diff --git a/client/src/components/Sandbox.tsx b/client/src/components/Sandbox.tsx
index fe314e2..53984f7 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Sandbox.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Sandbox.tsx
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ import { useAuthContext } from "../context/AuthContext";
 import { ICollection, IIngredient } from "../schemas";
 import { Button, Page } from "./ui";
 import API from "../util/API";
-
-interface OptionType {
-    value: number
-    label: string
-}
+import { OptionType } from "../util/types";
 
 export default function Sandbox() {
     const [ingredients, setIngredients] = useState<Array<IIngredient>>([]);
diff --git a/client/src/components/pages/AddRecipe.tsx b/client/src/components/pages/AddRecipe.tsx
index dccdb1b..15a43ac 100644
--- a/client/src/components/pages/AddRecipe.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/pages/AddRecipe.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,105 @@
 import { useCallback, useRef, useEffect, useState, createRef } from "react";
 import { useAuthContext } from "../../context/AuthContext";
 import { Button, Card, Divider, Form, Page, Panel } from "../ui"
-import { IRecipe } from "../../schemas";
+import { IIngredient, IRecipe } from "../../schemas";
 import API from "../../util/API";
+import Creatable from "react-select/creatable";
+import { OptionType } from "../../util/types";
+import { useSelectorContext } from "../../context/SelectorContext";
+import { MultiValue } from "react-select";
 
 const AddRecipe = () => {
     const { user, token } = useAuthContext();
-    const [input, setInput] = useState<IRecipe>({ name: '', preptime: '', description: '', authoruserid: '', ingredients: [] })
-    const [toast, setToast] = useState(<></>)
+    const {
+        data, setData, selector, setSelector,
+        options, setOptions, selected, setSelected, 
+        onChange, onCreateOption
+    } = useSelectorContext();
 
+    const [triggerChange, setTriggerChange] = useState(false);
+    const [form, setForm] = useState<JSX.Element>();
+    const [toast, setToast] = useState(<></>)
+    const [input, setInput] = useState<IRecipe>({ name: '', preptime: '', description: '', authoruserid: '' })
+
+    // clear out selector state on page load
+    useEffect(() => {
+        setData(new Array<IIngredient>());
+        setSelected(new Array<OptionType>());
+        setOptions(new Array<OptionType>());
+    }, [])
+
+    // store all ingredients on page mount
+    useEffect(() => {
+        token && (async() => {
+            const ingredients = new API.Ingredient(token);
+            const result = await ingredients.getAll();
+
+            if (result) {
+                setData((prev) => [...prev, ...result]);
+    
+                // once async data is received, derive its new states
+                setOptions(result.map((each: IIngredient) => {
+                    return { label: each.name, value: each.id }
+                }));
+            }
+        })();
+    }, [token])
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        console.log(selected);
+    }, [selected])
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (data.length) {
+            console.log('caught');
+            // create dropdown from new data
+            const selectorInstance = <Creatable 
+                className="ui-creatable-component" 
+                id="ingredient-selector" 
+                isMulti 
+                value={selected} 
+                options={options} 
+                onChange={(selection: MultiValue<OptionType>) => onChange(selection)}
+                onCreateOption={(input: string) => onCreateOption(input, () => {})}
+            />
+            data.length && setSelector(selectorInstance);
+            setTriggerChange(true);
+        }
+    }, [data, options])
+
+    // once the dropdown data has populated, mount it within the full form
+    useEffect(() => {
+        triggerChange && setForm(
+            <Form<IRecipe> _config={{
+                parent: "AddRecipe",
+                keys: ["name", "preptime", "course", "cuisine", "ingredients", "description"],
+                labels: ["Recipe Name:", "Prep Time:", "Course:", "Cuisine:", "Ingredients:", "Description:"],
+                dataTypes: ['text', 'text', 'custom picker', 'custom picker', 'SELECTOR', 'TINYMCE'],
+                initialState: input,
+                getState: getFormState,
+                richTextInitialValue: "<p>Enter recipe details here!</p>",
+                selectorInstance: selector
+            }} />
+        )
+    }, [triggerChange])
+
+    // once user information is available, store it in recipe data
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (!user) return;
+        user && setInput((prev: IRecipe) => {
+            return {
+                ...prev,
+                authoruserid: user.id!
+            }
+        })
+    }, [user])
+
+    // store input data from form
     const getFormState = useCallback((data: IRecipe) => {
         setInput(data);
     }, [input])
 
