Pages are particularly light weight in C5, really just a row in a database, so doing it by creating a page per entry and then a page list for the index is both the traditional c5 way to do it, efficient and fast.

You may also be able to do it with one of the forms addons and a list of form results.

Or you could use the core form block coupled and a combination of a few of my Magic Data family of addons.

Or create a block using designer content and enter recipes with composer and HereNT's Best Suite to manage the pages.

Or use eCommerce and product lists (without product pages or cart) and a template that leaves out the price and purchase info.

Thanks for the response. I will look into your suggestions. I just discovered, however, that what I likely want to do is create a custom object.

Thanks again. This should be all I need for now