Hi Cyndi,
After you have added a pet, click on the Recipes button on the ribbon. You will see a Recipe List. You can highlight one of the recipes in the list and copy it or you can choose to Add a new recipe. If adding a new recipe then you will see an Add Recipe dialog.
Enter your recipe name and enter the pet you are creating the recipe for. Click the Add button on the dialog and your new recipe will appear in the Recipe List. Select the new recipe and click on the Recipe Balancer button on the ribbon. The Recipe Balancer module is invoked. Just Search for the ingredients you want and click the plus sign beside the ingredient you want to add. The ingredient gets added to the Ingredient List and all the graphs are dynamically calculated.
Keep adding ingredients and adjust the amount until you get what you want. Don't forget to press the RETURN / ENTER after you change an ingredient amount. The new quantity is SAVED and all the graphs are updated.
See the Balance Recipes Overview video on this page for more:
Tutorial Video for balancing recipes
Rene