+    // submit handler
     const handleCreate = async () => {
         if (!token) return;
 
@@ -23,8 +110,6 @@ const AddRecipe = () => {
             }
         }
 
-        console.log('good to go!')
-
         const recipe = new API.Recipe(token);
         const result = await recipe.post(input);
 
@@ -38,20 +123,6 @@ const AddRecipe = () => {
             </Card>
         )
     }
-
-    useEffect(() => {
-        if (!user) return;
-        user && setInput((prev: IRecipe) => {
-            return {
-                ...prev,
-                authoruserid: user.id!
-            }
-        })
-    }, [user])
-
-    useEffect(() => {
-        console.log(input);
-    }, [input])
     
     return (
         <Page>
@@ -59,16 +130,7 @@ const AddRecipe = () => {
             <Divider />
 
             <Panel extraStyles="width-80">
-                <Form parent={input} _config={{
-                    parent: "AddRecipe",
-                    keys: ["name", "preptime", "course", "cuisine", "ingredients", "description"],
-                    labels: ["Recipe Name:", "Prep Time:", "Course:", "Cuisine:", "Ingredients:", "Description:"],
-                    dataTypes: ['text', 'text', 'custom picker', 'custom picker', 'SELECTOR', 'TINYMCE'],
-                    initialState: input,
-                    getState: getFormState,
-                    richTextInitialValue: "<p>Enter recipe details here!</p>"
-                }} />
-
+                { form }
                 <Button onClick={handleCreate}>Create Recipe!</Button>
 
                 <div id="toast">{ toast }</div>
diff --git a/client/src/components/pages/Login.tsx b/client/src/components/pages/Login.tsx
index 4ad816a..0cb4f6d 100644
--- a/client/src/components/pages/Login.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/pages/Login.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default function Login() {
 
             <Panel extraStyles="form-panel">
 
-                <Form parent={input} _config={{
+                <Form<IUserAuth> _config={{
                     parent: 'login',
                     keys: Object.keys(input),
                     labels: ["Email", "Password"],
diff --git a/client/src/components/pages/Register/aboutyou.tsx b/client/src/components/pages/Register/aboutyou.tsx
index b5893d4..6eeacfd 100644
--- a/client/src/components/pages/Register/aboutyou.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/pages/Register/aboutyou.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ const AboutYou: RegisterVariantType = ({ transitionDisplay }) => {
 
             <Panel extraStyles="form-panel two-columns">
 
-                <Form parent={input} _config={{
+                <Form<IUser> _config={{
                     parent: "register",
                     keys: ['firstname', 'lastname', 'handle', 'email', 'password'],
                     initialState: input,
diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx b/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx
index ad60945..aa25281 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { ChangeEvent, FC, useEffect, useState } from "react"
 import { v4 } from "uuid"
 import { useAuthContext } from "../../context/AuthContext";
+import { useSelectorContext } from "../../context/SelectorContext";
+import SelectorProvider from "../../context/SelectorProvider";
 import { IIngredient, IUser } from "../../schemas";
 import API from "../../util/API";
 import RichText from "./RichText"
@@ -16,26 +18,25 @@ export interface FormConfig<T> {
     dataTypes?: string[]
     richTextInitialValue?: string
     extraStyles?: string
+    selectorInstance?: JSX.Element
 }
 
 interface FormProps {
-    parent: any
     _config: FormConfig<any>
 }
 
-const Form: FC<FormProps> = ({ parent, _config }) => {
-    type T = typeof parent;
+function Form<T>({ _config }: FormProps) {
     const { getState } = _config;
 
     const [config, setConfig] = useState<FormConfig<T>>();
-    const [state, setState] = useState<T>();
+    const [state, setState] = useState<T>(_config.initialState);
     const [contents, setContents] = useState<JSX.Element[]>();
 
     const { token } = useAuthContext();
 
