381: Developing Foolproof Recipes with Katie Webster

Nov 1, 2022

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Knowing a recipe is ready to publish, why recipe testing starts at the grocery store, and starting with a Hypothesis Draft with Katie Webster.

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Welcome to episode 381 of The Food Blogger Pro Podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Katie Webster from Healthy Seasonal Recipes about the process of developing rock-solid recipes for your readers.

Developing Foolproof Recipes

As food bloggers and business owners, the “product” we’re creating for our readers or “customers” are our recipes, so it’s important for them to be as comprehensive as possible.

Katie Webster from Healthy Seasonal Recipes has a unique and reliable process for testing the recipes she publishes on her site, and she’s here today to talk you through the whole thing!

You’ll hear about how she starts the process, why she develops a hypothesis draft, and how she ultimately decides that a recipe is at its final stage.

This episode is a must-listen for any and all recipe developers!

In this episode, you’ll learn:

What she did as a personal chef
What her personal chef business taught her about freelancing
How to know a recipe is done
Her process for developing recipes
The difference between prep time and active time
At what point Katie finalized a recipe
Why she doesn’t shoot photos or video when she’s testing recipes
Why recipe testing starts at the grocery store
How she keeps track of recipe ideas
How she works with recipe testers
Her advice for those in the early stages of recipe development

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