Guest guest Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Oh man, don't ask me how I organize them but I can always find what I'm looking for. At this point in my life I can't even organize my underwear drawer...LOL Donna --- Momcat <Momcat55 wrote: > What a great idea to find out how everyone saves > recipes! > > I use gmail for this account. I have created lots of > " folders " and I file my > recipes in them. > > I have broken down some of the recipes to > ingredients...like if a recipe > calls for a lot of tomatoes, I will file that under > " Tomatoes " or if it > calls for a lot of spinach, file it under " Spinach " . > Or " Tofu " . This way if > something is on sale at the stores, I can easily > find recipes to use them. > > When I go to use a recipe, I print it out and then > keep it in my kitchen > recipe drawer.with whatever notes I've made. > Ideally, I will go back to the > original on the computer and make notes on that,too. > > Katie, I love your idea of putting them in notebooks > with plastic > protectors! I may have to do that! > > Will very much enjoy reading other's methods. > > > > Picture yourself in a boat on a river, With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, A girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Source: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Beatles ______________________________\ ____ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Answers - Check it out. http://answers./dir/?link=list & sid=396545433 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 You wear underwear? LOL Not sue. ---- Donnalilacflower 9/8/2007 5:26:13 PM organizing recipes? Oh man, don't ask me how I organize them but I can always find what I'm looking for. At this point in my life I can't even organize my underwear drawer...LOL Donna --- Momcat <Momcat55 wrote: > What a great idea to find out how everyone saves > recipes! > > I use gmail for this account. I have created lots of > " folders " and I file my > recipes in them. > > I have broken down some of the recipes to > ingredients...like if a recipe > calls for a lot of tomatoes, I will file that under > " Tomatoes " or if it > calls for a lot of spinach, file it under " Spinach " . > Or " Tofu " . This way if > something is on sale at the stores, I can easily > find recipes to use them. > > When I go to use a recipe, I print it out and then > keep it in my kitchen > recipe drawer.with whatever notes I've made. > Ideally, I will go back to the > original on the computer and make notes on that,too. > > Katie, I love your idea of putting them in notebooks > with plastic > protectors! I may have to do that! > > Will very much enjoy reading other's methods. > > > > Picture yourself in a boat on a river, With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, A girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Source: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - Beatles ___________________________ ______ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Answers - Check it out. http://answers./dir/?link=list & sid=396545433 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Organized underwear is overrated hehehehehe Diane , Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower wrote: > > Oh man, don't ask me how I organize them but I can > always find what I'm looking for. At this point in my > life I can't even organize my underwear drawer...LOL > Donna > > - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 This is a great question Tonya! Personally I could not manage without my electronic software - I use Mastercook and Living Cookbook - I prefer LC but use MC most because there are so many books and groups using MC format and none that I know of using LC - so MC is just more convenient. It isn't " freeware " but the latest version only costs $20 in the States. Well worth the investment and it would open up so many recipe resources for you - and you can search on ingredient, method, cuisine, anything you want to basically, even what you have in your pantry, and it will find recipes you can cook there and then. I belong to a lot of mastercook recipe swapping and formatting groups and run my own vegetarian one too (as there were no active ones out there I thought I would do it). My only problem now is that I spend so much time playing with my recipe collection I have little time to actually cook!! I try not to use too much paper so I only ever print a recipe out if I am going to try it, then if I like it I keep it in a ring binder, if I won't use it again I chuck it. Looking forward to reading everyone else's responses, this is a fascinating question. Carolyn _____ On Behalf Of Tonya Kirilenko 08 September 2007 17:44 organizing recipes? Hi everyone, this is my first post to this group. So far I've really enjoyed everyone's recipes....thank you. My question today is of a practical nature -- what method do you use to organize your recipes, especially the ones from this group? Do you do this - electronically? Do you have a software recommendation (especially if it is free ware)? - on recipe cards? - in binders? - or some other brilliant method I'm very interested... Have a great Saturday, Tonya ________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live. <http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx> com/getstarted.