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what to do with all of my recipes…
My recipe collection is out of control! What’s a girl to do? Currently my recipes are in a quite rough looking three ring binder that is bursting at the seams. I’m thinking about downsizing to handwritten recipe cards in a box. I’m trying to simplify and inject an heirloom quality at the same time. Perhaps recipes that I get from magazines that I want to try will stay in the binder until I decide if they’re in or out and I’ve put my own spin on them, then they’ll be moved to the recipe box.
Here are some ideas that I’m considering:
- Letterpress Recipe Cards and Recipe Box {1canoe2}
- Address File {lovelydesign} – I know this isn’t a recipe box but I love the idea and I think I could modify it
- Borders Recipe Cards {Whisker Graphics}
- Canning Diagram Moleskin Journal {Girls Can Tell}
- Favorite Recipe Reference Notebook {Using Talents For Him}
- Jumbo Personalized Recipe Card {VO Handmade}
- Personalized Monogram Recipe Cards {Paisley Prints Etc}
How do you manage your recipe collection?
I don’t have a ton of recipes, so I do ok with keeping them in a 3-ring. I print them out, then put them in plastic page protectors.
Of the cards you listed, I really like #3 because it comes as an editable .pdf file, so you can actually type up your recipes, rather than trying to make your handwriting really small and neat to fit on a card (although hand-written cards have their own appeal, too). I also like the idea of buying a pdf instead of a set of printed cards because you can print as many as you need.
This is why I started a blog- now I can just enter in the search term! Other than that I have a pile of magazine tearouts and a lot of categorized bookmarks.
I’ve found many great recipes on your blog and I often use the search function there too, now I just need to organize the rest of my food notes…