How do you store your recipes?

PurpleSkies

I had all of mine on my laptop. I was planning on printing them all off and keeping them in an organised folder so I could have it in the kitchen for quick reference. But my laptop has pretty much died now so I need to start from scratch.

mto

A quick question for those of you that store your recipes online ...

Most of the recipes that i use regularly are adapted from the likes of Delia and Jamie or have been printed previously in books/magazines. If i'm storing them online (thinking about using a blog to do this), do i need to worry about copyright, as they will be available to anyone who took the time to look for them? Do I need to put a line in somewhere saying ... adapted from Delia recipe or something similar?

clutterydrawer

I have an A5 ringbinder with plastic pockets in, I cut recipes out of magazines etc and glue them to paper and put in the pockets....easy to find the recipe I want and the plastic stops them getting splashed

geordie_joe

mto wrote: »

A quick question for those of you that store your recipes online ...

Most of the recipes that i use regularly are adapted from the likes of Delia and Jamie or have been printed previously in books/magazines. If i'm storing them online (thinking about using a blog to do this), do i need to worry about copyright, as they will be available to anyone who took the time to look for them? Do I need to put a line in somewhere saying ... adapted from Delia recipe or something similar?

I doubt the list of ingredients will be copyright, but the words used to describe how to combine them and cook them will be. If I were you I would alter the description just to be on the safe side.

The recipes TV chefs "invent" are all modifications of existing ones anyway!

doelani

not really sure where to post this so here goes............

I am trying to be as OT as possible and making as much as possible from scratch. I have a few recipe books, a folder with bits of paper in it and a notebook with recipes written down. These live on top of fridge so not really orginised.

I know many people keep recipes in their head but I have to write them down or I forget ingrediants lol

How do others store their recipes?

I have thought of a card index box but when I looked at them yesterday changed my mind because of the cost. Was about £8 for box and cards :eek:

I have also though of using a recipe website that allows you to store your own recipes as well as having access to other peoples, anyone any recommendations?

All ideas appreciated lol

Penelope_Penguin

doelani wrote: »

How do others store their recipes?

All ideas appreciated lol

I keep mine in a folder. I have a poly-pocket for each sort of recipe (soup, cakes, bread, etc) so that I can flick through when I'm in the mood for baking a cake, making bread, etc

More ideas for you here; I'll merge this later.

doelani

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

More ideas for you here; I'll merge this later.

I did search but obviously not well enough lol thanks

seafarers_wife

ive got a hardback notebook and i write them in there when i find a receipe i like.

if your looking at index cards check out the supermarkets as i got a load of index cards plus a box to keep them in for a few £.

elf06

I have one of those student type notebooks that have the dividers in them and use that for my handwritten recipes. For all the photocopied or torn out of magazine recipes I keep them in pollypockets in a folder. I have 2 recipes back to back in each pocket and keep main meals together, soups together, sauces together................you get the idea

Linda32

I store mine pretty much how you do, However, a recent idea I have had is to either store them in a folder like Pen Pen said.

Or you said you have a few cook books, I do as well, and I was thinking to store them in a similar cook book, one you use for baking - put your cake receipes in there.