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Who thought, with doing a blog a day for a month that I’d actually post twice on the holiday weekend (speaks volumes about the lousy weather we’re having this weekend!)? This arrived from my sister, Bridget, this morning. I’m sharing it here because we’d love any good ideas you’ve got!
Ladies,
I need help, I cut tons of recipes out of magazines and print them from online, some I try right away, others I hope to get to one day. My clippings and recipe boxes are overflowing ... Anyone have suggestions for organizing them? I really don’t want to copy them all over onto recipe cards, some I can cut and paste onto cards. Do you have a efficient system that you use?
Thanks,
Bridget
I responded:
I save alot on my computer. If you read them in a magazine or newspaper you can usually find them online. I save them (I don’t have any better method for “getting around to them” either). If you can’t find them online, I scan them into my computer. I like having them online because it's much easier to do an online search than it is to comb through hundreds of paper copies to find one scrap.
My sister, Maureen, responded:
I don’t have an effiicient system that I use, but I always intend to set one up. I know a couple of years ago Jenner set up a binder system that she categorized by type of recipe and then had odds and ends like “make in the morning cook at dinner”, 30-minute meals, etc. I believe she printed them all on the same size paper and put in a recipe book. I think you could keep them all on whatever they are on and put into a binder. If you got page sleeves you could just slip whatever size paper you have into it. Let me know what works!
We’d love to hear your ideas, please post comments!
For ones that I find online or get emailed to me, I have created a recipes folder on my computer with smaller folders inside: apps, soups, sides/salads, entrees, desserts. I save them in there and find they are easy to find when I am looking.
ReplyDeleteFor ones I print out or find in magainzes I use a binder. I don't have it organized well enough (I keep intending to do that), but I either punch holes in the paper and put it in the binder, or use sleeves to keep in the binder.
Lastly, when I am really motivated to try to use some new recipes, I put them in a clip on my fridge and try to go through and use a new one or two a week. Then if I like them, I file them, if I don't, I toss it. It helps to have it near the fridge because when I make up my shopping list I can add whatever I need to get for the new recipes.
Tonight I started a new system for cut out recipes. I took a photo album that has the sleeves for 4X6 photos and organized it by category: appetizers, soups, salads, pasta, chicken, beef, and desserts. I then put the recipe in the holder, folded if needed. This is my "to try" recipe book. If I like it, I'll add it to my recipe box, if not it goes in the garbage. Hopefully, this will cut down on the number of magazines I have lying around, and I can save the clip on the side of the fridge for recipes I'll be making that week or very soon:)
ReplyDeleteI'll keep you posted if and how it works. Plus, I'll share any new recipes we like,
Bridget