overflowing recipes

if you're like me, then may find yourself lurking in the magazine aisle in barnes & noble only to find a recipe in some obscure magazine that you wouldn't normally look at and then wham - you've purchased it and you don't even know how it happened.  no, that's only me?  then you probably find yourself clipping recipes from a magazine, newspaper, or printing off the internet.  and they are probably all stuffed in some drawer not getting used.  well not anymore!  enter, my recipe binder.

 

mine is 3 inches and i have 21 categories.  its kind of intense.  i spent days deciding what categories i wanted.  i asked ryan.  i asked my friends.  i asked google.  and finally i came up with these : 

favorites

basics

appetizers & tidbits

beverages

breads

soups & chili

salads & dressings

sandwhiches & spreads

pastas & casseroles

poultry

meat

fish & seafood

sides

grilling

slow cooking

miscellaneous

cookies

cakes

cake pops

pies & cobblers

other sweet stuff

i'm a crummy photographer but you can see my master piece at work here.  i printed lablels and made my own tabs.  if i find a new recipe i pull it from its source and store in the pocket until i have more to file.  i clean up the edges using my paper cutter, punch the holes, and then file away.  i told you my binder was intense.

how do you handle your clipped recipes?  do you think i missed a category in my binder?  lol.

better late than never, but i'm linking to :

making the world cuter 

motivate me monday @ keeping it simple