How I did it: I took an A4 ring binder and put dividers and clear plastic sleeve pages into it. I wrote out the recipes I already knew we liked, printed them and put them in the sleeves. Whenever I try a new recipe, I print it out and put it in the folder. If we like it, it stays. :o)

I also cut/tore out recipes from magazines, and found an excellent cups-lbs-grams conversion table in an issue of Waitrose Food Illustrated which I glued to the inside cover of the binder for easy reference.

Lessons & tips:

• Don't put stuff into it until you know it's a hit.
• Be reasonable when choosing recipes - will it suit your family's taste and budget?
• If you can, make each recipe fit a single A4 sheet. That way you can put them back-to-back in the clear sleeves, saving space.
• Separate recipes right from the beginning - main courses, desserts, baking etc. This has made life much easier for me when looking for a particular recipe.

Resources:

• VegWeb
• AllRecipes

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Apr 30, 2009, 06:21AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer