CREATE TABLE recipes_nestings ( id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT UNIQUE, recipe_id INTEGER NOT NULL, includes_recipe_id INTEGER NOT NULL, row_created_timestamp DATETIME DEFAULT (datetime('now', 'localtime')), UNIQUE(recipe_id, includes_recipe_id) ); CREATE VIEW recipes_nestings_resolved AS WITH RECURSIVE r1(recipe_id, includes_recipe_id) AS ( SELECT id, id FROM recipes UNION ALL SELECT rn.recipe_id, r1.includes_recipe_id FROM recipes_nestings rn, r1 r1 WHERE rn.includes_recipe_id = r1.recipe_id LIMIT 100 -- This is just a safety limit to prevent infinite loops due to infinite nested recipes ) SELECT * FROM r1;