I don't know where my other comment was but there was this guy who suggested a system wherein people can make meals/cocktails/whatnot without having to make other stuff one by one first. Like if one needs to make bubbles because it is an ingredient to create another meal, he could just click the meal's recipe and the game would automatically make bubbles and other stuff in order to complete the meal.
I don't know if I explained it really well, but I hope you get my drift.