Organizing Recipes

Written by Doris Donnerman (last updated May 5, 2020)

Arranging recipes can be a task that produces creativity in the kitchen. Recipe organization can be a stress-less task. As you continue to add to your recipe books and card catalogs, simply reviewing recipes and adding your own special touch can derive creative dishes.

  • Start your organization process by viewing your recipe information sources. Do you have tons of recipe books and recipe card catalogues? Do you cut recipes out of magazines and stuff them inside your recipe books? Whatever you have, pull those recipes out and place them on your table. Organizing your recipes by books and card catalogs can keep your recipes in good order. Keeping your books and card catalogs together in the same area can help you find recipe sources easily.
  • Categorizing your cookbooks will make it simpler to reach for recipes. Put all main entree meal cookbooks in one batch, all dessert, and vegetable cookbooks, similar ethnicity cookbook types in their appropriate batches. Placing your favorite books within the different food categories can make it easier to identify which book you pull out next for your meal preparation.
  • Keeping used binders around your home can help you maintain a tidier recipe area. Use old binders and construction paper to create your cookbooks. Construction paper is sturdier than bond paper and can be used to glue, staple, or paper clip your recipes. Tabbed paper sections can be used to label your recipe binders with your recipe clippings.
  • Keeping bookmarks next to your cookbooks makes it convenient to find your favorite recipes. Keeping different colored bookmarks can make it handy to identify main entree, dessert, or vegetable recipes quickly when you are working with general cookbooks. Each color can indicate a particular meal type. Keeping bookmarks longer lasting can be done by using magic markers to identify the type of bookmarks and then laminating the bookmarks. Different types of bookmarks can be created to adjust to your style.
  • Use lined paper to organize an index for maintaining your generations of delicious family and friend recipes. Notebooks or binders can be used to hold the delectable eateries of your childhood memories. Label each notebook with the name of your family members contributing to your cookbook notebook. Perhaps placing photos of your family members in each binder will put a smile on your face as you cook their recipes.
  • Photo books have adhesive pages that make it easy to add recipes to your new cookbook. The plastic cover will keep your recipes intact and free of ingredient residues.

Organizing recipes can seem overwhelming. Once you find your favorite recipe system, everything else will fall into place. Cooking becomes easier and effortless. Organized recipes can make menu decisions easy to make.

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Doris Donnerman

Doris is a jack of all trades, writing on a variety of topics. Her articles have helped enlighten and entertain thousands over the years. ...

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