# Adapt a recipe for different servings, diets, or missing ingredients

Your recipe rewritten for new servings, diets, or swaps, with notes on how taste, texture, and timing may change.

- Topic: Personal Life & Wellbeing
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Health & Wellness, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/adapt-a-recipe-for-different-servings-diets-or-missing-ingredients

## Prompt

```text
Adapt this recipe for me.

**Original recipe:** [PASTE THE FULL RECIPE, including amounts and pan size]
**Servings I need:** [e.g. "halve it", "feed 12 instead of 4"]
**Changes needed:** [e.g. "make it dairy-free", "gluten-free", "lower sugar", "no eggs", "I don't have buttermilk"]
**Equipment differences:** [e.g. "only have a 9x13 pan", "air fryer instead of oven", "high altitude"]

Rules:
- Scale every amount and convert awkward quantities into practical measures (e.g. "1/3 egg" becomes "1 small egg" or "2 tbsp beaten egg").
- For baking, warn me when scaling or swapping could change texture or rise, and adjust pan size, bake time, and temperature with doneness checks rather than time alone.
- For each substitution, give the swap, the ratio, and what will taste or feel different.
- If a swap is risky for this recipe (e.g. removing eggs from a soufflé), say so and suggest a better recipe type instead.
- If the change is for an allergy, remind me to check packaged-ingredient labels for hidden sources and cross-contact.

Return:
1. The adapted recipe: ingredients table (original amount | new amount | notes) and rewritten steps.
2. A short "what to expect" note.
3. One backup option if I can't find a substitute.
```

## What to fill in

- PASTE THE FULL RECIPE, including amounts and pan size
- e.g. "halve it", "feed 12 instead of 4"

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