I was also planning on making CP for the first time when CT crashed. I was given this link ( http://millersoap.com/soapallveg.html#VegInstr ) as a place to start. There is soooooo much info on this site. There was a simple easy beginners recipe on CT befor it crashed, unfortnately, I thought it would be there forever, and I did not write it down. BooHoo. Robin