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 what would be the point anyway?? just shove it all into a drawer & jam it shut. nuff done. but just think....if you had no underwear, you'd have an extra drawer for cozy jammies. strayfeather1 <otherbox2001 wrote: Organized underwear is overrated hehehehehe Diane , Donnalilacflower <thelilacflower wrote: > > Oh man, don't ask me how I organize them but I can > always find what I'm looking for. At this point in my > life I can't even organize my underwear drawer...LOL > Donna > > - Beth “The right adult at the right time can make an enormous difference. Many kids have a history of difficult, disappointing relationships and one good relationship--one person who is there for them--can make a huge difference.” -Jean E. Rhodes Professor, Psychology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join 's user panel and lay it on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 I have 6 2 inch binders and they are organized but I also have 2 or 3 disk that are ones that I have gotten over the years and gobbs in my outlook.. Those are organized by which group they came from.. Does that count? Come on over and let's make seasonal Candies together. Jenn B aka Mom2Sam and Tiny 1Recipes_Galore2007-CandyRecipes - Newest Group , Tonya Kirilenko <tkirilenko wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > this is my first post to this group. So far I've really enjoyed everyone's recipes....thank you. My question today is of a practical nature -- what method do you use to organize your recipes, especially the ones from this group? > Do you do this > - electronically? Do you have a software recommendation (especially if it is free ware)? > - on recipe cards? > - in binders? > - or some other brilliant method > > I'm very interested... > > Have a great Saturday, > Tonya > _______________ > News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! > http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 HAHAHAHA. Great question; I'm learning lots from others. Especially in regards to underwear drawers. I have a milk crate where I stuff all the ones i print. I receive posts by email, so anything that catches my eye goes into a recipes folder to print eventually. I also have a notepad full of recipes that i cut & pasted from who knows where. The *plan* is to get all these recipes sorted into folders, hole punched & added to a binder according to whatever criteria strikes my fancy at the time. I also have years of magazine tear outs to sort. It's rather overwhelming which is why they're all crammed into a milk crate. Much like my undies are crammed into a drawer. ROFL. Beth oh jeez.....I have several boxes of recipe cards, too. And 2 bookcases full of cookbooks. I have sooooo much to eat. Tonya Kirilenko <tkirilenko wrote: Hi everyone, this is my first post to this group. So far I've really enjoyed everyone's recipes....thank you. My question today is of a practical nature -- what method do you use to organize your recipes, especially the ones from this group? Recent Activity 97 New Members 91 New Files Visit Your Group New web site? Drive traffic now. Get your business on search. Sell Online Start selling with our award-winning e-commerce tools. Join a yoga group and take the stress out of your life. . Beth “The right adult at the right time can make an enormous difference. Many kids have a history of difficult, disappointing relationships and one good relationship--one person who is there for them--can make a huge difference.” -Jean E. Rhodes Professor, Psychology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Answers - Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 For a moment there I thought you had underwear that you printed and I was trying to get a mental picture of printed underwear. oh, quite talented is this group. I mean, I have a friend that dyes scarves so surely you should be able to print underwear. Hm, what would you print on it though? Ah, you print recipes on your underwear. Well, you'll never find yourself in some awkward position where you don't know what to cook. Honey, are you cooking tonight? You bet sweetheart. How does this recipe look? Ooh, ( I have to stop I'm getting into Mature Audience stuff here). ;<) My apologies. Gary --- Beth Renzetti <elmothree2000 wrote: > HAHAHAHA. Great question; I'm learning lots from > others. Especially in regards to underwear drawers. > I have a milk crate where I stuff all the ones i > print. I receive posts by email, so anything that > catches my eye goes into a recipes folder to print > eventually. I also have a notepad full of > recipes that i cut & pasted from who knows where. > The *plan* is to get all these recipes sorted into > folders, hole punched & added to a binder according > to whatever criteria strikes my fancy at the time. > I also have years of magazine tear outs to sort. > It's rather overwhelming which is why they're all > crammed into a milk crate. Much like my undies are > crammed into a drawer. ROFL. > > Beth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 > what method do you use to organize your recipes, especially the ones > from > this group? I save recipes that come to me via my computer in a text file; I print them out when I make them, and then save them (assuming they taste good!) in a card file. Very compact. I have a three-ring binder for the recipes I use at school. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Hi, Thanks for mentioning livingcookbook. I wasn't aware of that one and will take a look. http://www.livingcookbook.com/ http://www.valusoft.com/products/mastercook.html I had heard that Mastercook had gone downhill over the last few years although, as you note, there are still great quantities of recipes out there in that format. I wonder if any of them have considered reading outputs from OCR (optical character recognition) software and organizing it properly. That would be ever so helpful in getting things from print into recipe software. Admittedly there may not be a consistent format in books/magazines/newspapers which such software could deal with. Gary --- Carolyn <veggiekat wrote: > This is a great question Tonya! Personally I could > not manage without my > electronic software - I use Mastercook and Living > Cookbook - I prefer LC but > use MC most because there are so many books and > groups using MC format and > none that I know of using LC - so MC is just more > convenient. It isn't > " freeware " but the latest version only costs $20 in > the States. Well worth > the investment and it would open up so many recipe > resources for you - and > you can search on ingredient, method, cuisine, > anything you want to > basically, even what you have in your pantry, and it > will find recipes you > can cook there and then. > > > > I belong to a lot of mastercook recipe swapping and > formatting groups and > run my own vegetarian one too (as there were no > active ones out there I > thought I would do it). My only problem now is that > I spend so much time > playing with my recipe collection I have little time > to actually cook!! > > > > I try not to use too much paper so I only ever print > a recipe out if I am > going to try it, then if I like it I keep it in a > ring binder, if I won't > use it again I chuck it. > > > > Looking forward to reading everyone else's > responses, this is a fascinating > question. > > > > Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 omg the tears of hysterical laughter running down my face. off to the loo before i have an accident. please tell me you eventually figured out that i printed recipes. But hey, a new marketing idea....recipes on undies....think Victoria's Secret would sell them??? Gary Mattingly <gsmattingly wrote: For a moment there I thought you had underwear that you printed and I was trying to get a mental picture of printed underwear. oh, quite talented is this group. I mean, I have a friend that dyes scarves so surely you should be able to print underwear. Hm, what would you print on it though? Ah, you print recipes on your underwear. Well, you'll never find yourself in some awkward position where you don't know what to cook. Honey, are you cooking tonight? You bet sweetheart. How does this recipe look? Ooh, ( I have to stop I'm getting into Mature Audience stuff here). ;<) My apologies. Gary --- Beth Renzetti <elmothree2000 wrote: > HAHAHAHA. Great question; I'm learning lots from > others. Especially in regards to underwear drawers. > I have a milk crate where I stuff all the ones i > print. I receive posts by email, so anything that > catches my eye goes into a recipes folder to print > eventually. I also have a notepad full of > recipes that i cut & pasted from who knows where. > The *plan* is to get all these recipes sorted into > folders, hole punched & added to a binder according > to whatever criteria strikes my fancy at the time. > I also have years of magazine tear outs to sort. > It's rather overwhelming which is why they're all > crammed into a milk crate. Much like my undies are > crammed into a drawer. ROFL. > > Beth Beth “The right adult at the right time can make an enormous difference. Many kids have a history of difficult, disappointing relationships and one good relationship--one person who is there for them--can make a huge difference.” -Jean E. Rhodes Professor, Psychology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join 's user panel and lay it on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2007 Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Yes, I figured it out but it was an interesting vision at first. Gary --- Beth Renzetti <elmothree2000 wrote: > omg the tears of hysterical laughter running down my > face. off to the loo before i have an accident. > > please tell me you eventually figured out that i > printed recipes. > > But hey, a new marketing idea....recipes on > undies....think Victoria's Secret would sell them??? > > Gary Mattingly <gsmattingly wrote: > For a moment there I thought you had > underwear > that you printed and I was trying to get a mental > picture of printed underwear. oh, quite talented > is this group. I mean, I have a friend that dyes > scarves so surely you should be able to print > underwear. Hm, what would you print on it though? > Ah, you print recipes on your underwear. Well, > you'll never find yourself in some awkward position > where you don't know what to cook. Honey, > are you cooking tonight? You bet sweetheart. > How does this recipe look? Ooh, ( I have to > stop I'm getting into Mature Audience stuff > here). ;<) > > My apologies. > > Gary > > --- Beth Renzetti <elmothree2000 wrote: > > > HAHAHAHA. Great question; I'm learning lots from > > others. Especially in regards to underwear > drawers. > > I have a milk crate where I stuff all the ones i > > print. I receive posts by email, so anything that > > catches my eye goes into a recipes folder to print > > eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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