     // initial setup
     useEffect(() => {
-        if (!config) setConfig({
+        setConfig({
             ..._config,
             labels: _config.labels ?? _config.keys,
             dataTypes: _config.dataTypes ?? new Array(_config.keys?.length).fill("text"),
@@ -101,14 +102,14 @@ const Form: FC<FormProps> = ({ parent, _config }) => {
                             </div>
                         )
                     } else if (config.dataTypes![i] == 'SELECTOR') {
-                        type StrongType = Partial<T> & { id: number, name: string };
-                        const storedResult = await (async() => {
-                            const result = await populateSelector(config?.labels![i] || "");
-                            if (result) return result as T[];
-                            return null;
-                        })();
-    
-                        return <Selector<StrongType> config={config} idx={i} optionList={storedResult || []} />
+                        if (!config.selectorInstance) throw new Error("Dropdown was not provided to form component.")
+
+                        return (
+                            <div className="form-row" id={`${config.parent}-row-${i}`} key={v4()}>
+                                <label htmlFor={`${config.parent}-${each}`}>{config.labels![i]}</label>
+                                { config.selectorInstance }
+                            </div>
+                        )
                     } else {
                         return (
                             <div className="form-row" id={`${config.parent}-row-${i}`} key={v4()}>
diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/Selector.tsx b/client/src/components/ui/Selector.tsx
index bf64cc8..4f8ac1f 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ui/Selector.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/Selector.tsx
@@ -1,24 +1,22 @@
-import reactSelect from "react-select"
-import makeAnimated from "react-select/animated";
 import { FormConfig } from "./Form"
-import { v4 } from "uuid"
 
-interface Entity {
-    id: string | number
-    name?: string
+interface OptionType {
+    value: number
+    label: string
 }
 
