diff --git a/cookbook/helper/template_helper.py b/cookbook/helper/template_helper.py
index 7cabc7d8a..c0928b079 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/template_helper.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/template_helper.py
@@ -7,10 +7,29 @@ from cookbook.helper.mdx_attributes import MarkdownFormatExtension
 from cookbook.helper.mdx_urlize import UrlizeExtension
 
 
+class IngredientObject(object):
+    amount = None
+    unit = None
+    food = None
+
+    def __init__(self, ingredient):
+        self.amount = f'[[calculateAmount({ingredient.amount})]]'
+        self.unit = ingredient.unit
+        self.food = ingredient.food
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f'{self.amount} {self.unit} {self.food}'
+
+
 def render_instructions(step):  # TODO deduplicate markdown cleanup code
 
+    ingredients = []
+
+    for i in step.ingredients.all():
+        ingredients.append(IngredientObject(i))
+
     template = Template(step.instruction)
-    instructions = template.render(ingredients=step.ingredients.all())
+    instructions = template.render(ingredients=ingredients)
 
     tags = markdown_tags + ['pre', 'table', 'td', 'tr', 'th', 'tbody', 'style', 'thead']
     parsed_md = md.markdown(instructions, extensions=['markdown.extensions.fenced_code', 'tables', UrlizeExtension(), MarkdownFormatExtension()])