GREP for messy text

This is a problem I’d love to figure out on my own, but I’m too overwhelmed with work to put my head to it :)

I’ve designed a cookbook. The first line of the page has the recipe “stats”:

category [ex. meat] (makes – sometimes says this, sometimes doesn’t)(about) # servings/items active time: # minutes total time: # hours/minutes

Each of the above is separated by a custom made bullet (clipboard contents) in the color of that chapter of the cookbook.
I’ve given each its own style name. Ex: Top Stats Salads. (also, because I have a “Next style” built into it.)

The problem is, in the file I placed into ID, these stats have no pattern. Sometimes they are separated by a single space, sometimes by numerous spaces, sometimes by a tab, etc. I thought maybe I could use a regular search and replace to clean it up to uniform something and then use grep to define a pattern into which I could insert the bullets. (Dwayne, where are you? You’re good at that!!)

If anyone has some grand idea, I’d be much appreciative!