diff --git a/app/controllers/recipes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/recipes_controller.rb
index 55902bb..964c35f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/recipes_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/recipes_controller.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class RecipesController < ApplicationController
   def index
     @criteria = ViewModels::RecipeCriteria.new(criteria_params)
     @recipes = Recipe.for_criteria(@criteria).includes(:tags)
+    render json: RecipeSummarySerializer.for(@recipes, collection_name: 'recipes')
   end
 
   # GET /recipes/1
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ class RecipesController < ApplicationController
       end
     end
 
+    render json: RecipeSerializer.for(@recipe)
   end
 
   # POST /recipes
@@ -55,8 +57,8 @@ class RecipesController < ApplicationController
   # PATCH/PUT /recipes/1
   def update
     ensure_owner(@recipe) do
-      if @recipe.update(recipe_params)
-        @recipe.touch
+      # Merge in updated_at to force the record to be dirty (in case only tags were changed)
+      if @recipe.update(recipe_params.merge(updated_at: Time.now))
         render json: { success: true }
       else
         render json: @recipe.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/AppSearchText.vue b/app/javascript/components/AppSearchText.vue
index fe1eba0..2c5b7c3 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/AppSearchText.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/components/AppSearchText.vue
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ export default {
     },
 
     value: {
-      required: true,
-      type: Array
+      required: false,
+      type: String,
+      default: ""
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/app/javascript/components/TheRecipeList.vue b/app/javascript/components/TheRecipeList.vue
index c07283b..da5188b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/components/TheRecipeList.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/components/TheRecipeList.vue
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <td><app-date-time :date-time="r.created_at" :show-time="false"></app-date-time></td>
         <td>
           <app-dropdown hover v-if="isLoggedIn" class="is-right">
-            <button slot="button" class="button">
+            <button slot="button" class="button is-small">
               <app-icon icon="menu"></app-icon>
             </button>
 
diff --git a/app/serializers/application_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/application_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56439d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/application_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+class ApplicationSerializer
+  class CollectionSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
+    def initialize(items, serializer, opts = {})
+      super(items, opts)
+      @collection_name = opts[:collection_name]
+      @serializer = serializer
+    end
+
+    def serialize
+      list = @item.map { |i| @serializer.for(i).serialize }
+
+      if @collection_name && item.respond_to?(:total_pages)
+        {
+            total_count: item.total_count,
+            total_pages: item.total_pages,
+            current_page: item.current_page,
+            page_size: item.limit_value,
+            @collection_name.to_sym => list
+        }
+      else
+        list
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def self.for(data, opts = {})
+    if data.respond_to?(:each)
+      CollectionSerializer.new(data, self, opts)
+    else
+      new(data)
+    end
+  end
+
+  attr_reader :item
+
+  def initialize(item, opts = {})
+    @item = item
+    @options = opts
+  end
+
+  def serialize
+      @item.as_json
+  end
+
+  def as_json(*args)
+    serialize
+  end
+
+  def to_json(*args)
+    Rails.cache.fetch(@item.cache_key, version: @item.cache_version) do
+      self.as_json(*args).to_json
+    end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/app/serializers/recipe_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/recipe_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9adc98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/recipe_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+class RecipeSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
+  def serialize
+    {
+        id: item.id,
+        name: item.name,
+        rating: item.rating,
+        yields: item.yields,
+        total_time: item.total_time,
+        active_time: item.active_time,
+        source: item.source,
+        is_ingredient: item.is_ingredient,
+        created_at: item.created_at,
+        updated_at: item.updated_at,
+        step_text: item.step_text,
+        converted_scale: item.converted_scale,
+        converted_system: item.converted_system,
+        converted_unit: item.converted_unit,
+
+        rendered_steps: MarkdownProcessor.render(item.step_text),
+        
+        tags: item.tag_names,
+
+        ingredients: item.recipe_ingredients.map do |ri|
+          {
+              id: ri.id,
+              ingredient_id: ri.ingredient_id,
+              display_name: ri.display_name,
+              name: ri.name,
+              quantity: ri.quantity,
+              units: ri.units,
+              preparation: ri.preparation,
+              sort_order: ri.sort_order,
+
+              ingredient: serialize_ingredient(ri),
+
+              _destroy: false
+          }
+        end,
+
+        nutrition_data: {
+            errors: item.nutrition_data.errors,
+            nutrients: NutritionData::NUTRIENTS.select { |_, v| v.present? }.map do |name, label|
+              {
+                  name: name,
+                  label: label,
+                  value: item.nutrition_data.send(name)
+              }
+            end
+        }
+    }
+  end
+
+  def serialize_ingredient(ri)
+    if ri.food.nil? && ri.recipe_as_ingredient.nil?
+      nil
+    elsif ri.food
+      {
+          name: ri.food.name,
+          density: ri.food.density,
+          notes: ri.food.notes
+      }
+    else
+      {
+          name: ri.recipe_as_ingredient.name
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+end
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diff --git a/app/serializers/recipe_summary_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/recipe_summary_serializer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..224fd1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/serializers/recipe_summary_serializer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+class RecipeSummarySerializer < ApplicationSerializer
+
+  def serialize
+    {
+        id: item.id,
+        name: item.name,
+        rating: item.rating,
+        yields: item.yields,
+        total_time: item.total_time,
+        active_time: item.active_time,
+        created_at: item.created_at,
+        updated_at: item.updated_at,
+        tags: item.tag_names
+    }
+  end
+
+end
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