Cooking really isn't my thing, but I try my darndest to make a decent selection of mostly edible entrees for my family each night. I usually prefer to find new recipes online, and print them out to refer to while cooking. After years of trying to keep up with half crumpled, food stained recipes printed out from the internet, I finally figured out the easiest way to organize them so that I can find the super easy casserole that i have made ten thousand times, but still can't remember the recipe without having the pathetic little print out taking up space on my counter.
The best way to keep printed recipes from cluttering up your kitchen is to not print them at all. No, I don't expect you to memorize them. I am talking about saving them onto your phone, computer, or e-reader, or tablet so that you can search for the recipe you need and use the digital version instead of a printed copy. I use Gmail for all of my mail and document storage, and I set up a folder called Recipes in my documents. When I save a recipe to the recipes folder, I add tags like "breakfast" or "quick" or "beef" so that I can find the recipe easily later on your phone, tablet, or any internet accessible device.
There are tons of ways to set up a digital recipe file even if you don't use Gmail. You could use any cloud based document storage solution to store your recipes so that you can see them at work, home, or on the go. If you only want to view your recipes in one place, just set up a folder on your computer, and save each recipe in that folder. You can use the built in search feature of your computer to find a recipe that you have saved quickly and easily.
Tips: Save recipes as PDF or Word files, and you can e-mail them to your Kindle. Prop up your Kindle on the kitchen counter, and you've got a quick, easy, digital cookbook.
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