diff --git a/parser/blocks.go b/parser/blocks.go
index 441b162..b8a9b38 100644
--- a/parser/blocks.go
+++ b/parser/blocks.go
@@ -70,10 +70,5 @@ func ExtractBlocks(template string) ([]blocks.TemplateBlock, error) {
 		curlyIndex = nextCurlyIndex
 	}
 
-	// var lastBlock = out[len(out)-1]
-	// if lastBlock.End == 0 {
-	// 	out = out[:len(out)-1]
-	// }
-
 	return out, nil
 }
diff --git a/parser/blocks/list_block.go b/parser/blocks/block_list.go
similarity index 69%
rename from parser/blocks/list_block.go
rename to parser/blocks/block_list.go
index a9e2f4c..a6c98a4 100644
--- a/parser/blocks/list_block.go
+++ b/parser/blocks/block_list.go
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package blocks
 
-import "fmt"
-
 func (b TemplateBlock) ParseListBlock(input string) (key string, value any, error error) {
-
-	fmt.Printf("Parsing List: '%q'", input)
-
 	return "", nil, nil
 }
diff --git a/parser/blocks/yaml_block.go b/parser/blocks/block_yaml.go
similarity index 100%
rename from parser/blocks/yaml_block.go
rename to parser/blocks/block_yaml.go
diff --git a/parser/blocks/blocks.go b/parser/blocks/blocks.go
index c4403ef..91632c5 100644
--- a/parser/blocks/blocks.go
+++ b/parser/blocks/blocks.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package blocks
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ type TemplateType int
 const (
 	InvalidTemplate TemplateType = iota
 	ShortTemplate
-	LongTemplate
+	ExtendedTemplate
 )
 
 // DetectTemplateType checks if the template is short or long.
@@ -36,36 +35,12 @@ func DetectTemplateType(tmpl string) TemplateType {
 	// }
 	if strings.Contains(trimmed, "\n") &&
 		(strings.Contains(trimmed, "path:") || strings.Contains(trimmed, "codec:")) {
-		return LongTemplate
+		return ExtendedTemplate
 	}
 
 	return InvalidTemplate
 }
 
-// CodecType represents the type of codec used to encode/render a value
-type CodecType string
-
-const (
-	CodecText   CodecType = "text"
-	CodecNumber CodecType = "number"
-	CodecYaml   CodecType = "yaml"
-	CodecList   CodecType = "list"
-)
-
-func parseCodecType(input string) (CodecType, error) {
-	switch input {
-	case "number":
-		return CodecNumber, nil
-	case "yaml":
-		return CodecYaml, nil
-	case "list":
-		return CodecList, nil
-	case "text":
-		return CodecText, nil
-	}
-	return CodecText, fmt.Errorf("unknown codec: '%s'", input)
-}
-
 type BlockType string
 
 const (
@@ -73,11 +48,18 @@ const (
 	MatchingBlock BlockType = "matching" // everything outside data blocks
 )
 
+type BlockField struct {
+	Path      string
+	CodecType CodecType
+	Required  bool
+}
+
 type TemplateBlock struct {
 	Type     BlockType
 	Path     string
 	Codec    CodecType
 	Required bool
+	Fields   []BlockField
 	content  string
 }
 
diff --git a/parser/blocks/codecs.go b/parser/blocks/codecs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b5851e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/blocks/codecs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package blocks
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// CodecType represents the type of codec used to encode/render a value
+type CodecType string
+
+const (
+	CodecText   CodecType = "text"
+	CodecNumber CodecType = "number"
+	CodecYaml   CodecType = "yaml"
+	CodecList   CodecType = "list"
+	CodecConst  CodecType = "const"
+)
+
+func parseCodecType(input string) (CodecType, error) {
+	switch input {
+	case "number":
+		return CodecNumber, nil
+	case "yaml":
+		return CodecYaml, nil
+	case "list":
+		return CodecList, nil
+	case "text":
+		return CodecText, nil
+	case "const":
+		return CodecConst, nil
+	}
+	return CodecText, fmt.Errorf("unknown codec: '%s'", input)
+}
diff --git a/parser/blocks/template.go b/parser/blocks/template.go
index 69b01f1..39d4338 100644
--- a/parser/blocks/template.go
+++ b/parser/blocks/template.go
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ func parseYamlTemplate(input string) (block TemplateBlock, err error) {
 	dec.KnownFields(true)
 
 	if err := dec.Decode(&blk); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Failed to parse:\n---\n%s\n---\n", cleaned)
 		return block, err
 	}
 
@@ -79,18 +78,46 @@ func parseYamlTemplate(input string) (block TemplateBlock, err error) {
 		return block, fmt.Errorf("missing top-level 'path'")
 	}
 
+	if blk.Codec == "" {
+		blk.Codec = "text"
+	}
+
 	codec, err := parseCodecType(blk.Codec)
 	if err != nil {
 		return block, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse codec: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	var fields []BlockField
+
+	for _, field := range blk.Fields {
+		if field.Path == "" {
+			return block, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse field: %v", field)
+		}
+
+		if field.Codec == "" {
+			field.Codec = "text"
+		}
+
+		fieldCodec, err := parseCodecType(field.Codec)
+		if err != nil {
+			return block, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse codec: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		fields = append(fields, BlockField{
+			Path:      field.Path,
+			CodecType: fieldCodec,
+			Required:  field.Required,
+		})
+
+	}
+
 	return TemplateBlock{
 		Type:    DataBlock,
 		Path:    blk.Path,
 		Codec:   codec,
+		Fields:  fields,
 		content: input,
 	}, nil
-
 }
 
 func ParseTemplateBlock(template string, blockType BlockType) (block TemplateBlock, err error) {
@@ -102,17 +129,13 @@ func ParseTemplateBlock(template string, blockType BlockType) (block TemplateBlo
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	block.Type = DataBlock
-	block.content = template
-
-	templateType := DetectTemplateType(template)
-	if templateType == InvalidTemplate {
-		return block, fmt.Errorf("Invalid Template")
-	}
-
-	if templateType == ShortTemplate {
+	switch DetectTemplateType(template) {
+	case ShortTemplate:
 		return parseShortTemplate(template)
+	case ExtendedTemplate:
+		return parseYamlTemplate(template)
 	}
 
-	return parseYamlTemplate(template)
+	return block, fmt.Errorf("Invalid Template")
+
 }
diff --git a/registry/templates/recipe.marka b/registry/templates/recipe.marka
index a02869c..0bb0ae9 100644
--- a/registry/templates/recipe.marka
+++ b/registry/templates/recipe.marka
@@ -4,26 +4,15 @@
   codec: yaml
   fields:
     - path: name
-      codec: text
-      required: true
     - path: image
-      codec: text
-      required: true
     - path: author.@type
       codec: const
       value: Person
     - path: author.name
-      codec: text
     - path: datePublished
-      codec: text
-    - path: description
-      codec: text
     - path: prepTime
-      codec: text
     - path: cookTime
-      codec: text
     - path: recipeYield
-      codec: text
 }
 ---