The Organized Recipe Box

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[Food]  

[Food Storage]

[Best Price Box]

The best way to organize a recipe box is to collect one 3” x 5” recipe card box, seven blank 3” x 5” card dividers, two sets of labeled “recipe” card dividers, 50 lined 3” x 5” cards.

Label seven blank 3” x 5” card dividers:  Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.  The “Master Menu” recipes go behind the “Master Menu” (Sunday through Saturday) dividers in the front of the 3” x 5” “Recipe” Box.

The first set of “recipe” card dividers goes behind the “Master Menu” Sunday – Saturday dividers.  Use this set of “recipe” card dividers for regularly-used recipes.  Keep only the best and favorite recipes for this section.

The second set of “recipe” card dividers goes behind the first set.  Use this second set of card dividers for infrequently-used recipes.  Keep all viable but less-used recipes in this section.

Label the spine of the binder “Recipes”.  Prepare the binder dividers with labels identical to the recipe card dividers you have purchased.  Place the dividers in the binder.  Put your oversized recipes in the sheet protectors.  Put these protectors behind the appropriate divider.

Make 3” x 5” reference cards for recipes which are located in printed cookbooks and your own “Recipes” Binder and put them in your “Recipe” Box.  For example, Bagels:  See Breadbaking Book, page 33 or Raspberry Slush:  See Favorite Drink Recipes, page 2.

Eliminate duplication wherever possible.  It takes only one good brownie recipe to keep a family happy.  Happy cooking!.

 See also:  Food Storage and Best Price Box.

Find more helpful ideas in the  "House of Order" Handbook, Chapter 22, "Food Management".   You may also be interested in clear, plastic 3" x 5" index card slipcovers to keep your cards neat and clean.

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