So, if you're not schooled in the art of x-rays (which I wasn't until I had 3 boys) this is Ryan's pneumonia. It isn't bad in this picture. The bad news is that these x-rays were about 9 days in on an antibiotic and Ryan was feeling rotten. Being the awesome mother that I am, I kept sending him to school and then threatening to take him back down to the doctor if he didn't quit complaining. He was so crabby and fell asleep one night about 7:00 so I decided that I would take him in the next day. I felt terrible when they told me that he really was still sick and they put him on two more antibiotics. Hopefully he'll be feeling better soon.
While I have been doing a lot of catering to Ryan's every need (ice cream for breakfast and such), I've been going through a few things. Here's the big question:
How do you organize your recipes?
It's no secret that I'm a fan of being organized, but lately I'm not sure what to do with my mass amounts of recipes that aren't in books. I used to put all my recipes, neatly typed, on 4x6 cards and organized alphabetically, but now I also have this huge pile of recipes that I've ripped out of my magazines (being that I subscribe to like 5 cooking magazines). I hate to keep unnecessary magazines, so I rip out recipes that I like as I read the magazine and then I toss it in the trash when I'm done. So now I have all these recipes torn out of magazines and printed from online all in a 3-ring binder, but it just isn't efficient with the pages being so thin. 
I'm thinking that I'm going to have to either type them all up on cards, but I will loose the pretty pictures. I'm also tossing around the idea of copying my neighbor's idea and scrapbooking (digitally) all of my recipes so that they are in print and have a picture of them (I would also have them easily on hand to share or pass down if I did this). It would take a long time, but in the end would be so worth it.
Again....
How do you organize your recipes?
Maybe I can copy your wisdom.
5 comments:
I think we might have a tie for mother of the year. We have already had a 3 day hospital stay this year. Hopefully he starts feeling better. Let us know if you need anything, even if it's just a pepsi break!
Sorry about the pneumonia - yikes!!
Will you come organize my pantry when I get a bigger one? Wondering what are on all of those tupperware labels.
Recipe binder - I just finished organizing all of mine. Just like yours, they are the magazine and internet prints I've made. I just used page protectors and divided it into different sections (main dishes, salads, etc.) I use it all the time and the pictures are there. The next step (that I haven't gotten to yet) is to either put them in order alphabetically and to divide the sections further - main dishes into chicken, beef, casseroles, etc. Make sense? I love my binder and it's working for me. I can keep collecting, throw out what I don't use and keep it up.
Look at ME giving YOU tips. Ha!!
I use Ziplist online and it is awesome!! I type my recipes up so I still have a copy on my computer, then I upload then to ziplist. You can add a picture to it. I also have the ziplist app on my iphone (or ipod touch before I had an iphone) and then when I want to make it I add it to my grocery list. It is wonderful, it makes my grocery list so much faster to do. You can also add people to your ziplist and then they can get your recipes off of there if they want them.
I'm pretty sure I'm the neighbor you are talking about, so you know how I do mine. I only have done the ones digially that we love and use a lot. The ones we don't like find their way to the trash
I don't actually down load the recipe--duh, I just copy and paste it. I do upload a picture when I get a chance, though; it is SO much more appetizing that way. Maybe someday I'll keep my ipad (if I ever get one) on the kitchen counter and just pull my recipes from zip list up and cook away ;)
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