingredients and units switch between singular and plural as readers adjust the servings.

Through the WP Recipe Maker > Manage > Recipe Fields > Ingredients page you can define the plural of a specific ingredient. By doing that, the appropriate version will be used automatically when using the Adjustable Servings or Shopping List feature, for example.

This also means that only the singular version shows up in the grid and can show both recipes using “lime” and “limes”. Further more, you’ll only have to define Ingredient Links once.

In the example below the last ingredient in the list is “lime”, which has a plural set. Try clicking on “2x” to see the ingredient automatically use the correct form:

Brecht

Virgin Rosemary Mojito

4.46 from 107 votes
Ever tried replacing mint with rosemary in your Mojito? We did, and it's quite tasty! No alcohol needed.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings: 1 cocktail
Course: Cocktail
Calories: 101

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 glass crushed ice
  • ½ glass lemonade sparkling
  • ¼ glass apple juice
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 4 sprigs rosemary
  • 1 lime

Equipment

  • Muddler or the end of a wooden spoon

Method
 

  1. Cut 1 lime into wedges. Put half of the wedges in a sturdy glass with 1 tsp brown sugar and 2 rosemary sprigs, and muddle until the sugar dissolves and the lime releases its juice.
  2. Fill the glass with 1 glass crushed ice. Pour in 1/4 glass apple juice and top with 1/2 glass lemonade. Stir gently.
  3. Clap the rosemary between your hands before you use it. It releases the aroma without bruising the leaves.
  4. Serve with the rest of the rosemary sprigs and lime wedges.

Nutrition

Calories: 101kcalCarbohydrates: 26gSodium: 10mgPotassium: 115mgFiber: 1gSugar: 24gVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 15mg

Notes

For a grown-up version, add 1 1/2 oz (45 ml) of white rum in step 2.

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Units can have singular and plural forms too

Ingredient units can have their own explicitly configured forms, such as “glass” and “glasses”. Try 2x below to see both the ingredient name and its unit adjust. Units without configured forms keep the spelling and capitalization you entered.

Set unit forms on WP Recipe Maker → Manage → Recipe Fields → Ingredient Units.

Learn how to set this up.