How do you store your recipes?

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I only keep the best and easiest recipes. I bought a pale blue leather notebook from tkmaxx and I hand write in any recipe that I have used that follows these criteria: easy to make, delicious and definitely turns out well. ie I can dip into it if I had unexpected guests arriving tomorrow or if I want a quick, good meal or cake etc

I used to keep them in a file but it ended up messy to use. I also copied and pasted into word

Greenshieldstamp_2

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

I love the sound of the leather book, but having just made pastry today and got it everywhere, it wouldn't last long.

I have read the other thread now and quite like the idea of the photo album.

Time to get all the recipes together and then decide I think.

Best wishes
Greenshieldstamp

ivyleaf

I keep recipes I've collected in one of those binders which looks like a book, has a plastic cover and instead of pages, there are clear plastic pockets already in it, to slot cuttings/ printed-out recipes etc into. Or you could use a loose-leaf binder with plastic pockets you clip into it - actually this would be better as you can move them around easily within the binder, or take out the one you want to use - the plastic will keep it clean, you just need to remember to put it back into the binder afterwards!

HTH.

cheerfulness4

I use a ring binder with the plastic pockets that you put A4 paper in. It's brilliant because I just have to take out the recipe I want, then wipe it down and replace when I finished cooking.

I have dividers in it with the usual breakdowns - soups/snacks, dairy, meat, chicken, cakes/biscuits, desserts etc. Works very well for me.

FrenchMaid_2

ivyleaf wrote: »

I keep recipes I've collected in one of those binders which looks like a book, has a plastic cover and instead of pages, there are clear plastic pockets already in it, to slot cuttings/ printed-out recipes etc into. Or you could use a loose-leaf binder with plastic pockets you clip into it - actually this would be better as you can move them around easily within the binder, or take out the one you want to use - the plastic will keep it clean, you just need to remember to put it back into the binder afterwards!

HTH.

me too - got mine from Asda I think they are only about £50 - ideal for the mess in the kitchen... have them colour coded pink - starters, blue - mains, green - desserts....

Protogenia

I'm the same as Cheerfulness, the advantage of a ring binder is that you can move the pages backwards and forwards and they don't have to remain static, the pages are wipe proof and you can easily add to it.

Genia X x

MissEyre

FrenchMaid wrote: »

me too - got mine from Asda I think they are only about £50 - ideal for the mess in the kitchen... have them colour coded pink - starters, blue - mains, green - desserts....

£50!!!! I think I paid about two pounds for mine! You are a step ahead of me with the colour coding-I just have one and should probably add all the recipes I've cut out of magazines to it at some point over the holidays...

weemissy

I recently bought a photo album and put my recipes in the plastic wallety bits so that I would keep them clean while cooking.

miss_phish

I have a hard back A4 notebook which i glue cut out recipes into and also hand write recipes into. Each page is numbered then when the book is full I write an index at the back.

I adore my recipe book and it always my first port of call when needing a bright spark or two!

Spooky_Pooky

I have suffered a major blow - during a recent house move I have somehow managed to lose my recipe bible, years of clippings, my own recipes and those of friends which I stored in a big ring bound note pad. Needless to say next time I'll be making a copy - but now that I am faced with starting again, I wondered whether anyone had any good ideas about storing recipes in a good order. I've seen that you can buy recipe journals and wondered if any of these are good - or has anyone tried using card files? Any help much appreciated as I'm thinking that at least if I can implement a better system next time, my loss will not have been in vain!