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• Jan. 10, 2007 - Why is messing around with recipes so satisfying?

Posted in Food and Cooking

Last night I spent a very satisfying 45 minutes or so messing around in my recipe notebook. I clip a lot of recipes - from the newspaper, from magazines, from cans of beans and boxes of pasta. I have a binder full of recipes and a lot of clippings yet unfiled. Actually I have two binders - one is devoted to breads, breakfast foods, and sweets. I have a lot of cookbooks, too.

Inspired by a friend who's been doing her own recipe work lately, I decided to start organizing my backlog of clippings. I sorted and filed and recycled and just had a nice time. I am nowhere near done. But things are a little more organized.

My dream is that I'll eventually have meal plans for a few weeks so won't have to sit around wondering what to eat for dinner on a given night. I'm not there yet.

I also have a file of recipes online. I know that is an easier way to store recipes. But my recipe binder is much more fun and satisfying.

• Jan. 10, 2007 - Organization

Posted by SmallWorld

is so satisfying in and of itself, isn't it? I need to go through my recipe box and toss recipes I don't make anymore or never did. I do make menus for 1-2 weeks at a time--and this is absolutely essential for my sanity!!

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