Blog friends, I turn 40 this year.
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I figured it's about time I put on my big girl pants and put together a cookbook. I have a few cookbooks. They look too complicated for me. For a single recipe they have 15 ingredients and say things like, al dente, water bath, and parboil. However, I also have a family cookbook, Taste of Home Cookbooks, and Taste of Home magazines I like to use. Many times in the magazines or in the newspaper I would find a recipe I would like to try and I would tear it out. Only to put it some place to never be found again. That's one of the reasons I like Pinterest. I keep all the recipes I like on one board.
Anywho, Last fall I attended a bible study, Called to be a Keeper. One of the videos was about cooking. I cannot remember who was speaking on the video, but I loved one of her ideas. She had many cookbooks, but she had two three-ring binders she used for most of her cooking. She used dividers and had page protectors. One binder was a "tried it and love it" cookbook. The other was a "recipes I would love to try" cookbook. I copied straight from her.
Here are my cookbooks.
I purchase 2 Avery three-ring binders with the see through covers. I used some of my scrapbook paper I had on hand to make covers for each of them. I made categories like appetizers, side dishes, soups & casseroles, main dishes, & desserts. I went through many of my magazines, calendars and torn out recipes and filed them away in one of the two cookbooks.
I made notes on some of recipes about things I changed when I made it or if someone in our family didn't like it. That will be nice for when the officer isn't home I can make a recipe the kids and I enjoyed.
I know cooking isn't rocket science, but I have just never felt remotely adequate in the kitchen. Not that I do now. I just feel more organized. I would love to be able to have a cookbook full of great recipes to hand down to my daughter (or son) when she gets older.
So 2012 begins the year of my education in cooking. I'm starting with 4-5 ingredient recipes from Pinterest and will progress from there. :) You'll be seeing more and more posts from recipes our family has loved. Feel free to share any fabulous recipes you have with me too!
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3 comments:
Ugg. Now that I sit here and look at the pink and polka dot cover I'm going to have to change it. It's too pink for me. I used what I had on hand,but now I think I will have to go get some different scrapbook paper and redo the cover.
You can also check out Tastebook. I have a link to my Tastebook on my blog that you can check out. Keren put in ALL the family recipes there too, you can take photos and add them and when you are ready order pages. I think it's a great idea to start planning now to give one to our daughters when they leave home!
Wow. You're getting so organized, but I should have known - my resourceful daughter. I have thought of making a cookbook with only recipes that have 5 ingredients. Simple. Ma ybe you can do that! love you
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