When you contribute recipes and photographs to Fridge to Food, you will earn ribbons and reputation. Ribbons are fun little prizes. You get them for special accomplishments around the site. Compete with your friends to see who can collect the most!
Reputation is a number indicating how much the Fridge to Food community trusts your abilities as a cook and trusts you as a member of this community. You will earn reputation when you gain votes on recipes and photographs you have submitted. You'll gain 10 reputation for every upvote on a recipe you created, 5 for every upvote on an image you submitted and 2 for every community recipe you submit.
Here's a list of ribbons you can earn. Green ribbons are the easiest to earn. You will earn these as a matter of course using the site. White ribbons are a little bit harder to earn. Only people who actually become members of the community will generally earn them. Red ribbons are very hard to earn. They take time and dedication. Finally, blue ribbons are earned only by the select few. Those who earn blue ribbons are the pillars of the Fridge to Food community.