How do you organize your recipes?

[Deleted]

I have about 20 different recipe books and different magazines that have recipes in them I want to clip out and save.

Do you just have a binder full of recipes? or a recipe box?

I'm trying to get my life more organized

[tacokick]

I have one of those accordion files and have the recipes sorted by type and "to make" etc.

[boston340]

I type all my favorite recipes in Word and have them filed according to main dish, dessert, appetizer, etc. I only type out the recipe and store it this way if it's something I want to make again. Everything else that I want to make for the first time is thrown in a box - after I make it I either record the recipe in Word or pitch it.

For the most part, I am able to do this because I only use 3 recipe books and everything is online or cutout from a magazine (hence why they go tossed in a box).

[gnomesweetgnome]

We have a recipe box - if we make a recipe from a magazine and we like it, we'll write the recipe on an index card and stick it in there. If I make a recipe from the internets, I usually just print it off and fold it in quarters and stick it in the box. For recipes from books, I just use the book when I'm cooking.

[malibu]

I made an Excel workbook with tabs for recipes in alpha order by type (apps, main dish, etc). I may have chaos and disorder in the rest of my house, but dammit my recipes are organized!

[eb777888]

Pinterest.



I had a recipe box but I never used it for some reason. I used to have a real recipe collecting problem and I'd clip stuff and never cook it and it became a huge mess. Now I just pin everything on Pinterest.

[eb777888]

Jan 21, 2013 13:53:29 GMT -5 malibu said:

I made an Excel workbook with tabs for recipes in alpha order by type (apps, main dish, etc). I may have chaos and disorder in the rest of my house, but dammit my recipes are organized!

This is an excellent idea!

[youbetcha]

I have two binders. One is for stuff I've made and want to make again. I have another for stuff I've clipped out and want to try. The "made" binder is nicer, with sheet protectors and stuff. I wish I would take the time to retype everything into a uniform format instead of printed-out e-mails, clippings, and handwritten sheets, but who are we kidding here. :-)

[firedancer49]

DH bought me a big box to store them all in, and a binder type thing. I did good for about 3 months, but now they are all around the kitchen/dining room in any little hiding spot I can find. I'm horrible with keeping them organized.

[Deleted]

I would do pinterest, but I'm never on there. I guess I could start!

I do have recipes saved on AllRecipes. I'll look into the ziplist thing.

thanks

[mamasaurus]

I have a binder full of recipes, a notebook with a few recipes, recipes clipped and put between pages of cookbooks, and a drawer stuffed with clipped recipes. Pretty surprising for a lady who barely cooks, but it's true. If I had the time, I would binder them all, clipping the ones from the notebook and adding them into the binder.

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Jan 21, 2013 14:19:14 GMT -5 nursecramer said:

Jan 21, 2013 14:08:50 GMT -5 skippingstones said:

I would do pinterest, but I'm never on there. I guess I could start!

I do have recipes saved on AllRecipes. I'll look into the ziplist thing.

thanks

I like allrecipes, too. I find the reviewers comments to be helpful.

Another thing about recipes from magazines, a quick google can usually track down a digital version. I find it far easier to organize web recipes than printed ones.

I'll have to do that too. I buy magazines at the grocery store when I'm in line and that's the only reason we have them lol. 

I also need to write down my recipes I have in my head so if we have children, I can pass them down.

[papie]

I have a small bookcase full of recipe books. I use post its on the ones I prefer. I also have a couple of binders, but everything is just thrown in there. I am not organized, but at least everything is in the same bookcase.

[adeledog]

I have a binder with page protectors for recipes from my mom and also things I've clipped from magazines, the internet, etc. I also utilize Pinterest where I keep two folders. One for the recipes I want to try and one for the recipes I tried and liked.

[Deleted]

I have a cookbook where I write in recipes H and I have made and love. Behind each section is a pocket divider, so I'll keep recipes to try in there or I keep them bookmarked on my computer. As we make each new recipe, we decide to add it to the "book", tweak it to make it "book-worthy", or not worth keeping/throw it out.

[sewpinkgal]

A bookcase in my kitchen for actual cookbooks (I kind of collect them) and then recipes from friends/magazines, etc get clipped and put into a binder in a plastic sheet. This also means that I can splash stuff on them and then just wipe them off. I've used this system for years and it works really well for me.

[Deleted]

I use pinterest for a lot of my organizing. I have boards divided by Breakfast, Lunch/Dinner, Dessert, Snacks, and Sides. I have a binder with page protectors and divider for printouts or clippings. I have a recipe box with recipes from my mom or whatever else, like when a friend gave me a recipe for deer chili.

[litebright]

I have two things. A binder system, plus a recipe card box. I got the box during my wedding shower, and it has family recipes on cards as well as some of our favorites that I've written down from finding them online. 

I also have like four three-ring binders that are basically my cooking magazine collection. Instead of keeping the individual issues, I tore them apart and clipped the recipes I wanted and glued them to paper. They're all on 8x11 pieces of paper or full pages in plastic page protectors. I tried to do indexes for those, but mostly just end up flipping through them and picking something at random when I feel like trying a new recipe. 

I am a bit of a recipe hoarder. It drives DH kind of crazy, but he doesn't say much b/c he likes the stuff I end up cooking! 

And then I have my pinterest boards, too. 

[daisyheadmaizie]

Jan 21, 2013 14:44:13 GMT -5 @rpbc said:

I have a cookbook where I write in recipes H and I have made and love. Behind each section is a pocket divider, so I'll keep recipes to try in there or I keep them bookmarked on my computer. As we make each new recipe, we decide to add it to the "book", tweak it to make it "book-worthy", or not worth keeping/throw it out.

I do this as well. I also use Pinterest to keep track of recipes I want to try from the Internet. Once something becomes a recipe we use frequently we add it to the book. 

[adhdfashion]

I don't and most are in my head. I should really do something about that. 

[revolution]

If I can find it online, I put it in an app in my Kindle. It's chef tap.

Otherwise, it's in a book or recipe binder.

[Deleted]

I clip out recipes and save them in my little recipe box.

[pinksquirrel]

I have a gmail account for recipes. I email them to the account and can add a million labels to each recipe. A lot of magazine recipes can be found online, so I email them to myself that way. For handwritten recipes, I put them in a box

[moolarkey]

I have all of mine on my laptop. They are in a folder called Recipes. I have them split up by the usual - appetizers/snacks, vegetables, salads, soups, main dishes, deserts, drinks. I think that's all the categories that I have. I do have recipe boxes - I have my great grandmothers', grandmother's, mom's and my own. I very rarely use the cards in there, I've moved all the recipes from the boxes (that I use) to my laptop.

[textbookcase]

I'm using Pinterest to organize them now.

[sterl724]

I've just started using Evernote n my iPad for this. I have the. From all over (Pinterest, blogs, cookbooks, etc.) so it's pretty easy. I have a different notebook for different types. (Appetizers, desserts, main dishes, etc.)