diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d92f163..60f2e2f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -9,15 +9,35 @@ const MONGODB_URI = 'mongodb://localhost:27017/recipe-app';
 
 // Connection to the database "recipe-app"
 mongoose
-  .connect(MONGODB_URI)
+  .connect("mongodb://localhost:27017/Recipie",{
+    useNewUrlParser: true,
+    useUnifiedTopology: true,
+  })
   .then(x => {
     console.log(`Connected to the database: "${x.connection.name}"`);
     // Before adding any recipes to the database, let's remove all existing ones
     return Recipe.deleteMany()
+    
   })
   .then(() => {
     // Run your code here, after you have insured that the connection was made
-  })
-  .catch(error => {
-    console.error('Error connecting to the database', error);
+    return Recipe.create({
+      title: 'Spaghetti Carbonara',
+      level: 'Easy Peasy',
+      ingredients: ['spaghetti', 'egg', 'cheese', 'bacon', 'pepper'],
+      cuisine: 'Italian',
+      dishType: 'main_course',
+      duration: 30,
+      creator: 'Chef Luigi',
   });
+})
+.then((recipe) => {
+  console.log(`Recipe created: ${recipe.title}`);
+})
+.catch((error) => {
+  console.error('Error creating recipe:', error);
+})
+.finally(() => {
+  mongoose.connection.close();
+});
+
diff --git a/models/Recipe.model.js b/models/Recipe.model.js
index 7b2ad14..4128562 100644
--- a/models/Recipe.model.js
+++ b/models/Recipe.model.js
@@ -3,6 +3,41 @@ const Schema = mongoose.Schema;
 
 const recipeSchema = new Schema({
   // TODO: write the schema
+  title: {
+    type: String,
+    required: true,
+    unique: true,
+},
+level: {
+    type: String,
+    enum: ['Easy Peasy', 'Amateur Chef', 'UltraPro Chef'],
+},
+ingredients: {
+    type: [String],
+},
+cuisine: {
+    type: String,
+    required: true,
+},
+dishType: {
+    type: String,
+    enum: ['breakfast', 'main_course', 'soup', 'snack', 'drink', 'dessert', 'other'],
+},
+image: {
+    type: String,
+    default: 'https://images.media-allrecipes.com/images/75131.jpg',
+},
+duration: {
+    type: Number,
+    min: 0,
+},
+creator: {
+    type: String,
+},
+created: {
+    type: Date,
+    default: Date.now,
+},
 });
 
 const Recipe = mongoose.model('Recipe', recipeSchema);