Recipe Organization Part 2

Yesterday I showed you my many recipe books and how I used a basket to sort and store my personal recipes and also how I store recipes that I am wanting to try.  Today I am showing my favorite system for sorting and storing recipes that I switched to from the basket a few years ago when my tried and true recipes began to outgrow the small basket they were in.  Click here to read yesterday's post.

 

I bought a one inch three ring binder, tabbed dividers and sheet protectors.  Using sheet protectors or laminating your recipes is very helpful in helping them to stay clean and last a long time. 

 

I used this website here to make my front and back covers. 

 

 

Back Cover

 

Front Cover

 

 

 My tabs are as follows: Cakes, Cookies, Candy, Bars, Pies, Fruit, Sweet Bread, Misc.

 

 

In the very front of my recipe binder I have an index page that tells what my dividers are through out the book. 

 

These pictures are of my recipe binder that holds all things sweet.  I have another binder that holds the following:  Appetisers, Snacks, Casseroles, Veggies, Salads, Sides, Main Dishes, Mexican, Italian, Soups, Sauces, Misc.

 

I was able to easily convert all of the 4x6 note cards with recipes on them to fit in this book.  I simply placed 2 at a time on my printer and made a copy of them and then slid the copied paper down inside of a sheet protector.  My recipe binder is a work in progress as I am adding new ones often. 

 

 

 

I must make a note here.  The only recipes that I put in my basket or binder are ones that I have made, tweaked and that my family LOVES!  If I make something that we do not care for I pitch the recipe immediatley. 

 

 What about you?  How do you sort and store your recipes?