Coiled Bound Favorite Recipes

Recipe Rating:	6 Ratings5
Categories:	Other Non-Edibles, Quick & Easy
Keywords:	photos, recipes, COOKBOOK, personalized
Serves:	How ever many you want
Prep Time:	24 Hr 55 Min

Ingredients

	loose leaf paper
	time & patience
	organization skills

Pinched by hellchell1, and 99 more.

Rose Mary Mogan

Well Seasoned

Sauk Village, IL (pop. 10,506)

cookinginillinois

Member Since Sep 2011

Rose Mary's Notes:

This is an inexpensive way to bind all of your favorite Just a Pinch Recipes together for little or nothing. I went to Office Depot and had 355 pages bound together for less than $5.00. I got a clear front cover, and a solid back cover. I organized my recipes into categories, then listed each recipe in each category in alphabetical order. I divided my recipes into 13 categories. After I had them bound together with the laminated coil binding, I TABBED EACH CATEGORY for easier refrencing as you can see from the side view. Now I can get to all of my favorite recipes very quickly.

Directions

Take all of those saved copies of your recipes, and those that you have saved of your friends & favorite cooks, and create a personal spiral bound cookbook. We all have saved recipes, and this is an inexpensive way to have them bound together and in order, and it is much better than the 3 ring binders.

Divide ALL of your Favorite recipes into categories, then list them in alphabetical order in each category. Then put them in order. DON'T FORGET TO CREATE A COVER PAGE.

Now take them to Office Depot, and have them all bound together. I have made 3 books and they all have been created for under five dollars EACH. It will make it so much easier to find that special recipe. After they have been bound then tab each category with a personal tab, and you can reach your recipes much faster.

You can even create a few EXTRA books, and give them away as gifts. Just a little way to make life just a bit easier, and more organized.

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Jan Bartholome 2HandsForHim

Jul 1, 2012

Great idea, Rose Mary! Thanks for sharing it with us! I have a ton of wonderful recipes from my South Beach Diet days that are like these from JAP--printed off the computer and just kept in a folder. Every time I want one that I haven't put on a card in my recipe box, I have to thumb through about 100 sheets of loose paper to find it. They will be the first to be done this way!

Rose Mary Mogan cookinginillinois

Jul 1, 2012

I am very pleased that you like my idea Jan. We are all trying to make each others lives a little less chaotic. Every little bit helps I always say. Thanks for the comments. Have a good night. I see you are keeping late hours too.

Phyllis Lively PhyllisBaker

Jul 1, 2012

Wow Lady Rose - wonderful idea and end result. Great job!
I'm sure easier said than done though.
One problem young lady. In your list of ingredients I see there are just a few things needed. Can you help me out with something? Please let me know where I can get some time and patience.
LOL

Millie Johnson BISCUITMAKR

Jul 1, 2012

Great idea!

Sheila Kremer bkzmom

Jul 1, 2012

I agree--please send us your source for time and patience!!

Carol Junkins CarolAJ

Jul 1, 2012

Well I'll be darned ! perfect ! thanks for posting for us.!

Diane Hopson Smith DeeDee2011

Jul 1, 2012

Great idea, thank you for sharing!!

Rose Mary Mogan cookinginillinois

Jul 1, 2012

Phyllis, your comments were the first ones I pulled up this morning, and that made me laugh hysterically. I am still laughing. You are just too to funny YELOW ROSE. I love you just the same.

You already have it Yellow Rose, you just don't know it yet. Ask your Grand kids, I will bet they will say you have lots of it. Smile

Thanks for making me laugh so early in the morning.

Rose Mary Mogan cookinginillinois

Jul 1, 2012

Thank you Millie and Sheila.
Sheila a great portion of your recipes were my inspiration. I definately wanted to keep them all together for easy future reference. Thanks for those fantastic Large Quanity recipes, that I now have readily available at a moments notice.

Rose Mary Mogan cookinginillinois

Jul 1, 2012

Carol & Diane and all of you, I want you to know that you have no idea how much I REALLY APPRECIATE your positive feedback. I am so happy that you like the idea. It certainly does help out, since Just A Pinch is my main source of encouragement with their vast source of great cooks like you ladies. I love the recipes posted here and just wanted to make it easier for myself to get to them. Thanks so much.