A set of directions with a list of ingredients for making or preparing something, especially food.
A formula for or means to a desired end: a recipe for success.
A medical prescription.
If you are asking for #1; I can recommend the gun-cake. Real awesome stuff!
If you are asking for #2; I recommend reading one of those self-help books
If you are asking for #3; Head to your doctor, or nearest gunslinger. I hand out doses of the .45 cure ever day. Usualy injected straight into the brains of the subject.