diff --git a/cookbook/tests/api/test_api_shopping_recipe.py b/cookbook/tests/api/test_api_shopping_recipe.py
index 00349cb3..6b0630c8 100644
--- a/cookbook/tests/api/test_api_shopping_recipe.py
+++ b/cookbook/tests/api/test_api_shopping_recipe.py
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ from django.contrib import auth
 from django.forms import model_to_dict
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils import timezone
-from django_scopes import scopes_disabled
+from django_scopes import scope, scopes_disabled
 from pytest_factoryboy import LazyFixture, register
 
 from cookbook.models import Food, Ingredient, ShoppingListEntry, Step
-from cookbook.tests.factories import MealPlanFactory, RecipeFactory, StepFactory, UserFactory
+from cookbook.tests.factories import (IngredientFactory, MealPlanFactory, RecipeFactory,
+                                      StepFactory, UserFactory)
 
 SHOPPING_LIST_URL = 'api:shoppinglistentry-list'
 SHOPPING_RECIPE_URL = 'api:recipe-shopping'
@@ -37,17 +38,19 @@ def recipe(request, space_1, u1_s1):
         params = request.param  # request.param is a magic variable
     except AttributeError:
         params = {}
-    step_recipe = params.get('steps__count', 1)
-    steps__recipe_count = params.get('steps__recipe_count', 0)
-    steps__food_recipe_count = params.get('steps__food_recipe_count', {})
-    created_by = params.get('created_by', auth.get_user(u1_s1))
+    # step_recipe = params.get('steps__count', 1)
+    # steps__recipe_count = params.get('steps__recipe_count', 0)
+    # steps__food_recipe_count = params.get('steps__food_recipe_count', {})
+    params['created_by'] = params.get('created_by', auth.get_user(u1_s1))
+    params['space'] = space_1
+    return RecipeFactory.create(**params)
 
-    return RecipeFactory.create(
-        steps__recipe_count=steps__recipe_count,
-        steps__food_recipe_count=steps__food_recipe_count,
-        created_by=created_by,
-        space=space_1,
-    )
+    # return RecipeFactory.create(
+    #     steps__recipe_count=steps__recipe_count,
+    #     steps__food_recipe_count=steps__food_recipe_count,
+    #     created_by=created_by,
+    #     space=space_1,
+    # )
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("arg", [
@@ -226,4 +229,11 @@ def test_shopping_recipe_mixed_authors(u1_s1, u2_s1):
         assert len(json.loads(u2_s1.get(reverse(SHOPPING_LIST_URL)).content)) == 0
 
 
-# TODO test failing to adding recipe with ingredients that are not food
+# TODO test adding recipe with ingredients that are not food
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("recipe", [{'steps__ingredients__header': 1}], indirect=['recipe'])
+def test_shopping_with_header_ingredient(u1_s1, recipe):
+    # with scope(space=recipe.space):
+    #     recipe.step_set.first().ingredient_set.add(IngredientFactory(ingredients__header=1))
+    u1_s1.put(reverse(SHOPPING_RECIPE_URL, args={recipe.id}))
+    assert len(json.loads(u1_s1.get(reverse(SHOPPING_LIST_URL)).content)) == 10
+    assert len(json.loads(u1_s1.get(reverse('api:ingredient-list')).content)) == 11
diff --git a/cookbook/tests/factories/__init__.py b/cookbook/tests/factories/__init__.py
index 539f61c4..ed1fbf09 100644
--- a/cookbook/tests/factories/__init__.py
+++ b/cookbook/tests/factories/__init__.py
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ class IngredientFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
     unit = factory.SubFactory(UnitFactory, space=factory.SelfAttribute('..space'))
     amount = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda x: faker.random_int(min=1, max=10))
     note = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda x: faker.sentence(nb_words=8))
+    is_header = False
+    no_amount = False
     space = factory.SubFactory(SpaceFactory)
 
     class Meta:
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@ class StepFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
     instruction = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda x: ''.join(faker.paragraphs(nb=5)))
     # TODO add optional recipe food, make dependent on recipe, make number of recipes a Params
     ingredients__count = 10  # default number of ingredients to add
+    ingredients__header = 0
     time = factory.LazyAttribute(lambda x: faker.random_int(min=1, max=1000))
     order = factory.Sequence(lambda x: x)
     # file = models.ForeignKey('UserFile', on_delete=models.PROTECT, null=True, blank=True)
@@ -286,6 +289,12 @@ class StepFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
                 else:
                     has_recipe = False
                 self.ingredients.add(IngredientFactory(space=self.space, food__has_recipe=has_recipe))
+        num_header = kwargs.get('header', 0)
+        #######################################################
+        #######################################################
+        if num_header > 0:
+            for i in range(num_header):
+                self.ingredients.add(IngredientFactory(food=None, unit=None, amount=0, is_header=True, space=self.space))
         elif extracted:
             for ing in extracted:
                 self.ingredients.add(ing)
@@ -333,12 +342,14 @@ class RecipeFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
         food_recipe_count = kwargs.get('food_recipe_count', {})
         num_steps = kwargs.get('count', 0)
         num_recipe_steps = kwargs.get('recipe_count', 0)
+        num_ing_headers = kwargs.get('ingredients__header', 0)
         if num_steps > 0:
             for i in range(num_steps):
                 ing_recipe_count = 0
                 if food_recipe_count.get('step', None) == i:
                     ing_recipe_count = food_recipe_count.get('count', 0)
-                self.steps.add(StepFactory(space=self.space, ingredients__food_recipe_count=ing_recipe_count))
+                self.steps.add(StepFactory(space=self.space, ingredients__food_recipe_count=ing_recipe_count, ingredients__header=num_ing_headers))
+                num_ing_headers+-1
         if num_recipe_steps > 0:
             for j in range(num_recipe_steps):
                 self.steps.add(StepFactory(space=self.space, step_recipe__has_recipe=True, ingredients__count=0))