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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
recipes...
How do you organize them? I've got recipes EVERYWHERE and can never find what I'm looking for.
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Re: recipes...
For recipes that are tried and true, I copy them on to a 4x6 index card and store them in a photo album by category. I actually have 5 albums -- Beef & Pork; Poultry & Seafood; Salads, Soups & Sides; Brunch & Breads; Desserts & Snacks. The Dessert album is overflowing and the salad album is nearly empty.
There are a couple of recipes that I make regularly from cookbooks that are really long and I didn't feel like re-copying them so I put a post-it flag on the cookbook page.
For recipes that I tear from magazines or print off the internet: if I'm going to make it ASAP I'll stick it on the fridge door so it doesn't lost. If I don't have any immediate plans for it, I toss it in a pile. Periodically I realize that I have way too many saved recipes and I'll pull out a few and toss the rest because I figure I'll have a big pile again soon anyway! Maybe this isn't the best method. LOL!
I organize magazine recipes in an accordion folder. Every magazine I've subscribed to gets a sleeve (or two) and I staple recipes from an issue together in a packet. At the front of the packet goes issue's recipe index, where I've checked off what I kept. I usually only get a year or two of a magazine and then switch to another subscription so this method works pretty well, except for Bon Appetit, which I get every year. For this, I use three-ring binders and sheet protectors. I keep the indices at the front, so I can quickly figure out what months and recipes are in each binder.
Overall, this system works well but I have so many recipes that I forget about recipes I've made and we've loved. This weekend I hope to sit down and create a spreadsheet with all our favorite recipes and where they came from. I'll probably cross-reference by chicken, vegetarian, etc.
I keep word files on my computer. One is for main dishes, another for sides and yet another for dessert items.
I also have a few recipes floating around in the kitchen somewhere.