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Site Settings Panel
!!! danger As this is still a BETA It is recommended that you backup your data often and store in more than one place. Ad-hear to backup best practices with the 3-2-1 Backup Rule
Theme Settings
Color themes can be created and set from the UI in the settings page. You can select an existing color theme or create a new one. On creation of a new color theme random colors will first be generated, then you can select and save as you'd like. By default the "default" theme will be loaded for all new users visiting the site. All created color themes are available to all users of the site. Separate color themes can be set for both Light and Dark modes.
!!! note Theme data is stored in cookies in the browser. Calling "Save Theme" will refresh the cookie with the selected theme as well save the theme to the database.
Backup and Export
All recipe data can be imported and exported as necessary from the UI. Under the admin page you'll find the section for using Backups and Exports.
To create an export simple add the tag and the markdown template and click Backup Recipes and your backup will be created on the server. The backup is a standard zipfile containing all the images, json files, and rendered markdown files for each recipe. Markdown files are rendered from jinja2 templates. Adding your own markdown file into the templates folder will automatically show up as an option to select when creating a backup. To view the availible variables, open a recipe in the json editor.
To import a backup it must be in your backups folder. If it is in the backup folder it will automatically show up as an source to restore from. Selected the desired backup and import the backup file.
Custom Templating
On export you can select a template to use to render files using the jinja2 syntax. This can be done to export recipes in other formats besides regular .json.Look at this example for rendering a markdown recipe using the jinja2 syntax.
Input
# {{ recipe.name }}
{{ recipe.description }}
## Ingredients
{% for ingredient in recipe.recipeIngredient %}
- [ ] {{ ingredient }}
{% endfor %}
## Instructions
{% for step in recipe.recipeInstructions %}
- [ ] {{ step.text }}
{% endfor %}
{% for note in recipe.notes %}
**{{ note.title }}:** {{ note.text }}
{% endfor %}
---
Tags: {{ recipe.tags }}
Categories: {{ recipe.categories }}
Original URL: {{ recipe.orgURL }}
Output
# Five Spice Popcorn Chicken
It’s easy to rely on take-out for some of our favorite Chinese dishes. However, with the right pantry staples, dishes like this Five Spice Popcorn Chicken can become part of your go-to arsenal of recipes. This crispy chicken is coated in a creamy, tangy sauce, made zesty with The Spice Hunter Chinese Five Spice, a blend of star anise, cloves, cinnamon, fennel, and black pepper.
## Ingredients
- [ ] 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- [ ] 1 tablespoon sugar
- [ ] 1 teaspoon The Spice Hunter® Chinese Five Spice Blend, plus more for serving
- [ ] 1 clove garlic, finely grated
- [ ] 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into roughly 1-inch chunks
- [ ] ⅓ cup cornstarch
- [ ] 1 large egg, beaten
- [ ] ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- [ ] Canola or vegetable oil, for frying
- [ ] Flaky sea salt
- [ ] Scallion, thinly sliced, for serving
- [ ] Sriracha mayonnaise, for serving, optional
## Instructions
- [ ] In a medium bowl, whisk the soy sauce with the sugar, Chinese Five Spice, and garlic. Add the chicken and toss to coat. Let marinate 15 minutes.
- [ ] Drain any excess marinade off of the chicken and toss the chicken with the cornstarch to coat. Once fully coated, add the beaten egg and toss to coat.
- [ ] In a large heavy bottomed pot, heat 1-inch of oil to 350.
- [ ] Place the flour in a large ziploc bag. Working in batches, transfer a few chicken pieces into the bag with the flour and toss to coat, then remove, leaving excess flour in the bag.
- [ ] Carefully place the breaded chicken in the hot oil and fry, turning occasionally, until golden and cooked through about 3 to 4 minutes.
- [ ] Using a slotted spoon or spider, transfer the cooked chicken to a paper towel lined plate. Season with salt and additional Chinese Five Spice seasoning. Repeat the flouring and frying with remaining chicken.
- [ ] Serve with scallions, more Chinese Five Spice Blend, and optional sriracha mayonnaise.
---
Tags: []
Categories: []
Original URL: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/five-spice-popcorn-chicken#intcid=_bon-appetit-recipe-bottom-recirc_3cad5ce9-734a-46f8-b503-78c33d2e7279_similar2-3
If you decide you don't like mealie. This is a good way to export into a format that can be imported into another.
Meal Planner Webhooks
Meal planner webhooks are post requests sent from Mealie to an external endpoint. The body of the message is the Recipe JSON of the scheduled meal. If no meal is schedule, no request is sent. The webhook functionality can be enabled or disabled as well as scheduled. Note that you must "Save Webhooks" prior to any changes taking affect server side.
Migration
Chowdown
In the Admin page on the in the Migration section you can provide a URL for a repo hosting a Chowdown site and Mealie will pull the images and recipes from the instance and automatically import them into the database. Due to the nature of the yaml format you may have mixed results but you should get an error report of the recipes that had errors and will need to be manually added. Note that you can only import the repo as a whole. You cannot import individual recipes.