El amor no tiene receta is a Mexican telenovela produced by Juan Osorio for TelevisaUnivision.^[1] The series stars Claudia Martín and Daniel Elbittar.^[2] It premiered on Las Estrellas on 19 February 2024.^[3]

Paz Roble is a kind and hardworking woman whose husband, Fermín, takes her newborn daughter away from her. Fermín has a debt with moneylenders and to pay it he decides to sell his daughter to Mauro Nicoliti. This plan is orchestrated by Ginebra, Mauro's adoptive sister. Ginebra lost her daughter in childbirth and does everything to replace her and keep her husband's fortune. Esteban Villa de Cortés, on the other hand, loses his wife and is left a widower with his three children. Elvira Moncada, Esteban's mother-in-law, holds him responsible for the death of her daughter, which causes them to fall out.^[3]

Six years later, Paz has maintained a constant search in the hope of finding her daughter. Her family runs a restaurant called Corazón Contento. Samara, the supposed daughter of Ginebra, is loved by her father Elías but mistreated by Ginebra. Ginebra sets out on a trip with her family to get rid of Elías and Sam. Sam is left for dead, while Ginebra moves on to a new plan: make Esteban fall in love with her and, in the process, exercise a personal vendetta against Elvira, whom she blames for all her tragedies.^[3]

Esteban and Paz meet in the neighborhood where she lives with her family and they gradually recognize that they have suffered. Due to acts of negligence and revenge, Paz's restaurant is closed, but Esteban offers her the opportunity to help him as a cook in his home. Fate manages to put Sam in Paz's life, and a mother-daughter connection is born between them. The romance between Esteban and Paz is complicated by a number of challenges including their families, their own emotions, and the opposition of Ginebra and Elvira.^[3]