how do you organize your recipes

shanna0413

hello everyone! i see so many wonderful recipes on here! i am wondering how do you all organize them? do you have a folder on your computer? a web page? special software? or do you write them all down by hand?

cmriverside

Mine are in a note program - a notebook with all my Fitness stuff on my computer.

MelissaL582

I print mine out and put them in a binder with sheet protectors. I do need to organize them by meals though.

stroken96

I take a pic with my cell so when I go shopping its with me :flowerforyou:

Ely82010

I created a file in my PC called Healthy Recipes and I save all of them in there. I wish I could organize or list my recipes in the MFP database (Recipe tab) in alphabetical order so I don't have to spend so much time looking for them.

UsedToBeHusky

do you have a folder on your computer?

This.

lucky2too

I keep mine in a folder on my laptop. I do make copies of the ones I use most frequently. I slip them in page protecters and keep them in a folder that I can take when we travel. I usually slip an extra copy in each page protecter...so I can share a recipe when someone asks for a copy. I also have downloaded them onto a flashdrive so I can take them ALL with me. It really helps to have those healthy recipes available.

Do you ever get a brain fog and just can't decide what to fix? I try to eat mostly non processed healthy food , but sometimes I just like to grab something easy and then avoid reading the chemical additives.

curiositycat

I keep them in a folder on my laptop, and I also print them out to go into sheet protectors in a binder that I keep in the kitchen. One day I want to be able to give copies to my girls when they move out on their own. If it's a recipe I see when I'm out, I'll either take a photo with my phone and type it up later, or I'll type it into an email that I'll send to myself (I do have have an email folder called "Recipes," too).

chrisdavey

googledocs

Lyadeia

hello everyone! i see so many wonderful recipes on here! i am wondering how do you all organize them? do you have a folder on your computer? a web page? special software? or do you write them all down by hand?

I have found a lot of recipes that I like, so I copy them down, print them ,etc.

And then I go to the recipe function and completely overhaul them using correct values from the specific brands I use so I have an accurate look at the calories, fat, protein, carbs, etc. according to how I personally make the recipes.

When that is finished, I type it up with the correct nutritional data, print it, and stuff it in a notebook for my personal recipes.

It might be time consuming and tedious, but I never ever trust the nutritional data given for recipes unless I know for a fact that they are making the meal with exact same brands that I use. Even healthy cookbooks are technically wrong most of the time, because their brand of something has different macros than my favorite brand, and it all makes a difference.

tjradd73

I enter in all of the ingredients on the recipe section of MFP and then I print out that page and put it in a 3-ring binder, organized in tabs (stove, crockpot, grill, oven, apps, desserts, and protein)

kit_katty

My recipes are organized? Lol, I have handwritten ones, some on websites, some in word... maybe I should organize them!

claudiandw

I keep a word document titled Recipes on my desktop. When I see something I like, I copy and paste to the document. When I have time I add it to my recipe website. That way my recipes are organized and when I want to make something I just print it out and put into a binder.

sara_m83

googledocs

Time to re-share your link. I love your recipe ideas. Though I tried out the lemon protein bars and mine didn't stay set after I transferred them to the fridge. Not sure why. Will have to try again.

chrisdavey

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VErSXFGCZ7Legqi0bt5S-x2WR68sfKvqrcASf6hC7CI/edit?hl=en_US

Mine were fine in the fridge? I did put a few in the freezer and then semi defrosted for extra cold ones. Were pretty nice.

dawnbirduk

Hi I have just spent the last week creating a blog, getting rid of all my cookery books that i use occasionally and got lots of labels so i can easily find a recipe thats the idea anyway.

http://dawnscaloriecountedrecipes.blogspot.com/

rebeccap13

I second the googledocs. Although I don't put full recipes in there, I have links to the recipes that I've found online that I really like. It's much more organized than bookmarking all of them and I can always pull them up quickly on my Droid when I'm out grocery shopping.