organize my recipes

A few evenings ago, I managed to assemble 2 pages each of sweets, vegetables, seafood, chicken, and baked goods from my magazine clippings collection. Last night, I found the binder I’d started several months ago, so I added those; no organization yet, but I do have plans to use index tabs and make a TOC.

The next time I’m sitting in front of the tv for more than an hour, I’ll work on my photocopied recipes and/or see if I can fill any spots on past pages.

Today, my husband started his new job. This will be the first time in about 9 months that he’s had to commute, so I’m not sure when he’s going to land at home. Tonight, my plan is to have leftover homemade pizza for dinner so that I don’t have the pressure of estimating his arrival. With “March Madness” dictating the TV scheduling, none of our regular shows are running, so I should be free to work on sorting and pasting in front of my game show, even if we pop in a movie before bedtime. My goal for the evening will be to fill 5 pages (front and back) of page protectors.

I need to make another stab at organizing everything I’ve clipped and photocopied. I’ve filled the two photo albums I started out with, and now I’m filling page protectors and filing those into binders. I have temporary tabs for each section (chicken, pasta, beef, etc.), and will put “permanent” ones on once I’ve made certain of the paging (that is, I might want to rearrange the order of sections so that those I use most are in front).

I also need to do a table of contents for each, and a master one (perhaps after I get the Open Office software in a month or two) so my recipes are easier to track. The last time I spent cutting and pasting, I found that I’ve saved similar recipes, which don’t need to take up twice the space.