The recipes that people are submitting as blogs sound great! I do have a suggestion though - why not write them as articles? That way when someone is searching on the PNP site and look at the recipe articles they will find your wonderful recipes. If you write them as blogs, I doubt they will be viewed again after a few days unless someone goes to your page or looks through all of the blogs which number many!
If you are concerned that you cannot reach the suggested 200-300 words, no worries. Include a personal story about the recipe or ideas giving as gifts, taking to party, or making for neighbors and friends.