Need a way to organize your favorite recipes? Create a cute, simple, and functional recipe binder and bring order to your kitchen in style.
The cookbook section is one of my favorite places to browse and it’s common for me to spend half an hour perusing a stack of recipe books at the local bookstore or library while my kids check out their favorite genres.
Besides loving cookbooks, I also have a weakness for cooking blogs. They’re free to browse, often have sinfully tempting photos, and don’t take up storage space in the kitchen! And it’s so easy to save and organize the recipes with just a click (or pin!!) on the computer.
BUT, sometimes there’s a recipe I love too much to keep saved on the computer, and so I print it and shove the loose-leaf paper in with my other recipe books.
Great organization system, right?
Not surprisingly, the loose collection was getting WAY to cluttered, not to mention I could never find that recipe again, so it was time to conquer and organize the recipes into a binder.
This binder is super simple, but is cute and functional, and besides bringing more order to your own kitchen, would make a really great gift for a college student, newlywed, teacher, neighbor, or anyone who eats, really!
In my college and newlywed years I remember spending a lot of time on the phone with my mom or at my grandma’s kitchen table over Thanksgiving break copying down my favorite family recipes. Having an already-organized binder would have been AMAZING.
Create Your Own Recipe Binder
You’ll Need:
- Three-ring Binder
- Recipe Category Printables
- Sheet Protectors
- Lots of recipes!
Print the recipe categories.
The category printables include the following categories:
Appetizers & Snacks | Asian | Beverages | Breakfast | Breads | Desserts | Grilling | Holiday | Meat | Mexican | One-dish Meals | Pizza & Pasta | Salads | Seafood | Side Dishes & Veggies | Soup & Stew
Sort your recipes into categories
. . . and place them into sheet protectors.
Having my little cooking helpers in the kitchen (not to mention my own clumsiness) almost guarantees meal-prep spills, so storing the recipes in clear plastic sleeves protects the recipes from splashes. It’s also a good way to store odd-size recipes.
Photocopies:
Magazine Articles . . .
Handwritten notes from my mom . . .
Scribbled notes from recipe creations . . . ETC.
I ABSOLUTELY ADORE these printables, but I have one major problem. Due to limited kitchen space (storage, counter, etc.) I’ve had to use a “mini” or “half-sheet” binder. Everything I see is for full size only. Any chance you’d be able to format this for a “mini” binder????? Thanks in advance for considering!
Hi.. is there any way that i can change/edit the titles on the print outs? I dont make bread, or mexican etc and would like to add my own titles.
Thanks 🙂
Hi Alexa!
The files aren’t really editable… if there are just a few changes you’d like, email me at pamelaodd@gmail.com and I’ll see what I can do.
xoxo, Pam
I need to organize my loose recipes but I’m terrified – I have a pile at least 4 inches thick stuffed into the cupboard with my cookbooks!!