diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/components/CategoryCheckBox.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/components/CategoryCheckBox.java
index e35c5d06c0f1c5a5c4b02b69ac18acb3dd8a6c49..bec9a2e3afdbf62e0c13e522af55e13893efdf69 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/components/CategoryCheckBox.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/components/CategoryCheckBox.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ public class CategoryCheckBox extends CheckBox {
         super(category.getName());
         this.category = category;
 
-        //TODO: set text color to white when background is below a certain brightness level
         this.setStyle(
                 "-fx-background-color:" + category.getColourCode() + ";" +
                         "-fx-padding: 4px;" +
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/components/IngredientLabel.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/components/IngredientLabel.java
index 7cbf7da435e4f0fda13c737bab70d40587edc7c2..05d45d0eb7634f0ddf6b7dbd833c04717c4971bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/components/IngredientLabel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/components/IngredientLabel.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ public class IngredientLabel extends HBox {
     }
 
     public RecipeComponent getComponent() {
-        //TODO: create a copy
         return component;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/CategoryCreatorController.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/CategoryCreatorController.java
index 8fc2d424e10c09198aab15786912f8b7ec03efd0..fee7fb8c8fc7165c909dc442bb114376a75bc98d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/CategoryCreatorController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/CategoryCreatorController.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package mi.hdm.controllers;
 
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
 import javafx.scene.control.ColorPicker;
 import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
 import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
@@ -41,7 +42,10 @@ public class CategoryCreatorController extends BaseController {
             log.info("Created new category '{}'.", name);
             changeScene(View.MAIN);
         } catch (InvalidCategoryException e) {
-            //TODO: display an error message
+            Alert a = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR);
+            a.setHeaderText("Error creating category");
+            a.setContentText(e.getMessage());
+            a.show();
             log.error("Category '{}' was not created;", name);
             log.error(e.getMessage());
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/HeaderController.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/HeaderController.java
index e42e972e2ade24154ec2da81178975ef3a120327..6ca581e169d92198b0c202165280c00514aea9ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/HeaderController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/HeaderController.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public class HeaderController extends BaseController {
 
     @FXML
     public void searchByQuery() {
+        changeScene(View.MAIN);
         String query = searchBox.getText();
         log.debug("User submitted search box");
         RecipeSearch recipeSearch = new RecipeSearch(recipeManager, ingredientManager);
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/IngredientCreatorController.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/IngredientCreatorController.java
index 8a493dea99945ed2e04a936ac888dd5eabc36754..a7bfb17496383e49cdf63c2987a9ed39e1713656 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/IngredientCreatorController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/IngredientCreatorController.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package mi.hdm.controllers;
 
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import javafx.scene.control.Alert;
 import javafx.scene.control.ChoiceBox;
 import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
 import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
@@ -54,10 +55,6 @@ public class IngredientCreatorController extends BaseController {
     @FXML
     public void submitCreateIngredient() {
         log.info("User submitted ingredient creation");
-        if (!inputsAreValid()) {
-            log.error("Inputs are invalid");
-            //TODO: display an error message to the user!
-        }
         try {
             Measurement selected = unitChoiceBox.getValue();
             Measurement submittedMeasurement = selected == null ? Measurement.GRAM : selected;
@@ -75,7 +72,17 @@ public class IngredientCreatorController extends BaseController {
             log.info("Ingredient '{}' was created and added to ingredient manager", ingredient.getName());
             changeScene(View.MAIN);
         } catch (InvalidIngredientException e) {
-            //TODO: display error message in GUI
+            Alert a = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR);
+            a.setHeaderText("Error creating ingredient");
+            a.setContentText(e.getMessage());
+            a.show();
+            log.error("Ingredient was not created:");
+            log.error(e.getMessage());
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+            Alert a = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR);
+            a.setHeaderText("Error creating ingredient");
+            a.setContentText("One or more of your nutrition values are invalid. Make sure to enter it like this: '10.2'");
+            a.show();
             log.error("Ingredient was not created:");
             log.error(e.getMessage());
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/RecipeCreatorController.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/RecipeCreatorController.java
index d43c23ba9191bf053e0eb26ed674f191ff0624ce..663431af5db7f295869171260c746b8214101035 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/RecipeCreatorController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/RecipeCreatorController.java
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package mi.hdm.controllers;
 
