Consolidating Recipes from Books

By

imaqt1962

I HAVE STARTED DOING THE SAME THING.GETTING RID OF ONE I THOUGHT I WOULD USE BUT NEVER DID. ALSO WENT TO WWW.ALENKASPRINTABLES.COM
AND RE TYPED SOME OF THEM ONTO SMALLER RECIPE CARDS

By (Guest Post)

That's a great idea and one I should do. I'd probably just scan or photo copy the recipes I really use or think I'd use. I find anymore I can find most any recipe I want on the internet so no reason to store so many cookbooks. Many woman still do like to collect cookbooks so either sell them at garage sales, list on ebay or donate to charity. I'd never pitch in the trash! I print many recipes from online. I was getting so many and finally recently got them organized. First of all, I always print a recipe on ea side of the paper (something similar/related), then place inside a plastic sheet protector and put those in these nice plastic pocket folders that have the metal holders in the middle. The page protectors have 3 holes. Anyway, then I take a perm marker and write on the cover what the recipes are. For example, I have a folder that is beef recipes, one for poultry, one for soups, one for salads, etc. Also as I try a recipe I write a critique or any changes I made right on the page. Any we try and aren't totally wowed about, I just pitch!