From the sound of it i was making it hard on myself.
So if im understanding this feature correctly, i can have any number of Integers, Strings, bits, and so on saved to this recipe file, and load and save the recipe as I want. Then, say if i wanted to do bitwise manipulation of the tags in the recipe, i can do so with buttons mapped to the PLC values, and then satisfied with the edits i can save the recipe and then load it.
Hua ha ha, and to think... prior everything was being done in the PLC...