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When I am in the doctor's office or at the hair salon reading a magazine, I always seems to run across a recipe I like. However, when I write it down, I can never find it again. Any advice on how to keep recipes organized in your purse? I like to keep a few recipes in my purse just in case I decide to stop by the grocery store unexpectedly.
By Onesummer
Keep an empty envelope in your purse. I keep an empty envelope to keep track of the bank statements and paper work I get every time I use the ATM or swipe my card. This helps me keep my check book in good order.
I carry one of those little spiral notebooks in my bag in case I need to write something down. It's an easy way to keep track of things. :-)
I also keep a small notebook in my purse to keep things I need to remember. But I've also noticed on my cell phone I have a 'notepad' (my last one didn't) where I can keep track of things.
If you have a phone that has a camera feature, take a picture of the recipe. You can enlarge the photo if needed.
I need to organize my recipes on my PC. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good TNT free cookbook or recipe software? I'd like to be able to import recipes from websites as well as email them and also be able to export to email and print. Is all that possible in any of the free or shareware programs? Thanks for any experiences you have to share.
www.livingcookbook.com/
There is a free demo download. I have ended up purchasing this software for $29.95. I absolutely love it. I seldom if ever buy software, but I did this one.
www.homeplansoftware.com/
The recipe software is wonderful - I have used it exclusivly and now have 362 recipes stored. Easy to use and has all the features you are looking for.
I have been using Homecookin for 6 years on the trial version.
It was easy to enter all my prices from my grocery reciepts into the grocery list. Took about 3 weeks to get almost all teh correct prices in but that was 6 years ago. Now every 6 months or so I just review the prices and fix them as needed.
It prints your grocery list by department so it is very easy to use. It gives you a total for your purchases at the top of the print out, as well as individual prices beside each item. At this point my total and my actual cost never vary by more than 2.00. NOT TO SHABBY in my opinion.
On the trial you can store 100 recipes. Today was the day I said to myself... This software has been the best and easiest out of all I have tried, and I do think I have tried em all... I paid 29.95 for the full version.
I can now import and export, make my grocery list, and a one month meal plan, as well as save I think up to 10,000 recipes.I am spending today importing all my Master cook stuff into my Home cookin.
6 years free... I just think they deserve my 29.95 especially since it is the one software that I just keep returning to time, and time again. Here is the link if you are interested.
Good luck!
Lpfusch
Try http://recipe.gauzza.com its free/easy to use and you can access all your recipes where ever there is an internet connection
I read about a free download for a way or organize recipes on a computer on some list but can't remember where to find it. I am in the progress of changing from webtv to a PC. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Try this program www.treepad.com/
Christy
f-key savers were one of my favorites when i was on webtv !
www.site-fuel.net/
-i used to have a ton of them but here are 3 on that link !
assign 1 of your favorite f-key savers to your f keys - that way - you are getting the most on that key - rather than one page -
also - your sig box (best i remember) can be saved to favorites & from there - in organizing faves- you will find you can assign f-keys !
one last thing for now -
if you work on your page builder - it's really handy to assign it an F key !
here's a cool link -
www.wtv-zone.com/
Better Homes & Gardens has a free thing on there website that allows you to input your recipes (or choice from their wide selection on their site), then you can organize them according to categories (create your own categories or use theirs) and then you can print it if you like or use it online. I did this with my recipes and then printed it and put it in a binder for all my favorite recipes.
If you have Microsoft XP, you open your MS Works Task Launcher, then go to Household Management..you will find you can create a Recipe Book. It has some formats, etc....Hope this helps!
Check out these photos.
Take a favorite cook book of yours and write in your favorite family recipes on the flyleaf of the book, to avoid having to look them up each time that you use them.
If you print recipes from a website in letter or A4 format, you can put them into a plastic sleeve and put them on the fridge or other metal surface with a magnet. You can keep several recipes in one sleeve and swap recipes as you need them.
Photo albums are an excellent choice for organizing your recipes. Cut or print them out and arrange to your liking. This is a page about use photo albums to organize recipes.
Using a computer in the kitchen to easily find and organize your recipes can be very helpful. This is a page about finding and organizing recipes from websites.
One convenient way to organize your recipes is by placing them in one or more binders, depending on your method of organization. This is a page about use a binder to organize recipes.
Sometimes keeping your recipe close at hand and easy to view while cooking can be difficult. Use a hanger with clips to keep your recipe off the counter and easy to read. This is a page about using clip hanger for reading recipes.
This is a page about saving recipes. There are number of ways to keep recipes where you can keep them organized and find them easily.
This is a page about saving recipes from food packaging. Often times there are some really good recipes on the food package, that may not be there the next time you shop.
ThriftyFun is one of the longest running frugal living communities on the Internet. These are archives of older discussions.
Here's a quick, simple way to read your recipe cards without getting them dirty. Tape them on a kitchen cabinet door at eye level with scotch tape, a sticker, or an old address label. They are easier to read, and you can take the tape off when you're done.
I am drowning in a sea of recipes and want to organize them. I have already thrown out a lot, but have so many left.
