Corinne
Sous Chef
I have tons of cookbooks - probably around 4 or 500. Then I have another ton of cooking magazines. And then I have recipes on a single page or recipe card. And finally, I have a a huge batch of recipes on my computer that haven't been formatted for my recipe software yet. I seriously need to get organized. Any suggestions?
When I get a new magazine or cookbook, I go thru it & mark all the recipes that I want to try with a little Post It tape flag. And then half the time I can't remember where I saw a recipe that I want to try. So it becomes a frantic search thru the latest pile of books/magazines before I can get started.
I don't want to input all the "marked" recipes into my software program. For one thing, I wouldn't have the time to do that if I lived to be 100! I don't want to bother entering the recipe before I've tried it in case I make it & find out that it isn't a "keeper".
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get all my recipes organized so I can find them when I want them? I imagine I will have to do something on the computer - some sort of database, perhaps? I am on a Mac so things that are available to PC users probably won't be available for me. Are all the rest of you organized? If so, how do you do it?!
Corinne
When I get a new magazine or cookbook, I go thru it & mark all the recipes that I want to try with a little Post It tape flag. And then half the time I can't remember where I saw a recipe that I want to try. So it becomes a frantic search thru the latest pile of books/magazines before I can get started.
I don't want to input all the "marked" recipes into my software program. For one thing, I wouldn't have the time to do that if I lived to be 100! I don't want to bother entering the recipe before I've tried it in case I make it & find out that it isn't a "keeper".
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get all my recipes organized so I can find them when I want them? I imagine I will have to do something on the computer - some sort of database, perhaps? I am on a Mac so things that are available to PC users probably won't be available for me. Are all the rest of you organized? If so, how do you do it?!
Corinne