diff --git a/client/src/components/derived/Friends.tsx b/client/src/components/derived/Friends.tsx
index e96324c..29d1b24 100644
--- a/client/src/components/derived/Friends.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/derived/Friends.tsx
@@ -54,11 +54,13 @@ const Friends: FC<{ targetUser?: IUser }> = ({ targetUser }) => {
             <Card extraStyles="flex-row">
                 <h2>Friends ({ userList?.length ?? "0" }):</h2>
 
+                <div className="friends-list">
                 {
                     userList.map((user: IUser) => {
                         return <UserCard key={v4()} targetUser={user} />
                     })
                 }
+                </div>
 
                 <aside>
                     <p>Looking for someone else?</p>
diff --git a/client/src/components/pages/AddRecipe.tsx b/client/src/components/pages/AddRecipe.tsx
index f27526a..dccdb1b 100644
--- a/client/src/components/pages/AddRecipe.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/pages/AddRecipe.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const AddRecipe = () => {
                     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', 'custom picker', 'TINYMCE'],
+                    dataTypes: ['text', 'text', 'custom picker', 'custom picker', 'SELECTOR', 'TINYMCE'],
                     initialState: input,
                     getState: getFormState,
                     richTextInitialValue: "<p>Enter recipe details here!</p>"
diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/Card.tsx b/client/src/components/ui/Card.tsx
index f6d8216..3a5fe77 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ui/Card.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/Card.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { FC } from "react"
-import { MultiChildPortal } from "../../util/types"
+import { FC } from "react";
 
-const Card: FC<MultiChildPortal> = ({ children = <></>, extraStyles = ""}) => {
+
+const Card: FC<{ children?: JSX.Element | JSX.Element[], extraStyles?: string }> = ({ children = <></>, extraStyles = ""}) => {
     return (
         <div className={`ui-card ${extraStyles}`}>
-            { children }
+            { Array.isArray(children) ? <>{children}</> : children }
         </div>
     )
 }
diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx b/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx
index 34637ab..887a9a5 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/Form.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { ChangeEvent, FC, useEffect, useState } from "react"
 import { v4 } from "uuid"
+import { useAuthContext } from "../../context/AuthContext";
+import { IIngredient, IUser } from "../../schemas";
+import API from "../../util/API";
 import RichText from "./RichText"
+import Selector from "./Selector";
 import "/src/sass/components/Form.scss";
 
 export interface FormConfig<T> {
@@ -27,6 +31,8 @@ const Form: FC<FormProps> = ({ parent, _config }) => {
     const [state, setState] = useState<T>();
     const [contents, setContents] = useState<JSX.Element[]>();
 
+    const { token } = useAuthContext();
+
     // initial setup
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!config) setConfig({
@@ -66,35 +72,61 @@ const Form: FC<FormProps> = ({ parent, _config }) => {
         })
     }
 
