The Visual Recipe

Spaghetti & Meatballs: 4 icon cards — ingredients grid, steps 1–4 with time badges, meatball-rolling technique close-up, and the finished plated dish. Deep burgundy #8B2635 accent.

Mac & Cheese: 4 icon cards — ingredients, steps, roux technique & finished baked dish. Cobalt blue #3A7BD5.

Chocolate Chip Cookies: 4 icon cards — ingredients, steps, fold technique & finished stack. Deep cocoa brown #6B3A2A.

Buffalo Wings: 4 icon cards — ingredients, steps, toss-to-coat technique & finished dish. Fiery chili red #C0392B.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich: 4 icon cards — ingredients, steps, technique & finished dish. Cheddar orange #E8A020.

A 4-card icon-only recipe for Classic American Pancakes: ingredient grid, 5-step sequence with time badges, a flip-technique close-up, and the finished golden stack — all in butter yellow #F5C842, zero text paragraphs.