diff --git a/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.cpp b/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.cpp
index 5b7597a..c7f3554 100644
--- a/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.cpp
+++ b/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.cpp
@@ -8,11 +8,26 @@ NewIngredientDialog::NewIngredientDialog(QWidget *parent) :
 	ui->setupUi(this);
 }
 
+NewIngredientDialog::NewIngredientDialog(RecipeDatabase *recipeDB, QWidget *parent) : NewIngredientDialog(parent){
+	this->recipeDB = recipeDB;
+	this->populateFoodGroupBox();
+}
+
 NewIngredientDialog::~NewIngredientDialog()
 {
 	delete ui;
 }
 
 Ingredient NewIngredientDialog::getIngredient(){
-	return Ingredient(ui->nameEdit->text().toLower().toStdString(), ui->foodGroupEdit->text().toLower().toStdString());
+	return Ingredient(ui->nameEdit->text().toLower().toStdString(), ui->foodGroupBox->currentText().toStdString());
+}
+
+void NewIngredientDialog::populateFoodGroupBox(){
+	vector<string> foodGroups = this->recipeDB->retrieveAllFoodGroups();
+	printf("Found %ld food Groups.\n", foodGroups.size());
+	ui->foodGroupBox->clear();
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < foodGroups.size(); i++){
+		QString s = QString::fromStdString(foodGroups[i]);
+		ui->foodGroupBox->insertItem(i, s);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.h b/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.h
index 4c94275..d9ad2b3 100644
--- a/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.h
+++ b/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <QDialog>
 #include "model/recipe/ingredients/ingredient.h"
+#include "model/database/recipedatabase.h"
 
 namespace Ui {
 class NewIngredientDialog;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ class NewIngredientDialog : public QDialog
 
 	public:
 		explicit NewIngredientDialog(QWidget *parent = 0);
+		NewIngredientDialog(RecipeDatabase *recipeDB, QWidget *parent = 0);
 		~NewIngredientDialog();
 
 		//Access values.
@@ -21,6 +23,9 @@ class NewIngredientDialog : public QDialog
 
 	private:
 		Ui::NewIngredientDialog *ui;
+		RecipeDatabase *recipeDB;
+
+		void populateFoodGroupBox();
 };
 
 #endif // NEWINGREDIENTDIALOG_H
diff --git a/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.ui b/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.ui
index 8f4f268..b562b1f 100644
--- a/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.ui
+++ b/gui/newDialogs/newingredientdialog.ui
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>240</width>
-    <height>320</height>
+    <width>367</width>
+    <height>228</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -60,7 +60,42 @@
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item>
-          <widget class="QLineEdit" name="foodGroupEdit"/>
+          <widget class="QWidget" name="foodGroupSelectionWidget" native="true">
+           <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+            <item>
+             <widget class="QComboBox" name="foodGroupBox">
+              <property name="sizePolicy">
+               <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+                <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+               </sizepolicy>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item alignment="Qt::AlignRight">
+             <widget class="QPushButton" name="addFoodGroupButton">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string/>
+              </property>
+              <property name="icon">
+               <iconset resource="../../images.qrc">
+                <normaloff>:/images/images/plus_icon.png</normaloff>:/images/images/plus_icon.png</iconset>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+            <item alignment="Qt::AlignRight">
+             <widget class="QPushButton" name="deleteFoodGroupButton">
+              <property name="text">
+               <string/>
+              </property>
+              <property name="icon">
+               <iconset resource="../../images.qrc">
+                <normaloff>:/images/images/minus_icon.png</normaloff>:/images/images/minus_icon.png</iconset>
+              </property>
+             </widget>
+            </item>
+           </layout>
+          </widget>
          </item>
         </layout>
        </widget>
diff --git a/gui/newrecipedialog.cpp b/gui/newrecipedialog.cpp
index f35b50d..47d6847 100644
--- a/gui/newrecipedialog.cpp
+++ b/gui/newrecipedialog.cpp
@@ -145,13 +145,17 @@ void NewRecipeDialog::on_deleteIngredientButton_clicked(){
 }
 
 void NewRecipeDialog::on_newIngredientButton_clicked(){
-	NewIngredientDialog d(this);
+	NewIngredientDialog d(this->recipeDB, this);
 	d.show();
 	if (d.exec() == QDialog::Accepted){
 		Ingredient i = d.getIngredient();
-		this->recipeDB->storeIngredient(i);
-		this->populateIngredientsBox();
-		ui->ingredientNameBox->setCurrentText(QString::fromStdString(i.getName()));
+		if (!i.getName().empty() && !i.getFoodGroup().empty() && this->recipeDB->storeIngredient(i)){
+			this->populateIngredientsBox();
+			ui->ingredientNameBox->setCurrentText(QString::fromStdString(i.getName()));
+		} else {
+			QMessageBox::critical(this, "Error", "Unable to add ingredient.");
+		}
+
 	}
 }
 
@@ -161,12 +165,16 @@ void NewRecipeDialog::on_newTagButton_clicked(){
 	if (d.exec() == QDialog::Accepted){
 		RecipeTag tag = d.getTag();
 		//Temporarily add this to the tags list, and it will be saved if the recipe is saved.
-		this->tags.push_back(tag);
-		this->tagsListModel.addTag(tag);
-		ui->tagsComboBox->clear();
-		for (unsigned int i = 0; i < this->tags.size(); i++){
-			QString s = QString::fromStdString(this->tags[i].getValue());
-			ui->tagsComboBox->insertItem(i, s);
+		if (!tag.getValue().empty()){
+			this->tags.push_back(tag);
+			this->tagsListModel.addTag(tag);
+			ui->tagsComboBox->clear();
+			for (unsigned int i = 0; i < this->tags.size(); i++){
+				QString s = QString::fromStdString(this->tags[i].getValue());
+				ui->tagsComboBox->insertItem(i, s);
+			}
+		} else {
+			QMessageBox::warning(this, "Empty Tag", "The tag you entered is blank!");
 		}
 	}