diff --git a/server/controllers/RecipeCtl.ts b/server/controllers/RecipeCtl.ts
index e69de29..f86143e 100644
--- a/server/controllers/RecipeCtl.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/RecipeCtl.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import createError from "http-errors";
+import { IRecipe } from "../schemas";
+import { Recipe } from "../models/recipe";
+const RecipeInstance = new Recipe();
+
+export default class RecipeCtl {
+    async getOne(id: string) {
+        try {
+            const result = await RecipeInstance.getOneByID(id);
+            if (!result) throw createError('404', "Recipe not found");
+            return result;
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            throw new Error(error);
+        }
+    }
+
+    async updateOne(id: string, data: IRecipe) {
+        try {
+            const result = await RecipeInstance.updateOneByID(id, data);
+            if (!result) throw createError('400', "Bad request");
+            return result;
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            throw new Error(error);
+        }
+    }
+
+    async post(data: IRecipe) {
+        try {
+            const result = await RecipeInstance.post(data);
+            if (!result) throw createError('400', "Bad request");
+            return result;
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            throw new Error(error);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/server/models/recipe.ts b/server/models/recipe.ts
index 080491f..01e33bc 100644
--- a/server/models/recipe.ts
+++ b/server/models/recipe.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,53 @@
+import { IRecipe } from "../schemas";
+import pgPromise from "pg-promise";
+import pool from "../db";
+
+const pgp = pgPromise({ capSQL: true });
+
 export class Recipe {
     async getOneByID(id: string) {
+        try {
+            const statement = `SELECT * FROM recipin.recipe WHERE id = $1`;
+            const values = [id];
+            const result = await pool.query(statement, values);
+            if (result.rows) return result.rows[0];
+            return null;
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            throw new Error(error);
+        }
+    }
 
+    async updateOneByID(id: string, data: IRecipe) {
+        const { name, description, preptime } = data;
+        try {
+            const statement = `
+                UPDATE recipin.recipe
+                SET name = $1,
+                    description = $2,
+                    preptime = $3
+                WHERE id = $4
+                RETURNING *;
+            `
+
+            const result = await pool.query(statement, [name, description, preptime, id]);
+            if (result.rows) return result.rows[0];
+            return null;
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            throw new Error(error);
+        }
+    }
+
+    async post(data: IRecipe) {
+        const { name, description, preptime } = data;
+
+        try {
+            const statement = `INSERT INTO recipin.recipe (name, description, preptime, authoruserid) VALUES ($1, $2, $3, (SELECT id FROM recipin.appusers WHERE id = 1)) RETURNING *;`
+            const values = [name, description, preptime];
+            const result = await pool.query(statement, values);
+            if (result.rows) return result.rows[0];
+            return null;
+        } catch (error: any) {
+            throw new Error(error);
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/server/routes/index.ts b/server/routes/index.ts
index 88e4b8a..0486924 100644
--- a/server/routes/index.ts
+++ b/server/routes/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { Express } from "express"
 import { userRoute } from "./users";
+import { recipeRoute } from "./recipe";
 
 export const routes = (app: Express, passport?: any) => {
     console.log('routes called');
 
     userRoute(app);
+    recipeRoute(app);
 
     app.get('/hello', (req, res) => {
         res.send({ message: "hello from the server!!" });
diff --git a/server/routes/recipe.ts b/server/routes/recipe.ts
index e69de29..24ad5ca 100644
--- a/server/routes/recipe.ts
+++ b/server/routes/recipe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { Express, Router } from "express"
+import RecipeCtl from "../controllers/RecipeCtl";
+const recipectl = new RecipeCtl();
+
+const router = Router();
+
+export const recipeRoute = (app: Express) => {
+    app.use('/recipe', router);
+
+    router.get('/:id', async (req, res, next) => {
+        const { id } = req.params;
+        console.log('/recipe/' + id + ' called');
+
+        try {
+            const result = await recipectl.getOne(id);
+            res.status(200).send(result);
+        } catch(e) {
+            next(e);
+        }
+    })
+
+    router.put('/:id', async (req, res, next) => {
+        const data = req.body;
+        const { id } = req.params;
+
+        try {
+            const result = await recipectl.updateOne(id, data);
+            res.status(200).send(result);
+        } catch(e) {
+            next(e);
+        }
+    })
+
+    router.post('/', async (req, res, next) => {
+        const data = req.body;
+        console.log(data);
+
+        try {
+            const result = await recipectl.post(data);
+            res.status(201).send(result);
+        } catch(e) {
+            next(e);
+        }
+    })
+}
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diff --git a/server/routes/users.ts b/server/routes/users.ts
index 1275cb7..0255d66 100644
--- a/server/routes/users.ts
+++ b/server/routes/users.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import pool from '../db';
 import { Express, Router } from 'express';
 import UserCtl from '../controllers/UserCtl';
 const router = Router();