The other day I wondered if there was some kind of template I could use to start recording all our favourite recipes on the computer. Did you know that there is a whole program that has a recipe template already in it all set up and ready to go? Neither did I. The answer is Microsoft OneNote. I happen to already have this on my computer. It came with the Academic suite of Microsoft programs I bought 18 months ago - you may well have it and not know about it either.
The template is super easy to use. You just click on the tab, click on the spot to add a new page and off you go. You can add tabs, you can rearrange the recipes in alphabetical order (a special treat for obsessive people like me) and there are already a handful of recipes in there!
So, here is something I want to do throughout the year: add my family recipes to my OneNote Recipe Book. What I especially wanted to be able to do was to add a short narrative about the recipe and what makes it special to us, or where it came from...like my Granny's pavlova recipe or Dh's favourite dip and the way it has evolved to what I make today. Those stories tell something about us as a family and it is a heritage I want to be able to pass on to my children.
How do you store your recipe collection?
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3 comments:
Thanks for sharing this. I found OneNote on my computer! Now I just need the time to explore it's possibilities!
Thanks for sharing, I found it on my work PC, not sure if it's on my home PC, will have a look.
I have 2 full (read overflowing) ring binders of recipes that I have got off the net and blogs. I need to reorganise that, stat!
Cheers - Joolz
Like, Joolz, I've got overflowing ring binders filled with recipes. Last summer I started on a project to get them organized, but I still have work to do--which is why all the binders are sitting over there on the floor with pages spilling everywhere. Maybe this weekend?
xofrances
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