So, I had this really cute recipe binder. But, it required copying the recipes down by hand onto notecards. Basically, I never updated it.
I crossed off my first new year's resolution and made myself a new recipe binder that involves typing instead. All it took was a pretty binder from Target, page protectors, dividers, and a whole lot of time.
Organizing the main course recipes was pretty easy, but the baked goods proved a little more challenging. I use a few baked good recipes all the time {like oatmeal cookies} but others {like apple pie} only get made once or twice a year.
I eventually decided to organize the less frequently used recipes by season. My main gal Martha has a seasonal eating guide on her recipe site that I found super helpful.
Here's my sparkly new recipe binder hanging out on the bookshelf with my magazine binder and cookbook collection!
Yay for being organized! I'm slowly transitioning all my recipes onto my blog... It's so much easier to click through my recipes tab than to go digging through my binder/stack of recipe cards/Ziploc of magazine recipe clippings.
ReplyDeleteOur new house has enough counter space that I can put my laptop on the counter a safe distance away from all the cooking mess, and I just read the recipes right off of Spirals & Spatulas! Plus I can access it on my phone and see what groceries I need and stop at the store on my way home from school without ever having to find a paper recipe. I love it! I dream of the day I'll have all my recipes on the blog!
I spy Bill Bryson books!
ReplyDeleteVery cute! You look very organized (more than me, at least!)
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Way to kick my hiney. This is like a BIG to do for me that I keep putting off. Ugh.
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