Friday, March 25, 2011

Take Along Recipe Planner

Have you ever found a grocery item on sale and wanted to make a favorite dish, bought the item, got home and realized you forgot another item the recipe called for. Or had a family member call you while you at the store having a craving for a special dessert, think you remember everything you need to buy only to get home and find out you didn't remember everything. Well I have and it's frustrating!
 I came up with a solution. 

I use a index card binder, which I covered with scrapbook paper. I don't write down the recipes but the ingredients I need for favorite recipes. Then if I find pumpkin on sale and want to make Pumpkin Crunch, I can make sure that I have all the ingredients when I get home. 
It has 4 different colored sections, I use one section for desserts, one for meat dishes, one for vegetable dishes and one for misc. So if I am at the store and develop a craving for Stromboli I can go over my list to make sure I have all the ingredients. I even go thru my cards and make my menu for a week and use it to do my grocery shopping. 

I will be sharing this post on these blog parties: Gold Star Wednesday, Thrifty Thursday








5 comments:

  1. Such a wonderful idea! And using this system makes it easy to keep the lists in a purse or bag - thanks for sharing!

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  2. Good Morning!
    What a great idea in such a pretty binder. That would be so much fun and very handy. Thank you so much for sharing with with Full Plate Thursday and hope to see you next week!

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  3. What a wonderful idea.

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  4. What a GREAT idea!! I'm gonna make mine this week!! :) Thank you!

    Heather @ Catfish Kisses

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