This week I have been trying to get through my "to try" section of my recipe binder (I've quite a collection to try!) so I thought I'd share how I organize my recipes.
I use a prettied up3 ring binder.
When I find recipes to try in magazines I tear out the page (and recycle the rest of the magazine, no clutter here!) and slip it into a clear sleeve. The sleeves are awesome because when I spill the ingredients on the recipe, I can just wipe it off and the recipe isn't ruined!
So if the recipe is good (like the graham crackers I made a little while ago) I type it up into my Microsoft Word Recipe book (let me know if you woudl like me to email you a copy). If it is bad (like the horchata we made this morning) it gets tossed in the recycle bin.
I print out the updated pages from my Word document, and slide those in according to category
This way I dont have a shelf of rarely used cookbooks (if I do receive cookbooks I copy off the pages of recipes I think we'd like and donate the book). Or I take advantage of the library's collection of cookbooks, and I get many of my recipes from blogs (I'm a blog addict!)
I just have one book tucked discreetly next to my microwave: (I've been meaning to decorate the spine of it)
