diff --git a/Controllers/RecipeController.php b/Controllers/RecipeController.php
index 0bd9a4b..521e1b7 100644
--- a/Controllers/RecipeController.php
+++ b/Controllers/RecipeController.php
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ final class RecipeController
             }
         }
 
+        // delete all remaining ingredients, they have been deleted by the user
+        foreach($A_ingrsInDB as $O_ingr){
+            $O_ingr->delete();
+        }
+
         header("Location: /recipe/view/".$O_recipe->I_ID);
     }
 
diff --git a/Models/IngredientModel.php b/Models/IngredientModel.php
index 7c791c8..a7b03d2 100644
--- a/Models/IngredientModel.php
+++ b/Models/IngredientModel.php
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ final class IngredientModel
 
     public function delete(){
         $O_model = Model::get();
-        $stmt = $O_model->prepare("DELETE FROM INGREDIENT WHERE ID=:id");
-        $stmt->bindParam("id", $this->I_INGREDIENT_ID);
-        $stmt->execute();
         $stmt = $O_model->prepare("DELETE FROM RECIPE_INGREDIENT WHERE INGREDIENT_ID=:id");
-        $stmt->execute();
         $stmt->bindParam("id", $this->I_INGREDIENT_ID);
         $stmt->execute();
     }