Separating measures, and state, from ingredient

[tueboesen]

I just tried out recipya and it looks great, but one thing that immediately struck me as odd, was the fact that ingredients also inherently seems to have the amount of the ingredient in the same field. This makes sense when we are simply just writing down a recipe, but if I want to be able to easily compare and use my recipes for more advanced operations later I would imagine it is much easier to do if I have the ingredient separate from the amount and state of the ingredient.

So what I am seeking is a way to have [amount (10g)] [state (minced)] [ingredient (onion)] This would enable me to easily do some advanced searches through my recipes. For instance suppose I have an automatic list of ingredients available in my house, and based on those ingredients I know which recipes I can cook at home, or what ingredients I am missing in order to cook a certain dish for x people.

When the amount and ingredient are not properly separated it becomes a lot harder to match ingredients and also gives unstable results with amounts in many cases.