If you understand 3NF normalisation and how to use it, I will send you the current structure and explain to you where the bottleneck currently will be unless it's fixed.If I can help with the normalisation give me a shout.
I need all the help that I can get and I've seen huge web databases created by 'professionals' that still didn't do it right.
Saw an example for setting up the ingredients properly somewhere and forgot to bookmark it. It was brilliant.