diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e69de29bb..28e671f8a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+var recipes = new Object();
+
+function updateObjectWithKeyAndValue(object, key, value){
+return Object.assign({}, object, {[key]: value})
+}
+function destructivelyUpdateObjectWithKeyAndValue(object, key, value){
+object[key] = value
+return object
+}
+function deleteFromObjectByKey(object, key){
+var newObj = Object.assign({}, object)
+delete newObj[key]
+return newObj
+}
+function destructivelyDeleteFromObjectByKey(object, key){
+return delete object[key]
+}