I thought I would share how I do a food shop since I have a system whereby I can take advantage of bargains and combine it with recipes immediately, i.e. that I have with me!
I tend to cut out recipes from magazines, i.e. that I have yet to try and so have not been incorporated into my food books. (I paste up successful recipes making them into 'books').
I keep a handful of these recipes always in my daily shoulder bag (not bulky). They are each divided off (into little envelopes) for easy referencing e.g. pork, beef, lamb, chicken, fish, veg. misc, desserts etc.
On the envelope cover I write down a brief summary of what's in the envelope e.g. 2 lamb shanks then in brackets other ingredients (celery, carrots etc). This enables me to see something in the supermarket and quickly scan my recipe collection e.g. if I see 2 lamb shanks reduced in price I can quickly see what else I need to buy to make the recipe.
I am not saying I always match what I buy to a recipe (often I just like to improvise) but it does provide an option to do so.
I tend to cut out recipes from magazines, i.e. that I have yet to try and so have not been incorporated into my food books. (I paste up successful recipes making them into 'books').
I keep a handful of these recipes always in my daily shoulder bag (not bulky). They are each divided off (into little envelopes) for easy referencing e.g. pork, beef, lamb, chicken, fish, veg. misc, desserts etc.
On the envelope cover I write down a brief summary of what's in the envelope e.g. 2 lamb shanks then in brackets other ingredients (celery, carrots etc). This enables me to see something in the supermarket and quickly scan my recipe collection e.g. if I see 2 lamb shanks reduced in price I can quickly see what else I need to buy to make the recipe.
I am not saying I always match what I buy to a recipe (often I just like to improvise) but it does provide an option to do so.
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