+    async function populateSelector(key: string): Promise<any[] | null> {
+        if (!token) return null;
+
+        switch (key) {
+            case "ingredient":
+                const ingredients = new API.Ingredient(token);
+                const result = await ingredients.getAll();
+                if (result) return result;
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     // mount the form once config has been loaded
     useEffect(() => {
         if (state && config) {
-            const result = config.keys.map((each: string, i: number) => {
-                
-                if (config.dataTypes![i] == 'TINYMCE') {
-                    return (
-                        <div className="form-row-editor" id={`${config.parent}-row-${i}`} key={v4()}>
-                            <label htmlFor={`${config.parent}-${each}`}>{config.labels![i]}</label>
-                            <RichText id={`${config.parent}-${each}`} initialValue={config.richTextInitialValue} getState={(txt) => updateRichText(txt, i)} />
-                        </div>
-                    )
-                } else {
-                    return (
-                        <div className="form-row" id={`${config.parent}-row-${i}`} key={v4()}>
-                            <label htmlFor={`${config.parent}-${each}`}>{config.labels![i]}</label>
-                            <input
-                                type={config.dataTypes![i]}
-                                id={`${config.parent}-${each}`}
-                                onChange={(e) => update(e, i)}
-                                value={state[i as keyof T] as string}>
-                            </input>
-                        </div>
-                    )
-                }
-            });
-
-            setContents(result);
+            (async() => {
+                const result = config.keys.map(async (each: string, i: number) => {
+                    if (config.dataTypes![i] == 'TINYMCE') {
+                        return (
+                            <div className="form-row-editor" id={`${config.parent}-row-${i}`} key={v4()}>
+                                <label htmlFor={`${config.parent}-${each}`}>{config.labels![i]}</label>
+                                <RichText id={`${config.parent}-${each}`} initialValue={config.richTextInitialValue} getState={(txt) => updateRichText(txt, i)} />
+                            </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> optionList={storedResult || []} />
+                    } else {
+                        return (
+                            <div className="form-row" id={`${config.parent}-row-${i}`} key={v4()}>
+                                <label htmlFor={`${config.parent}-${each}`}>{config.labels![i]}</label>
+                                <input
+                                    type={config.dataTypes![i]}
+                                    id={`${config.parent}-${each}`}
+                                    onChange={(e) => update(e, i)}
+                                    value={state[i as keyof T] as string}>
+                                </input>
+                            </div>
+                        )
+                    }
+                });
 
+                const mappedContents = await Promise.all(result);
+                mappedContents && setContents(mappedContents);
+            })();
         }
     }, [config]);
 
diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/Selector.tsx b/client/src/components/ui/Selector.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8cccd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/Selector.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+interface Entity {
+    id: string | number
+    name?: string
+}
+
+function Selector<T extends Entity>({ optionList }: { optionList: Array<T> }) {
+// const Selector: FC<{ optionList: Array<T extends HasID> }> = ({ optionList }) => {
+    return (
+        <select className="ui-select-component">
+            { optionList.map(item => 
+                <option id={`select-item-${item.name}-${item.id}`}>{item.name}</option>
+            )}
+        </select>
+    )
+}
+
+export default Selector
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/components/ui/UserCard.tsx b/client/src/components/ui/UserCard.tsx
index 34dd5cb..0fccdcc 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ui/UserCard.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/ui/UserCard.tsx
@@ -46,10 +46,12 @@ const UserCard: UserCardType = ({ extraStyles, targetUser }) => {
 
     return (
         <Card extraStyles={'user-card' + extraStyles}>
+            <>
             <div className="avatar"></div>
             <h3><a href={`/profile?id=${targetUser.id}`}>{targetUser.firstname} {targetUser.lastname.substring(0,1)}.</a></h3>
             <h4>@{targetUser.handle}</h4>
             { buttonVariant }
+            </>
         </Card>
     )
 }
diff --git a/client/src/util/API.ts b/client/src/util/API.ts
index aa27e02..0af8f5f 100644
--- a/client/src/util/API.ts
+++ b/client/src/util/API.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module API {
             };
         }
 
-        async customRoute(method: CRUDMETHOD, path: string, data?: any, requireHeaders = true) {
+        protected async customRoute(method: CRUDMETHOD, path: string, data?: any, requireHeaders = true) {
             switch (method) {
                 case CRUDMETHOD.GET:
                     return this.instance.get(this.endpoint + path, (requireHeaders && this.headers));
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ module API {
 
     export class Ingredient extends RestController<IIngredient> {
         constructor(token: string) {
-            if (!token) throw new Error("Missing required token");
             super(Settings.getAPISTRING() + "/app/ingredients", token);
         }
     }
diff --git a/client/src/util/types.ts b/client/src/util/types.ts
index 14c122f..aa39b74 100644
--- a/client/src/util/types.ts
+++ b/client/src/util/types.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ export interface ProtectParams extends PortalBase {
 
 interface UserCardProps extends PortalBase {
     targetUser: IUser
-    canAdd?: boolean
-    liftData?: (data: any) => void
 }
 
 interface NavbarProps {