Organize your Recipes

Do you have recipes papers that seem to procreate? Are you tired of sifting through these pile just to find the one recipe that you need? If so, then I have a solution for you! Imagine all your recipes in one highly organized book and finding your next recipe in a snap! It will take some time, but you can do it in 10 easy steps! The following is a list of items you will need to make a Recipe Binder:

1. Items Needed:

• 1 - Three -Ring Wide 3" View Binder (high quality) 11 -5/8- H x 11- 1/4-W
• 3 Ring Hole Puncher
• 1 Box of Three -Ring Standard Sheet Protectors (50-100)
• 2-4 Packages - Three Ring Index Dividers: 5 Tab with Pockets (Width 9 3/4" including tab) *(Bring your ruler. Most Avery's divders are too small)
• Ruler
• Glue Stick
• Scissor
• Copy paper ( 8 1/2 x 11)
• Paper clips

2. Once you have gathered the above items, then organize your recipes into categories for example:

• Main Dish
• Mexican, Italian, Oriental... (if you have a lot of any of these categories)
• Seafood
• Soup
• Sandwich
• Side Dish / Vegetables Dish
• Salad
• Appetizer
• Dip
• Sauce
• Breakfast
• Bread
• Dessert

3. After you have sorted and organized the recipes into categories, paper clip the categories together until the are put in the binder.
4. Label the Index Dividers according to each category, be sure they are in your order of preference before you label them. Then put the labeled index dividers in the binder.
5. Put all your recipes that are already on a single sheet of paper in a sheet protector and put them in the binder one category at a time.
6. All recipes that are on cards or smaller papers and have print only on one side, you can glue to a single piece of copy paper or you can re-type them up. Then put them in the sheet protector and then in the binder.
7. The recipes that are written on both sides of the card, you will need to re-type over so that the recipe is completely on one side of the paper. Then glue it to a copy paper if it is small or just put in sheet protector and place in binder.
8. Type and print a title page for binder: "Mom's Recipe Book"
9. Place extra sheet protectors in the back of the binder for later use.
10. To maintain be sure to put all new recipes in a sheet protector and place in your new binder under its proper category.

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