here a recipe, there a recipe…
so i have this obsession love of all things cooking. i have a fabulous cookbook collection, a slew of recipes bookmarked online, and even more that i have downloaded from the net. i also have this habit of ripping recipes out of the magazines i subscribe to or out of the magazines i steal borrow from my mother.
for the past year, these recipes have been piling up and i have just thrown them into a file folder. these recipes have just sat there. they were all jumbled up – disorganized and forgotten. it made me sad to look at the folder. it was a constant reminder about another habit i have which is to keep saying that i’ll get to this or that ’someday’….but someday never seems to come around.
so yesterday, i finally did something about it. i got out an extra 3 rind binder, a pack of those page protector/ holder thingies and got to organizing. i put each recipe in it’s own holder and put them in piles according to type: appetizers, drinks, mains, sides, desserts, and breakfast.
i know have a nice bunch of new recipes to try and will be working them into our menu over the next few weeks. i am glad i finally spent some time on the recipes and will finally make some time to enjoy them. i need to remember to work these things into my life more often.
I have a 3 ring binder too – LOVE IT! Just redid it last week to accomodate new recipes and tossed some old yuck ones. SO MUCH happier now about that whole deal.