Cleaning & Organizing
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Recipes
Hello,
I am just wondering if anyone can share organizing ideas for their recipes? I have a ton of recipes, and can't seem to organize them in a way that I can easily find them. Ideas?
Thanks...
Re: Recipes
The first thing I would do is separate them into 2 piles...new ones you've never tried yet, and your tried-and-true go-to and become yours.
I keep MY recipies in binders, and have them named dinners, salads/veg., appetizers/drinks. desserts, and I think that is all. I found that one huge binder was too much to handle all the time. I have dividers in the binders, like the dessert binder has cakes, cookies, like that
If I find a recipe on line, I print it. If it is from a cookbook, I put it on my computer and print. I also keep a few on my computer so I can send them to someone or print one for someone.
So, basically, your binders have things you will do again.
Organize your recipes first.
Then the want-to-try-but-haven't-tried-it-yet, sort them into the same categories as your own recipes, but do not put them in your binders. I just keep them in a stack. If I want to try something new, I just go to that stack and dig through.
If that recipe doesn't work out, it goes out. If it does work and I like it well enough to do it again, it becomes my recipe and goes into my binders.
I have my recipes organized into binders as well and I keep a recipe journal that I use for brain storming ideas that I want to try. I am working on a blog and keep this with me in my bag.