Recipe Organization

If you are like me, you like to collect recipes. You have recipe cards, newspaper and magazine clippings, emails etc.. and it can get a bit chaotic. Here's how I organize everything. I actually have a system--took me years to perfect :-)

I like to keep handwritten recipes on 3x5 cards in this cute little recipe box. These are mostly the recipes that have been handed down from family or friends.



For recipes that I clip from magazines or print from the internet, I have files. I have them labeled -- desserts, dinners, salads and sides, breads, and miscellaneous.


When I try a recipe, if I like it, it goes into my recipe binder with plastic sheet protectors.  I recently bought a fun and colorful binder! I have tabs to divide them into the same categories as my files. If I don't like the recipe, there are no second chances -- I show no mercy!  It gets tossed! (recycled, of course!)

Remember, on this blog I will only post recipes that made it to the binder or recipe box. Tried and True!