Yes you’re right that the custom type wprm_recipes is typically associated with posts in the category called Recipes. What I meant was that I want to be able to make similar searches (not using the wprm_recipes type necessarily) in different categories. I want to be able to include (other) custom field types in other post categories. Anyway, sorry I wasn’t very clear before 🙂
An example of a search term that worked great in Lite is “sesame seed.” This pulled up a recipe that didn’t have that in the title, excerpt, etc, but was in the ingredient list. Since switching to pro, it pulls up no results.