diff --git a/server/db/sql/derived/setupbrowser.sql b/server/db/sql/derived/setupbrowser.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e89de0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/db/sql/derived/setupbrowser.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+-- TO DO
+-- run a query that selects:
+-- 1) all recipes from a user's own collection
+-- 2) all recipes from user's subscribed collections
+-- 3) all matching a given user id
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/models/recipe.ts b/server/models/recipe.ts
index 01e33bc..18739c9 100644
--- a/server/models/recipe.ts
+++ b/server/models/recipe.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ export class Recipe {
         }
     }
 
+    async getAllByUserID(id: string) {
+        try {
+            // to do: use setupbrowser.sql to setup the recipe browser
+        } catch (e: any) {
+            throw new Error(e);
+        }
+    }
+
     async updateOneByID(id: string, data: IRecipe) {
         const { name, description, preptime } = data;
         try {