Organizing Recipes

[Thia]

I've been collecting a lot of recipes, just pasting them into a word doc. This can't go on! It's so messy and everything is in different fonts etc. I would like to organize them. How do you have yours organized on the computer?

[Naked Camper]

I don't keep recipies on the computer. I'm all about the hard copy of a recipie. But, my computer is in a different room as well.

one option is to spend the time to make different files for meat, chicken, dessert, salad, etc. and then save each recipie with its title and then you'd just have to open your folder and see all of the recipie titles and pick from there :shrug you could have a master file as "recipies' and then sub folders from there

[tempus vernum]

I have a recipe folder with several subfolders each recipe gets its own file in the folder

beverages
condiments
Dessert
household and beauty
Main including soups (subfolder crockpot)
muffins breakfast and sweet breads
Non dairy alternatives
Side dish
yeasted breads
snacks

[The Tickle Momster]

I do like the previous posters. I also have a binder and sleeves for often used recipes. I much prefer hardcopy for cooking from, less chance of me spilling something on the 'puter.

[something glorious]

i have a great hard-copy way to organize recipes, but i'm not a computer-recipe-storer either :shrug

[Havilah]

i have a great hard-copy way to organize recipes, but i'm not a computer-recipe-storer either :shrug


Would you mind sharing... or would that derail Thia's thread too much? Perhaps another thread?

I decided to take my recipes to the beach this summer to organize them while the grandparents look after the chilluns :tu but I haven't decided how to arrange them :O

[Thia]

Let's have it! Computer or hard copy..... For hardcopy I have a photo album and index cards. I want that to be for family approved recipes though. I have hundreds of recipes on the computer that I want to try. So many recipes and so little time.

[something glorious]

ok, when i first cut out a recipe i stick it in a file folder until i use it. then, if it's worth repeating, i mount it onto card stock (if it's one sided), and slip it into a page protector. if it's double-sided, i just slip it into a page-protector unmounted :shrug

then i have these fabulous bright plastic binders, with dividers by category....i have 3 binders and LOTS of categories :O (we're total foodies :giggle) some examples:

-poultry
-beef
-fish/seafood
-vegetarian
-side dishes
-baked goods
-desserts

this keeps me organized, PLUS the pages are splatter-proof, and i can jut pull out one recipe, instead of having a huge binder/book taking up my meager counter space.

i saw this format in "real simple" years ago, and i've used it happily and succesfully ever since.

oh, and one of the keys to staying organized is not to let toooooooo many untried recipes accumulate in the file folder :giggle

[The Tickle Momster]

Oooh, I may have to try this. My binder is starting to overflow. It wouldn't take too much for me to divy it into a few binders instead of just one.

My divisions are:

*soup
*salad
*dinner
*crock pot
*dessert
*bbq
*breakfast

There may be a few more, but that's the jist.

[Havilah]

Thanks, Lauren. I think I'll adapt that to fit me. The key is going to be only organizing the tried-and-tries... that's where I've been going wrong! :idea

[something glorious]

Thanks, Lauren. I think I'll adapt that to fit me. The key is going to be only organizing the tried-and-tries... that's where I've been going wrong! :idea


don't feel bad- it took me a long time to figure that out too :rolleyes a lot of wasted hours, rubber cement and cardstock :doh