diff --git a/backend/api/serializers.py b/backend/api/serializers.py
index f824b6f..a395d42 100644
--- a/backend/api/serializers.py
+++ b/backend/api/serializers.py
@@ -385,10 +385,11 @@ class FollowSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     username = serializers.StringRelatedField(source='author.username')
     first_name = serializers.StringRelatedField(source='author.first_name')
     last_name = serializers.StringRelatedField(source='author.last_name')
-    recipes = RecipeFollowSerializer(read_only=True,
-                                     many=True, source='author.recipe')
+    # recipes = RecipeFollowSerializer(read_only=True,
+    #                                  many=True, source='author.recipe')
+    recipes = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     is_subscribed = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
-    recipes_count = serializers.IntegerField(read_only=True)
+    recipes_count = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     email = serializers.StringRelatedField(source='author.email')
 
     class Meta:
@@ -416,18 +417,18 @@ def get_is_subscribed(self, obj):
         return Follow.objects.filter(follower=self.context.get('request').user,
                                      author=obj.author).exists()
 
-    def to_representation(self, instance):
-        representation = super().to_representation(instance)
-        recipes = representation.get('recipes')
-        print(recipes)
-        length = len(recipes)
-        representation['recipes_count'] = length
+    def get_recipes(self, obj):
         limit = self.context.get('request').query_params.get('recipes_limit')
+        recipes = obj.author.recipe.all()
         if limit:
-            limit = int(limit)
-            if length > limit:
-                representation['recipes'] = recipes[:limit]
-        return representation
+            recipes = recipes[:int(limit)]
+        serializer = RecipeFollowSerializer(recipes,
+                                            read_only=True,
+                                            many=True)
+        return serializer.data
+
+    def get_recipes_count(self, obj):
+        return obj.author.recipe.all().count()
 
     def validate(self, attrs):
         author_id = int(self.context.get(
diff --git a/backend/api/utils.py b/backend/api/utils.py
index b625b55..b78e451 100644
--- a/backend/api/utils.py
+++ b/backend/api/utils.py
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@ class DownloadViewSet(APIView):
 
     def merge_shopping_cart(self):
         """Генерирует список словарей с покупками."""
-        shopping_cart = ShoppingCart.objects.filter(user=self.request.user)
-        recipes = []
-        for item in shopping_cart:
-            recipes.append(item.recipe)
+        shopping_cart = ShoppingCart.objects.filter(
+            user=self.request.user).values('recipe')
         items = RecipeIngredient.objects.filter(
-            recipe__in=recipes
+            recipe__in=shopping_cart
         ).values(
             'ingredient__name',
             'ingredient__measurement_unit'
diff --git a/backend/api/views.py b/backend/api/views.py
index 180c969..df0eb88 100644
--- a/backend/api/views.py
+++ b/backend/api/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
-from django.db.models import Count
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
 from rest_framework import mixins, status, viewsets
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@
 from core.pagination import CustomPagination
 from recipes.models import (Favorite, Follow, Ingredient, Recipe, ShoppingCart,
                             Tag)
-
 from .filters import IngredientFilter, RecipeFilter
 from .permissions import IsOwnerOrReadOnly
 from .serializers import (FavoriteSerializer, FollowSerializer,
@@ -148,7 +146,6 @@ class ShoppingCartViewSet(BaseViewset):
 class FollowViewSet(BaseViewset):
     """Вьюсет добавления в Подписки."""
 
-    queryset = Follow.objects.all()
     serializer_class = FollowSerializer
     permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
     http_method_names = ['post', 'delete']
@@ -183,9 +180,9 @@ class FollowListViewSet(mixins.ListModelMixin,
     pagination_class = CustomPagination
 
     def get_queryset(self):
-        queryset = (
-            Follow.objects.annotate(recipes_count=Count('author__recipe')))
-        return queryset.filter(follower=self.request.user)
+        return (
+            Follow.objects.filter(
+                follower=self.request.user).prefetch_related('author__recipe'))
 
 
 class IngredientViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
diff --git a/backend/core/management/commands/test.py b/backend/core/management/commands/test.py
index 2119777..7688f51 100644
--- a/backend/core/management/commands/test.py
+++ b/backend/core/management/commands/test.py
@@ -15,5 +15,3 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         objects = Follow.objects.annotate(count=Count('author__recipe'))
         for object in objects:
-            print(object.count)
-            print(object)