diff --git a/backend/src/server.ts b/backend/src/server.ts
index f6a2b74..7dd4a83 100644
--- a/backend/src/server.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server.ts
@@ -12,39 +12,60 @@ app.use(express.json());
 
 let recipeList = recipes;
 // Routes
+/**
+ * Load recipe list 
+ * allows for filtering the list based on the recipes title using the query paramter search
+ */
 app.get("/recipe", (req, res) => {
-  console.log("GET /recipe")
-  res.json(recipeList);
+  // extract search string from query parameters, convert to lower case for case insensitive search
+  let searchString : string  = req.query.search ? req.query.search.toString().toLowerCase() : "";
+  console.log("searchString", searchString)
+  let resultList : Recipe[] = []
+  if(searchString && searchString !== ""){
+    // if theres a search string filter recipe list based on title
+    // convert title to lower case in order to allow for case insensitive filtering
+    resultList = recipeList.filter(recipe => recipe.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchString));
+  } else {
+    // if there is no search string simply return the entire list
+    resultList = recipeList;
+  }
+  res.json(resultList)
 });
 
+/**
+ * Load a single recipe by its id
+ */
 app.get("/recipe/:id", (req, res) => {
   let recipeId : string = req.params.id;
-  console.log("GET /recipe/", recipeId);
-  const recipe = recipeList.find(r => r.id === req.params.id);
-  console.log(recipe ? "SUCCESS" : "404")
+  const recipe = recipeList.find(r => r.id === recipeId);
   recipe ? res.json(recipe) : res.status(404).send("Recipe not found");
 });
 
+/**
+ * Create a new recipe
+ */
 app.post("/recipe", (req, res) => {
-  console.log("POST /recipe")
   const newRecipe: Recipe = { id: uuidv4(), ...req.body };
   recipeList.push(newRecipe);
   res.status(201).json(newRecipe);
 });
 
+/**
+ * Save an existing recipe
+ */
 app.put("/recipe/:id", (req, res) => {
   let recipeId : string = req.params.id;
-  console.log("PUT /recipe/", recipeId)
-  const index = recipes.findIndex(r => r.id === recipeId);
+  const index = recipeList.findIndex(r => r.id === recipeId);
   if (index === -1) {
-    console.log("404")
     return res.status(404).send("Recipe not found");
   }
-  console.log("SUCCESS");
   recipeList[index] = { ...recipeList[index], ...req.body };
   res.json(recipeList[index]);
 });
 
+/**
+ * Delete a recipe by id
+ */
 app.delete("/recipe/:id", (req, res) => {
   recipeList = recipeList.filter(r => r.id !== req.params.id);
   res.status(204).send();
diff --git a/frontend/src/api/recipePoint.ts b/frontend/src/api/recipePoint.ts
index 9b0f458..847b3a4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api/recipePoint.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/api/recipePoint.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,17 @@ export async function fetchRecipe(id: string): Promise<Recipe> {
 
 /**
  * Load list of all recipes
+ * @param searchString Search string for filtering recipeList
  * @returns Array of recipe
  */
-export async function fetchRecipeList(): Promise<Recipe[]> {
-  const res = await fetch(`${RECIPE_URL}/`)
+export async function fetchRecipeList(searchString : string): Promise<Recipe[]> {
+  let url : string = RECIPE_URL;
+  // if there's a search string add it as query parameter
+  if(searchString && searchString !== ""){
+    url +="?search=" + searchString;
+  }
+  console.log("calling url", url)
+  const res = await fetch(url)
   if (!res.ok) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to fetch recipe list`)
   }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/recipes/RecipeListPage.tsx b/frontend/src/components/recipes/RecipeListPage.tsx
index 4ba39ab..36c951c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/recipes/RecipeListPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/recipes/RecipeListPage.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import RecipeListItem from "./RecipeListItem"
 import type { Recipe } from "../../types/recipe"
 import { fetchRecipeList } from "../../api/recipePoint"
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom"
-import { getRecipeAddUrl, getRecipeAddUrlDefinition, getRecipeDetailUrl } from "../../routes"
+import { getRecipeAddUrl, getRecipeDetailUrl } from "../../routes"
 
 /**
  * Displays a list of recipes in a sidebar layout.
@@ -13,24 +13,27 @@ export default function RecipeListPage() {
 
   const navigate = useNavigate()
   const [recipeList, setRecipeList] = useState<Recipe[]|null>(null)
-  // load recipes once on render
+  const [searchString, setSearchString] = useState<string>("")
+  // load recipes once on render and whenever search string changes
+  // @todo add delay. Only reload list if the search string hasn't changed for ~200 ms
     useEffect(() => {
+      console.log("loading recipe list with searchString", searchString)
       const loadRecipeList = async () => { 
           try {
             // Fetch recipe list
-            console.log("loading recipe list")
-            const data = await fetchRecipeList()
+            const data = await fetchRecipeList(searchString)
             setRecipeList(data)
           } catch (err) {
             console.error(err)
           }
       }
       loadRecipeList()
-    }, [])
+    }, [,searchString])
   
   const handleAdd = () => {
     navigate(getRecipeAddUrl())
   }
+
   if(!recipeList) { return <div>Unable to load recipes!</div>}
   return (
     /*Contaier spanning entire screen used to center content horizontally */
@@ -44,6 +47,9 @@ export default function RecipeListPage() {
             <label className="text-gray-500 w-2/3">{recipeList.length} Recipes</label>
             <input className="input-field"
               placeholder="Search"
+              onChange={e => {
+                setSearchString(e.target.value)
+              }}
             ></input>
             <button className="primary-button"
               onClick={handleAdd}