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Want a recipe journal for a present

and no idea where to get a cheap one! Didnt want to spend over a fiver really (cheapskate) and dont fancy doing a plain notebook i wanted one with dividers to put startes main course etc.

Anyone know where to look for one under £10 ....ebays rubbish, amazons too dear and rubbish designs....

:ABeing Thrifty Gifty again this year:A

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  • Sharra
    Sharra Posts: 751 Forumite
    You could always make your own - a5 ring binder and some dividers then decorate. Or if you use an A4 ring binder you could include some empty plastic envelopes to put the recipes in - they are doing 100 for £1 in my tescos at the mo. It wouldn't cost much at all :)
  • play2day
    play2day Posts: 409 Forumite
    Stationary box have some good offers at the moment as have WHSmith. Both may be worth a look?
  • jellyang
    jellyang Posts: 117 Forumite
    I bought one for my daughter for xmas.
    However I got it from a local department store so unless you live near Norwich its not much help!

    I did see one on Amazon but it was a while ago.

    Jelly
    :D
  • Smiley_Mum
    Smiley_Mum Posts: 3,836 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Take a look in Borders Books, they may have some in the Stationery Department. Not sure of the cost but they may have some marked down in sale or something. Worth a look if you have a Borders nearby.
    “Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.” - Oscar Wilde
  • Paper chase do one, cos got one for xmas, although cant rem how much. Its divided uo into sections and has paper in it to write out the recipes and its a ring binder so u can just clip in ones u have pulled out of magazines etc
    Its A5 in size

    HTH :)
  • CAFCGirl
    CAFCGirl Posts: 9,123 Forumite
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    I got myself the one mentionned above I think.

    Its like a padded a5 ring binder, sections for starters,meat,fish, desserts etc, even has a plastic pocket to put the recipe youre currently using in so it doesnt get splattered!
    It cost £7.50 and has a rather artistic photo of an aubergine on the front.
    Found these though
    http://www.paperchase.co.uk/p/412418/recipe_books.html
    Wealth is not measured by currency
  • I bought a note book that was like a ring binder (can't thing what the middle metal part of a ring binder is called, mind gone blank!)... bought some mini A5 dividers to put inside and decorated the outside. I have cut out pics from food mags and some funky ribbon down the spine- pretty much free decorations!

    It was a second copy to go alongside a decorated notebook that I'd been given by a friend years before who'd customised it. It was lovely to think of her whilst I was cooking each time, I think this is a fab present!
    Very excited to be marrying my partner in crime for the last 7 years in September 2012 :j
    No longer a midlandsfairy... back living in the sunny south!
  • they have some in my local poundshop. there are small files with dividers and have pages inside with squares on like a maths book. if you wanted i could get one and post it to you. if it sounds like what your looking for.

    fishcake
    Happily married mama of 5
  • I made mine with a coloured ring binder and decorated it, put in coloured dividers and clear plastic sleeves to put all the recipes in so they dont get destroyed when I cover them in ingredients! LOL Im a messy cook!

    I think a homemade one nicely decorated (to match your kitchen?) is lovely!

    I brought my dad one from Tesco, which had dividers in and pages to write in your fave recipes, but he has never bothered to rewrite his recipes!
  • I'm loving this idea - i mihgt make one for my sister or Xmas - plus she'll have a young baby by then too so im hoping to be able to include a baby food section
    Time to find me again
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