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
-import javafx.scene.control.ScrollPane;
-import javafx.scene.control.SplitPane;
-import javafx.scene.control.TextArea;
-import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
+import javafx.scene.control.*;
 import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
 import javafx.scene.layout.FlowPane;
 import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
@@ -13,6 +10,7 @@ import mi.hdm.components.CategoryCheckBox;
 import mi.hdm.components.CategoryPreviewLabel;
 import mi.hdm.components.IngredientSearchResultLabel;
 import mi.hdm.components.SelectedIngredientLabel;
+import mi.hdm.exceptions.InvalidRecipeException;
 import mi.hdm.recipes.*;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -162,12 +160,23 @@ public class RecipeCreatorController extends BaseController {
         String prepTime = prepTimeTextField.getText();
         Integer preparationTimeMins = isInteger(prepTime) ? Integer.parseInt(prepTime) : null;
 
-        //TODO: display error messages in GUI
         try {
             recipe = new Recipe(name, ingredients, description, preparation, categories, preparationTimeMins);
             recipeManager.addRecipe(recipe);
             log.info("Recipe '{}' was created.", name);
+            changeScene(View.MAIN);
+        } catch (InvalidRecipeException e) {
+            Alert a = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR);
+            a.setHeaderText("Error creating recipe");
+            a.setContentText(e.getMessage());
+            a.show();
+            log.error(e.getMessage());
+            log.error("Recipe not created.");
         } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            Alert a = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR);
+            a.setHeaderText("Error creating recipe");
+            a.setContentText("Something went wrong when creating the recipe. Check all your inputs!");
+            a.show();
             log.error(e.getMessage());
             log.error("Recipe not created.");
         }
@@ -189,11 +198,6 @@ public class RecipeCreatorController extends BaseController {
         drawIngredientSearchResults();
     }
 
-    private void displayError(String message) {
-        //TODO: implement error message when recipe creation fails
-        throw new RuntimeException("TODO!");
-    }
-
     @FXML
     public void changeSceneToHome() {
         changeScene(View.MAIN);
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/RecipeViewController.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/RecipeViewController.java
index 613c6fbb519fa0629da27a7e417fc1cdca354ddc..10d77b9ecedcaa439461d0cbc8e32ebbf1131c84 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/RecipeViewController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/RecipeViewController.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 public class RecipeViewController extends BaseController {
     private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(RecipeViewController.class);
 
-
     private final Recipe recipe;
     private final RecipeManager recipeManager;
     private final IngredientManager ingredientManager;
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/ShoppingListViewController.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/ShoppingListViewController.java
index 0a4a517cd056414e25932fb1893558ae240690a0..73ffb1eaabfb5ffe5524c6b90530a3038054bc30 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/ShoppingListViewController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/controllers/ShoppingListViewController.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class ShoppingListViewController extends BaseController {
 
     @FXML
     public void handleRemoveBought() {
-        shoppingList.removeAllBought(); //TODO: this does not work but causes a lot of errors
+        shoppingList.removeAllBought();
         displayShoppingList();
     }
     @FXML
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/Ingredient.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/Ingredient.java
index e6fcb13ad2437c6bf3f5c5909121bb7f855f6e2b..d0b522b9074c951c1f100c545808f7c2a7aaaf7a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/Ingredient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/Ingredient.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class Ingredient implements RecipeComponent {
 
     public Ingredient(Measurement unit, String name, NutritionTable nutritionTable) {
         if (name == null || name.equals("")) {
-            throw new InvalidIngredientException("Can not add ingredient with name " + name);
+            throw new InvalidIngredientException("Can not add ingredient with name '" + name + "'");
         }
         if (nutritionTable == null) {
             throw new InvalidIngredientException("Can not add ingredient without Nutrition Table");
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/RecipeManager.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/RecipeManager.java
index 2dd8cb8978b611e2a49e57c399f68055c4d23862..8a1e3720f2e213aa859f5c8dd01311a423e5a760 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/RecipeManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/RecipeManager.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 public class RecipeManager {
-    //TODO observable array list?
     private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(RecipeManager.class);
 
