Recipe Organizers

These boxes can be stacked or tucked into a small space near your kitchen work station, and I would label each one by grouping of recipes: main, side, dessert, or by main ingredient: beef, pork, dairy, etc.

Recipe Box, $9.99 USD

This box is so cute it can be displayed on the counter top and the size is perfect for a shower gift.

1. I grouped her recipes (which were clipped from newspapers and magazines, gifted on notecards, or scrawled in her own writing on notebook paper)
2. I created a file for each group: beef, grains, vegtables, desserts (I further broke down dessert by 'chocolate' and 'non chocolate', cookies, and cakes and pies), and gave each group it's own hanging file folder and labeled each one.
3. I then hung the folders alphabetically in a clear plastic file box.
4. I stored the box under a desk in the kitchen for easy access.

Why keep cocktail recipes around when you can use this two-fer: mix cocktails and use the recipe guidelines on the side. A great wedding, shower or housewarming gift.

This one requires re-writing recipes into a journal--which can get a little bit fussy--but I do like the idea of keeping a food journal on your counter top.

A great shower, wedding or housewarming gift for a dessert lover.

Moleskin fans will appreciate the stream-lined look fo this food and recipe journal. They can tuck it under their arm on the way to Whole Foods.

For a country or wanna-be-country kitchen.

Another recipe book that can be displayed on the counter top, I think this one would inspire me to each more vegetables. And as Martha Stewart would say, it's a good thing.