Improve the frontend and repository layer

services/recipes/app/api/recipes.py

@@ -188,6 +188,34 @@ async def update_recipe(
         raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail="Internal server error")
 
 
+@router.get(
+    route_builder.build_custom_route(RouteCategory.BASE, ["count"]),
+    response_model=dict
+)
+async def count_recipes(
+    tenant_id: UUID,
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db)
+):
+    """Get count of recipes for a tenant"""
+    try:
+        recipe_service = RecipeService(db)
+
+        # Use the search method with limit 0 to just get the count
+        recipes = await recipe_service.search_recipes(
+            tenant_id=tenant_id,
+            limit=10000  # High limit to get all
+        )
+
+        count = len(recipes)
+        logger.info(f"Retrieved recipe count for tenant {tenant_id}: {count}")
+
+        return {"count": count}
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error counting recipes for tenant {tenant_id}: {e}")
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail="Internal server error")
+
+
 @router.delete(
     route_builder.build_custom_route(RouteCategory.BASE, ["{recipe_id}"])
 )