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I have a standardized format for my recipe posts, because I like it when other websites do that. Mine will always go in this order:

Introduction (where I got the original recipe, links if available, storytime, etc.)
A photo of the finished product, if I took one before I scarfed it down.
Ingredients list
Equipment list (will you need the stove? oven? certain pans? special tools?)
Instructions (the recipe itself)
Yields (how many servings, according to how we eat it)
Total time (how long it took me to make it)
Cleanup rating (1=barely involves cleaning; 5=scrubbing and scouring for an hour)
Difficulty rating (1=an elementary school kid can do it; 5=for master chefs only)
Flavor rating (1=I wouldn't give this stuff away; 10=my new favorite food)
Any work in progress photos I might have taken along the way, and wrap-up comments.

I have post tags for time, cleanup rating (easy, medium, and hard), difficulty rating (easy, medium, and hard), flavor rating (win, lose, and draw) and equipment. The major pieces of equipment (oven, stove, freezer) that are required to complete a recipe can be helpful if you don't have one of these, or if you really want to use, say, the oven to make something one day. I don't tag based on ingredients or smaller equipment (things like measuring cups and knives) because can you imagine how cluttered that would be? I might eventually add a group of tags about food limitations (gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, etc.) but for now, I don't have anything like that. I don't have any food restrictions and neither does my fiance, so this isn't something we pay a lot of attention to personally.

If you want to recommend a specific recipe or a general type of food or meal you'd like to see me attempt, comment here and let me know!