Homesteading: A Woman's Journey

Compiling a Family Cookbook

09:20, Wednesday, September 20, 2006 .. Posted in Around the Cookstove .. 2 comments .. Link

I collect recipes from all types of resources. Years ago, I had a huge collection of cookbooks, but lost them all during a move. I have since then been searching out the recipes I enjoyed the most and also finding new ones. One of my big pitfalls is that I go through notebooks very quickly. Each year when the stores have their back-to-school sales, I buy a full case of 24 of the spiral bound notebooks. I have been writing my favorite recipes in these books. Problem is, when I want a specific recipe, I have to search through my notebooks to find the recipe I am needing.

To solve the problem, my beloved has been encouraging me to scrapbook my recipes in binders. We bought 3 of the cheap 3-ring binders at WalMart to use for now. The binders were 99 cents each. I am organizing the recipes by categories and placing them all into the binders. As I have time, I am going to scrapbook a recipe and replace the notebook page with the scrapbooked copy of the recipe. Some of my must treasured recipes are ones that I have received from family members. For example, I have a recipe for a melt-in-your-mouth peanut butter fudge that my Uncle made at Christmas time. The recipe is even more precious now because of my Uncle's death on Palm Sunday this past spring.

The scrapbooked recipes that I received from family members have the relative's picture and a little story about them and their recipe. Things such as any special occassions when they made it, where they got the recipe, etc.

I have 3 binders at this time. One has recipes of all categories. One has master mixes. The third has my most often used recipes. I have all the typical categories normally found in cookbooks with the addition of categories such as slow cooker recipes, freezer meals, homemade baby food & teething biscuits, and recipes for special celebrations among others.

By the time I am done, I will end up with several more binders. Joe is such a support in this. He thinks the idea of scrapbooking the recipes will make a nice thing to pass down to Abbie one day. I agree wholeheartedly!

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09:45, Wednesday, September 20, 2006 .. Posted by southernbelle
Wonderful idea! Have fun with it!

what a great idea...

08:23, Friday, September 29, 2006 .. Posted by marthaskitchen
I am wanting to do the very same thing. Hopefully to give to my daughter one day. I love recipes & cooking. I thought of laminating each sheet so that if you use it you can wipe it clean.
thanks for sharing
Helen

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