     private final Map<String, Recipe> allRecipes;
diff --git a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/RecipeSearch.java b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/RecipeSearch.java
index db80412357f4ef682cb5657e8c1abd3b194c14f4..dc9005343b75af20cfa0ff46f384bd4f4e7577d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/RecipeSearch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mi/hdm/recipes/RecipeSearch.java
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class RecipeSearch {
-    //TODO: lets make these methods static, no need to instantiate a new object every time
     private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(RecipeSearch.class);
 
     private final RecipeManager recipeManager;
     private final IngredientManager ingredientManager;
 
     public RecipeSearch(RecipeManager recipeManager, IngredientManager ingredientManager) {
+        //TODO: dont use the managers as parameters, instead just take in some List<RecipeComponent>
         this.recipeManager = recipeManager;
         this.ingredientManager = ingredientManager;
         log.debug("RecipeSearch was instantiated with {} recipes and {} ingredients", recipeManager.getRecipes().size(), ingredientManager.getAllIngredients().size());
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/Tasty_Pages_Main_Page.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/Tasty_Pages_Main_Page.fxml
index 828354e9c42e19489dfaab2e890862517d0be21e..b1a7f412507105d1f98a97e6186ed135702021c8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/Tasty_Pages_Main_Page.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/Tasty_Pages_Main_Page.fxml
@@ -1,44 +1,63 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
-<?import javafx.scene.Cursor?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
+<?import javafx.scene.Cursor?>
 <?import javafx.scene.image.Image?>
 <?import javafx.scene.image.ImageView?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.Pane?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.TilePane?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
-
-<AnchorPane fx:id="parent" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="640.0" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/19" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="mi.hdm.controllers.MainPageController">
-    <VBox prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="640.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
-        <children>
-            <HBox fx:id="categories" prefWidth="640.0" spacing="8.0">
-                <padding>
-                    <Insets bottom="8.0" left="8.0" right="8.0" top="8.0" />
-                </padding>
-            </HBox>
-            <TilePane fx:id="recipeTilePane" hgap="8.0" prefHeight="400.0" prefTileHeight="250.0" prefTileWidth="180.0" prefWidth="640.0" vgap="8.0">
-                <Pane prefHeight="250.0" prefWidth="180.0" style="-fx-background-color: dedede; -fx-background-radius: 15;">
-                    <Button contentDisplay="CENTER" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#handleAddRecipe" prefHeight="250.0" prefWidth="180.0" style="-fx-background-color: transparent;" text="Button" textFill="TRANSPARENT">
-                        <graphic>
-                            <ImageView fitHeight="67.0" fitWidth="64.0" pickOnBounds="true" preserveRatio="true">
-                                <Image url="@../images/Tasty_Pages_Plus_Icon.png" />
-                            </ImageView>
-                        </graphic>
-                        <cursor>
-                            <Cursor fx:constant="HAND" />
-                        </cursor>
-                    </Button>
-                </Pane>
-                <padding>
-                    <Insets bottom="8.0" left="8.0" right="8.0" top="8.0" />
-                </padding>
-            </TilePane>
-        </children>
-      <padding>
-         <Insets top="30.0" />
-      </padding>
-    </VBox>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
+<?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
+<AnchorPane fx:id="parent" prefHeight="600.0" prefWidth="800.0" VBox.vgrow="ALWAYS"
+            xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17.0.2-ea" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1"
+            fx:controller="mi.hdm.controllers.MainPageController">
+    <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0"
+                AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
+        <center>
+            <VBox prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="640.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                <children>
+                    <HBox fx:id="categories" prefWidth="640.0" spacing="8.0">
+                        <padding>
+                            <Insets bottom="8.0" left="8.0" right="8.0" top="8.0"/>
+                        </padding>
+                    </HBox>
+                    <TilePane fx:id="recipeTilePane" hgap="8.0" prefHeight="400.0" prefTileHeight="250.0"
+                              prefTileWidth="180.0" prefWidth="640.0" vgap="8.0">
+                        <Pane prefHeight="250.0" prefWidth="180.0"
+                              style="-fx-background-color: dedede; -fx-background-radius: 15;">
+                            <Button contentDisplay="CENTER" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#handleAddRecipe"
+                                    prefHeight="250.0" prefWidth="180.0" style="-fx-background-color: transparent;"
+                                    text="Button" textFill="TRANSPARENT">
