diff --git a/docs/content/guides/author-apps/portable-resources/howto-author-portable-resources/index.md b/docs/content/guides/author-apps/portable-resources/howto-author-portable-resources/index.md
index e02b6e495..ccde6dae2 100644
--- a/docs/content/guides/author-apps/portable-resources/howto-author-portable-resources/index.md
+++ b/docs/content/guides/author-apps/portable-resources/howto-author-portable-resources/index.md
@@ -31,7 +31,15 @@ Portable resources provide **abstraction** and **portability** to Radius Applica
 
 {{% codetab %}}
 
-Recipes enable a separation of concerns between infrastructure operators and developers by automating infrastructure deployment. To learn more visit the [Recipes overview]({{< ref "/guides/recipes/overview" >}})
+Recipes enable a separation of concerns between infrastructure operators and developers by automating infrastructure deployment. To learn more visit the [Recipes overview]({{< ref "/guides/recipes/overview" >}}). You can run a default recipe registered in your environment or select the specific Recipe you want to run. 
+
+#### Default Recipe
+
+{{< rad file="snippets/app-redis-recipe.bicep" embed=true marker="//Recipe" >}}
+
+#### Specifying a Recipe by name
+
+{{< rad file="snippets/app-redis-manual.bicep" embed=true marker="//RecipeSpecified" >}}
 
 {{% /codetab %}}
 
diff --git a/docs/content/guides/author-apps/portable-resources/howto-author-portable-resources/snippets/app-redis-manual.bicep b/docs/content/guides/author-apps/portable-resources/howto-author-portable-resources/snippets/app-redis-manual.bicep
index b95bd36e3..41e61ed82 100644
--- a/docs/content/guides/author-apps/portable-resources/howto-author-portable-resources/snippets/app-redis-manual.bicep
+++ b/docs/content/guides/author-apps/portable-resources/howto-author-portable-resources/snippets/app-redis-manual.bicep
@@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ resource portableRedis 'Applications.Datastores/redisCaches@2023-10-01-preview'
   }
 }
 //MANUAL
+
diff --git a/docs/content/guides/author-apps/portable-resources/howto-author-portable-resources/snippets/app-redis-recipe.bicep b/docs/content/guides/author-apps/portable-resources/howto-author-portable-resources/snippets/app-redis-recipe.bicep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8946211f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/content/guides/author-apps/portable-resources/howto-author-portable-resources/snippets/app-redis-recipe.bicep
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import radius as radius
+
+@description('Specifies the environment for resources.')
+param environment string
+
+@description('Specifies the application for resources.')
+param application string
+
+@description('Specifies the namespace for resources.')
+param namespace string
+
+//CONTAINER
+resource container 'Applications.Core/containers@2023-10-01-preview' = {
+  name: 'demo'
+  properties: {
+    application: application
+    container: {
+      image: 'ghcr.io/radius-project/samples/demo:latest'
+      ports: {
+        web: {
+          containerPort: 3000
+        }
+      }
+      livenessProbe: {
+        kind: 'httpGet'
+        containerPort: 3000
+        path: '/healthz'
+        initialDelaySeconds: 10
+      }
+    }
+    connections: {
+      redis: {
+        source: recipeRedis.id
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+//CONTAINER
+
+//Recipe
+resource recipeRedis 'Applications.Datastores/redisCaches@2023-10-01-preview'= {
+  name: 'myresource'
+  properties: {
+    environment: environment
+    application: application
+  }
+}
+//Recipe
+
+//RecipeSpecified
+resource redis 'Applications.Datastores/redisCaches@2023-10-01-preview'= {
+  name: 'myresource'
+  properties: {
+    environment: environment
+    application: application
+    recipe: {
+      name: 'azure-prod'
+    }
+  }
+}
+//RecipeSpecified
+