Before I start sharing recipes that are favorites of our family, I thought I would share how I organize my recipes.  It is nothing fancy at all but it has been a huge help so I thought I would share it.

I have several cookbooks (not nearly as some people though)  :-)  I also am always printing off a recipe that someone e-mails me or I find on the internet.  In the cookbooks I have, there may be 5 - 10 recipes that we really like but that's it.  I have yet to find a cookbook (w/ the exception of my Breadbeckers cookbook) that I use the entire thing often.  Therefore, I photocopy the recipes that I like and use a lot.  I then put the copy in a sheet protector and have them in a 3 ring binder.  This has worked wonderfully for me.  You can then separate them out within the binder with tabs (desserts, salads etc...)