+                                <graphic>
+                                    <ImageView fitHeight="67.0" fitWidth="64.0" pickOnBounds="true"
+                                               preserveRatio="true">
+                                        <Image url="@../images/Tasty_Pages_Plus_Icon.png"/>
+                                    </ImageView>
+                                </graphic>
+                                <cursor>
+                                    <Cursor fx:constant="HAND"/>
+                                </cursor>
+                            </Button>
+                        </Pane>
+                        <padding>
+                            <Insets bottom="8.0" left="8.0" right="8.0" top="8.0"/>
+                        </padding>
+                    </TilePane>
+                </children>
+            </VBox>
+        </center>
+        <top>
+            <Label text="Tasty Pages" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                <font>
+                    <Font name="System Bold" size="24.0"/>
+                </font>
+                <BorderPane.margin>
+                    <Insets top="10.0"/>
+                </BorderPane.margin>
+            </Label>
+        </top>
+    </BorderPane>
+    <padding>
+        <Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0"/>
+    </padding>
 </AnchorPane>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fxml/recipe-creator.fxml b/src/main/resources/fxml/recipe-creator.fxml
index 442d6c35ad663806deb63246a1a98262b8037610..05d38d477f7d651c7542c0dd8f894a41566db081 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fxml/recipe-creator.fxml
+++ b/src/main/resources/fxml/recipe-creator.fxml
@@ -1,50 +1,36 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
-<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
+<?import javafx.geometry.*?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.Cursor?>
-<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
-<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
-<?import javafx.scene.control.ScrollPane?>
-<?import javafx.scene.control.Separator?>
-<?import javafx.scene.control.SplitPane?>
-<?import javafx.scene.control.TextArea?>
-<?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
 <?import javafx.scene.image.Image?>
 <?import javafx.scene.image.ImageView?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.FlowPane?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
-<?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.text.Font?>
-
-<AnchorPane prefHeight="800" prefWidth="1200.0" style="-fx-background-color: ffffff;" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/19" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="mi.hdm.controllers.RecipeCreatorController">
+<AnchorPane prefHeight="800" prefWidth="1200.0" style="-fx-background-color: ffffff;"
+            xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/17.0.2-ea" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1"
+            fx:controller="mi.hdm.controllers.RecipeCreatorController">
     <padding>
-        <Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" />
+        <Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0"/>
     </padding>
-    <BorderPane fx:id="borderPane" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
-        <top>
-            <ImageView fitHeight="40.0" fitWidth="200.0" onMouseClicked="#changeSceneToHome" pickOnBounds="true" preserveRatio="true" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER_LEFT">
-                <Image url="@../images/Tasty_Pages_Back_Arrow.png" />
-                <cursor>
-                    <Cursor fx:constant="HAND" />
-                </cursor>
-                <BorderPane.margin>
-                    <Insets top="5.0" />
-                </BorderPane.margin>
-            </ImageView>
-        </top>
+    <BorderPane fx:id="borderPane" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0"
+                AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
         <center>
-            <SplitPane fx:id="topSplitPane" dividerPositions="0.5" prefHeight="160.0" prefWidth="200.0" style="-fx-box-border: transparent; -fx-padding: 0; -fx-split-pane-divider: transparent; -fx-background-color: transpartent;" styleClass=".split-pane-divider {  -fx-padding: 0 ;}" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
-                <AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="300.0" prefHeight="160.0" prefWidth="100.0" style="-fx-background-color: ffffff;">
+            <SplitPane fx:id="topSplitPane" dividerPositions="0.5" prefHeight="160.0" prefWidth="200.0"
+                       style="-fx-box-border: transparent; -fx-padding: 0; -fx-split-pane-divider: transparent; -fx-background-color: transparent;"
+                       BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                <AnchorPane minHeight="0.0" minWidth="300.0" prefHeight="160.0" prefWidth="100.0"
+                            style="-fx-background-color: ffffff;">
                     <padding>
-                        <Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
+                        <Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0"/>
                     </padding>
-                    <VBox prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="100.0" spacing="5.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
-                        <Label text="Recipe name" />
-                        <TextField fx:id="nameTextField" promptText="Enter a name for your recipe" style="-fx-background-color: eeeeee; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-border-color: D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4;">
