diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/MainViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/MainViewModel.kt
index c352fbc..d010c4d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/MainViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/MainViewModel.kt
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ class MainViewModel(var recipeService: IRecipeService = RecipeService()) : ViewM
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Fetches recipes from IRecipeDAO and adds it to an arraylist
+     */
     internal fun fetchRecipes() {
         viewModelScope.launch {
             val innerRecipeList = recipeService.fetchRecipes()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/dto/Recipe.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/dto/Recipe.kt
index 75f83fc..7a76355 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/dto/Recipe.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/dto/Recipe.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ package com.cookit.dto
 import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName
 
+/**
+ * A class to represent recipes
+ *
+ * This class serializes the JSON from IRecipeDAO and parses it into a kotlin object
+ * @property recipeID
+ * @property name Name of the recipe
+ * @property category Category of the recipe
+ * @property cuisine Cuisine of the recipe
+ * @property instructions Instructions of how to create the recipe
+ * @property imageURL URL of the image associated with the recipe
+ */
 data class Recipe(
     @SerializedName("idMeal")var recipeID : String = "",
     @SerializedName("strMeal")var name : String = "",
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/service/IngredientMapService.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/service/IngredientMapService.kt
index 8cba503..66caced 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/service/IngredientMapService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/cookit/service/IngredientMapService.kt
@@ -1,26 +1,14 @@
 package com.cookit.service
 
-/**
- * Ingredient mapping service interface that has 2 functions
- * [stringToMap] converts a string into a map
- * [mapToString] converts a map to a string
- */
 interface IIngredientMapService {
     fun stringToMap(input: String): MutableMap<String, String>
     fun mapToString(input: MutableMap<String, String>): String
 }
 
-/**
- * This implementation of the [IIngredientMapService] converts strings and maps based on the
- * format expected from a text field in our UI.
- * The format looks like this:
- * ingredient=amount,\ningredient2=amount,\ningredient3=amount,\n ... ingredient20=amount
- * \n is converted into a new line in the text field
- */
-class TextFieldIngredientMapService : IIngredientMapService {
+class IngredientMapService : IIngredientMapService {
     override fun stringToMap(input: String): MutableMap<String, String> {
         val outputMap = input.split(",\n").associate {
-            val (left, right) = it.trim().split("=")
+            val (left, right) = it.split("=")
             left to right
         }.toMutableMap()
         return outputMap