Adding food to database

I've found this sit quite helpful in tracking my eating habits, but a significant part of my food intake is homemade - I prefer organic ingredients and I like controlling the amounts of ingredients, substituting, etc.  However, when I add a food to the database, it doesn't show up for a while (I'm assuming it eventually will).  On the other hand, if I simply add food, it can't be searched when I want to log it in the future.  It would be great if I could either log it immediately as I add it to the database or pull it up in my search from my own log...

There may be others who have figured out a way of dealing with this already... and if so, please let me know!

Thanks!!!