+                    <VBox prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="100.0" spacing="5.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0"
+                          AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
+                        <Label text="Recipe name"/>
+                        <TextField fx:id="nameTextField" promptText="Enter a name for your recipe"
+                                   style="-fx-background-color: eeeeee; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-border-color: D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4;">
                             <VBox.margin>
-                                <Insets bottom="5.0" />
+                                <Insets bottom="5.0"/>
                             </VBox.margin>
                         </TextField>
                         <Label text="Recipe description" />
@@ -76,13 +62,18 @@
                         </TextArea>
                         <Label text="Ingredients" />
                         <ScrollPane id="RecipeCreatorIngredients" fx:id="selectedIngredientsScrollPane" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" style="-fx-background-color: transparent; -fx-border-color: D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4;" stylesheets="@../styles/GUI_extras.css" />
-                        <Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#confirmCreateRecipe" style="-fx-background-color: ffffff; -fx-control-inner-background: transparent; -fx-border-color: D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4;" text="Create Recipe" textFill="#d91c1c">
+                        <Button mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#confirmCreateRecipe"
+                                style="-fx-background-color: ffffff; -fx-control-inner-background: transparent; -fx-border-color: D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4;"
+                                text="Create Recipe" textFill="#d91c1c">
                             <VBox.margin>
-                                <Insets top="10.0" />
+                                <Insets top="10.0"/>
                             </VBox.margin>
-                     <font>
-                        <Font name="System Bold" size="13.0" />
-                     </font>
+                            <font>
+                                <Font name="System Bold" size="13.0"/>
+                            </font>
+                            <cursor>
+                                <Cursor fx:constant="HAND"/>
+                            </cursor>
                         </Button>
                     </VBox>
                 </AnchorPane>
@@ -91,40 +82,92 @@
                     <padding>
                         <Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
                     </padding>
-                    <VBox prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="100.0" style="-fx-background-color: ffffff;" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
-                        <Label text="Select categories" />
-                        <FlowPane fx:id="allCategories" prefHeight="129.0" prefWidth="566.0" style="-fx-background-color: eeeeee; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-border-color: D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4;" />
-                        <Separator prefWidth="200.0" />
+                    <VBox prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="100.0" style="-fx-background-color: ffffff;"
+                          AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0"
+                          AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0">
+                        <Label text="Select categories"/>
+                        <FlowPane fx:id="allCategories" hgap="5.0" prefHeight="129.0" prefWidth="566.0"
+                                  style="-fx-background-color: eeeeee; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-border-color: D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4;"
+                                  vgap="5.0">
+                            <padding>
+                                <Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0"/>
+                            </padding>
+                        </FlowPane>
+                        <Separator prefWidth="200.0"/>
                         <Label text="Search for ingredients">
                             <VBox.margin>
-                                <Insets top="10.0" />
+                                <Insets top="10.0"/>
                             </VBox.margin>
                         </Label>
-                        <TextField fx:id="ingredientSearch" onInputMethodTextChanged="#searchIngredients" promptText="Type something..." style="-fx-background-color: eeeeee; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-border-color: D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4;">
+                        <TextField fx:id="ingredientSearch" onInputMethodTextChanged="#searchIngredients"
+                                   promptText="Type something..."
+                                   style="-fx-background-color: eeeeee; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-border-color: #D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4;">
                             <VBox.margin>
-                                <Insets bottom="5.0" top="5.0" />
+                                <Insets bottom="5.0" top="5.0"/>
                             </VBox.margin>
                         </TextField>
