Recipe Card Variations let you build a reusable set of options, like a choice of sauce, once and attach it to any dish instead of typing it out every time.

## Steps

1. Go to Food Safety > Recipe Card Variations in the sidebar.

2. Type a name for the variation, like "Add Sauce".

3. Enter the choices separated by commas, like "Peppercorn, Garlic Butter, Diane, None".

4. Tap Add Variation to save it.

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6. Select the variation from the list to edit its choices at any time.

7. On a Recipe Card, attach the variation under Dish Options instead of adding the same choices again.

## Tips

Put "None" as one of the choices if a variation is optional, so staff can select it when nothing extra is added.

Editing a variation's choices updates it everywhere it's attached, so double-check before removing a choice that's in use.

Use variations for choices shared across dishes, and Dish-Specific Options on the Recipe Card itself for one-off choices.