Definition of recipes:
(n) :
Now especially, a set of instructions for making or preparing food dishes.
(n) :
Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients.
(n) :
(by extension) A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a prescription.
(n) :
A set of conditions and parameters of an industrial process to obtain a given result.
(n) :
(medicine, archaic) A formula for preparing or using a medicine; a prescription; also, a medicine prepared from such instructions.