Collocations for recipe - noun

good
delicious, mouth-watering, tasty
healthy, low-fat
Each month we feature easy low-fat recipes.

favourite/favorite
basic
The basic recipe can be adapted by adding grated lemon peel.

easy, simple
complicated
new
I tried a new recipe and it was a great success.

authentic, classic, old, original, traditional
The ales are brewed to an original Yorkshire recipe.

secret, special
family
vegetarian
Italian, Mexican, etc.
cake, sauce, etc.
perfect (usually figurative)
It's the perfect recipe for business success.

sure, sure-fire (both figurative)
That sounds like a sure-fire recipe for disaster.

get, have
I have a good recipe for fudge.

give
This is delicious—can you give me the recipe?

cook, make, prepare
This recipe can also be made with ricotta cheese.

try, try out
I enjoy trying out new recipes.

read
follow, stick to, use
If you want the dish to turn out right you should follow the recipe.

adapt
create, devise
All the recipes in the book have been devised by our team of experts.

discover, find
He is credited with having discovered the first recipe for gin back in the 1600s.

share
They talk and share their recipes.

feature, offer, print, publish
The website offers cocktail recipes and tips.

call for sth, require sth, use sth
She always said that if a recipe calls for cream you shouldn't use yogurt instead.

contain sth, include sth
The recipe contains lots of fat.

make sth, serve sb
This recipe makes about thirty cookies.
This recipe serves four people.

book, card
idea
a magazine filled with recipe ideas

to a recipe
The dish is made to a traditional Italian recipe.

recipe for
a recipe for leek soup
To live every day to the full is a recipe for happiness. (figurative)

a recipe for disaster, a recipe for success