I’m a paper and pencil kind of gal. Sure I store a lot of data online or on my laptop, but when it comes to recipes, I still like cookbooks and magazines. Sometimes my computer is slow or I can’t find something I pinned or I don’t like setting my laptop up in the kitchen while I cook. All that to say, I like my paper recipes.
But that paper can get out of control and can be hard to organize. Here is my easy solution that works for me and helps me find what I need.
I have the recipes that I’ve tried and that my family loves in a binder. I actually have 2 binders–one for main meals & sides and the other for desserts, appetizers, drinks, etc. I bought some tabs and labeled them in a way that made sense to me and then I simply glued the recipes onto cardstock that I hole-punched.
I keep the recipes that I want to try in a simple 2 pocket folder. Once I try them, I make notes for the next time I make that recipe and then glue that into my binder, or, if it’s a dud, I toss it. I try to pick one or two recipes from that pile when I meal plan so that the pile doesn’t get too big, but that doesn’t always happen. Every once in a while I do go through my folder and toss recipes that I know I’ll never make or that are too complicated for our family in this season.
So, that’s it! It’s nothing fancy, but it works for me!