Recipe photo on left page, recipe text on right

To have recipe photos on the left and text on the right, you'll first want to enable "Start Recipe on Divider Back" under Select Divider in Layout & Design.  That will make them start "left" to begin with.  Then, make sure your recipe photo is nice and big.  That will make the photo be on one page, and the recipe on the following.  It may need a bit of editing to get just right.