-function Selector<T extends Entity>({ config, idx, optionList }: { config: FormConfig<T>, idx: number, optionList: Array<T> }) {
-// const Selector: FC<{ optionList: Array<T extends HasID> }> = ({ optionList }) => {
+interface SelectorProps<T> {
+    config: FormConfig<T>
+    idx: number
+    update: (e: any, idx: number) => void
+    optionList: Array<OptionType>
+    loader?: Array<T>
+}
+
+function Selector<T>({ config, idx, update, optionList }: SelectorProps<T>) {
     return (
-        <div className="form-row form-row-selector" id={`${config.parent}-row-${idx}`} key={v4()}>
-            <label htmlFor={`${config.parent}-${config.keys[idx]}`}>{config.labels![idx]}</label>
-            <select className="ui-select-component">
-            { optionList.map(item => 
-                <option id={`select-item-${item.name}-${item.id}`}>{item.name}</option>
-            )}
-            </select>
-        </div>
+        <>
+        </>
     )
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/context/SelectorContext.tsx b/client/src/context/SelectorContext.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b4d80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/context/SelectorContext.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { createContext, Dispatch, SetStateAction, useContext } from "react"
+import { OptionType } from "../util/types"
+
+interface SelectorContextProps<T> {
+    data: Array<T>
+    setData: Dispatch<SetStateAction<Array<T>>> | VoidFunction
+    selected: Array<OptionType>
+    setSelected: Dispatch<SetStateAction<Array<OptionType>>> | VoidFunction
+    options: Array<OptionType>
+    setOptions: Dispatch<SetStateAction<Array<OptionType>>> | VoidFunction
+    selector: JSX.Element
+    setSelector: Dispatch<SetStateAction<JSX.Element>> | VoidFunction
+    onChange: (...params: any) => void
+    onCreateOption: (label: string, generateObject: (label: string, id: number) => T) => void
+}
+
+const defaultValue: SelectorContextProps<any> = {
+    data: new Array<any>(),
+    setData: () => {},
+    selected: new Array<any>(),
+    setSelected: () => {},
+    options: new Array<OptionType>(),
+    setOptions: () => {},
+    selector: <></>,
+    setSelector: () => {},
+    onChange: () => {},
+    onCreateOption: (label: string) => {},
+}
+
+export const SelectorContext = createContext<SelectorContextProps<any>>(defaultValue);
+export const useSelectorContext = () => useContext(SelectorContext);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/context/SelectorProvider.tsx b/client/src/context/SelectorProvider.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..650d9f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/context/SelectorProvider.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { useState } from "react";
+import { OptionType } from "../util/types";
+import { SelectorContext } from "./SelectorContext";
+
+function SelectorProvider<T>({ children }: { children: JSX.Element | JSX.Element[] }) {
+    const [data, setData] = useState<Array<T>>([]);
+    const [selector, setSelector] = useState<JSX.Element>(<></>)
+    const [options, setOptions] = useState<Array<OptionType>>([]);
+    const [selected, setSelected] = useState<Array<OptionType>>([]);
+
+    /**
+     * Event handler for a change in selection state
+     */
+    const onChange = (data: Array<any>) => {
+        setSelected((prev) => [...prev, ...data]);
+    }
+
+    const onCreateOption = (label: string, generateObject: (label: string, id: number) => T) => {
+        const newID = options.length + 1;
+        const newOption: OptionType = { label: label, value: newID }
+
+        setOptions((prev) => [...prev, newOption]);
+        setSelected((prev) => [...prev, newOption]);
+        setData((prev) => [...prev, generateObject(label, newID)]);
+    }
+
+    const providerValue = {
+        data, setData, selector, setSelector,
+        options, setOptions, selected, setSelected, 
+        onChange, onCreateOption
+    }
+
+    return (
+        <SelectorContext.Provider value={ providerValue }>
+            { children }
+        </SelectorContext.Provider>
+    )
+}
+
+export default SelectorProvider;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/main.tsx b/client/src/main.tsx
index bec94b7..9f711e3 100644
--- a/client/src/main.tsx
+++ b/client/src/main.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ import React from 'react'
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'
 import App from './App'
 import AuthProvider from './context/AuthProvider'
+import SelectorProvider from './context/SelectorProvider'
 import './sass/index.scss'
 
 ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById('root') as HTMLElement).render(
     <AuthProvider>
-        <React.StrictMode>
-            <App />
-        </React.StrictMode>
+        <SelectorProvider>
+            <React.StrictMode>
+                <App />
+            </React.StrictMode>
+        </SelectorProvider>
     </AuthProvider>
 )
diff --git a/client/src/sass/App.scss b/client/src/sass/App.scss
index d038364..8f4e923 100644
--- a/client/src/sass/App.scss
+++ b/client/src/sass/App.scss
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@
   text-align: center;
   background-color: $richblack;
 }
+
+.ui-creatable-component {
+  margin-bottom: 10rem;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/util/API.ts b/client/src/util/API.ts
index 9ef77c8..54f6a85 100644
--- a/client/src/util/API.ts
+++ b/client/src/util/API.ts
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ module API {
         constructor(token: string) {
             super(Settings.getAPISTRING() + "/app/ingredient", token);
         }
+
+        async associateIngredientWithRecipe(recipeID: string | number, ingredientID: string | number) {
+            const response = await this.instance.post(this.endpoint + `/${ingredientID}?recipeID=${recipeID}`, this.headers);
+            return Promise.resolve(response.data);
+        }
     }
 
     export class Collection extends RestController<ICollection> {
diff --git a/client/src/util/types.ts b/client/src/util/types.ts
index aa39b74..d36b754 100644
--- a/client/src/util/types.ts
+++ b/client/src/util/types.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ interface CheckboxProps {
     FormElement: typeof Form
 }
 
+/**
+ * Type declaration for react-select dropdown options
+ */
+export interface OptionType {
+    value: number
+    label: string
+}
+
 export type PageComponent = FC<PortalBase>
 export type PanelComponent = FC<PortalBase>
 export type ButtonComponent = FC<ButtonParams>