-                        <ScrollPane fx:id="searchResultsPane" fitToHeight="true" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" prefHeight="509.0" prefWidth="566.0" style="-fx-background-color: transparent; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4; -fx-border-color: D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5;" stylesheets="@../styles/GUI_extras.css" />
+                        <ScrollPane fx:id="searchResultsPane" fitToHeight="true" maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308"
+                                    prefHeight="509.0" prefWidth="566.0"
+                                    style="-fx-background-color: transparent; -fx-background-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4; -fx-border-color: #D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5;"
+                                    stylesheets="@../styles/GUI_extras.css"/>
                         <HBox alignment="TOP_CENTER" prefHeight="45.0" prefWidth="566.0" spacing="15.0">
-                            <Button accessibleRole="DECREMENT_BUTTON" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#decrementPageCounter" style="-fx-background-color: ffffff; -fx-control-inner-background: transparent; -fx-border-color: D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4; -fx-padding: 5;" text="&lt;&lt; Previous" textFill="#d91c1c">
-                        <opaqueInsets>
-                           <Insets />
-                        </opaqueInsets>
-                        <HBox.margin>
-                           <Insets top="12.0" />
-                        </HBox.margin></Button>
-                            <Button accessibleRole="INCREMENT_BUTTON" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#incrementPageCounter" style="-fx-background-color: ffffff; -fx-control-inner-background: transparent; -fx-border-color: D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 4;" text="Next &gt;&gt;" textFill="#d91c1c">
-                        <font>
-                           <Font name="System Bold" size="13.0" />
-                        </font>
-                        <HBox.margin>
-                           <Insets top="12.0" />
-                        </HBox.margin></Button>
+                            <Button accessibleRole="DECREMENT_BUTTON" mnemonicParsing="false"
+                                    onAction="#decrementPageCounter"
+                                    style="-fx-background-color: #ffffff; -fx-control-inner-background: transparent; -fx-border-color: #D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 2; -fx-padding: 5;"
+                                    text="&lt;&lt; Previous" textFill="#d91c1c">
+                                <opaqueInsets>
+                                    <Insets/>
+                                </opaqueInsets>
+                                <HBox.margin>
+                                    <Insets top="12.0"/>
+                                </HBox.margin>
+                                <font>
+                                    <Font size="13.0"/>
+                                </font>
+                            </Button>
+                            <Button accessibleRole="INCREMENT_BUTTON" mnemonicParsing="false"
+                                    onAction="#incrementPageCounter"
+                                    style="-fx-background-color: #ffffff; -fx-control-inner-background: transparent; -fx-border-color: #D91C1C; -fx-border-radius: 5; -fx-border-width: 2;"
+                                    text="Next &gt;&gt;" textFill="#d91c1c">
+                                <font>
+                                    <Font size="13.0"/>
+                                </font>
+                                <HBox.margin>
+                                    <Insets top="12.0"/>
+                                </HBox.margin>
+                            </Button>
                         </HBox>
                     </VBox>
                 </AnchorPane>
             </SplitPane>
         </center>
+        <top>
+            <GridPane BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+                <columnConstraints>
+                    <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0"/>
+                    <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0"/>
+                    <ColumnConstraints hgrow="SOMETIMES" minWidth="10.0" prefWidth="100.0"/>
+                </columnConstraints>
+                <rowConstraints>
+                    <RowConstraints minHeight="10.0" prefHeight="30.0" vgrow="SOMETIMES"/>
+                </rowConstraints>
+                <padding>
+                    <Insets bottom="10.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0"/>
+                </padding>
+                <ImageView fitHeight="40.0" fitWidth="200.0" onMouseClicked="#changeSceneToHome" pickOnBounds="true"
+                           preserveRatio="true" GridPane.valignment="CENTER">
+                    <Image url="@../images/Tasty_Pages_Back_Arrow.png"/>
+                    <cursor>
+                        <Cursor fx:constant="HAND"/>
+                    </cursor>
+                </ImageView>
+                <Label alignment="CENTER" contentDisplay="CENTER" prefHeight="17.0" prefWidth="1000.0"
+                       text="Create a recipe" textAlignment="CENTER" GridPane.columnIndex="1">
+                    <font>
+                        <Font name="System Bold" size="24.0"/>
+                    </font>
+                </Label>
+            </GridPane>
+        </top>
     </BorderPane>
 </AnchorPane>