How to Make Recipe Cards

You might have a pile of hand written recipes and recipes clipped from the backs of boxes or out of the newspaper. In order to organize these, you need to make recipe cards so that all of these recipes can be stored in a single recipe box. If your children are old enough to write legibly, this is a good way to pass recipes and cooking traditions on to the next generation.

Things You'll Need

• • Recipes Stack of 3-by-5 inch index cards Pens Ruler (optional) Index card file Index card file organization cards with lettered tabs

Instructions

1. Copy each recipe onto a 3-by-5 inch index card. You can write on either side, but keep in mind that if you are using unlined cards, you might want to use a ruler to keep your lines straight.

2. Organize your cards into piles based upon type of dish (Appetizer, Main dish, Dessert), or by any other organizational method you prefer. For example, you could also arrange your cards by country of origin (France, Mexico, America), original source (newspaper, Grandma, cookbook), or just a straight alphabetical organization of all the recipes.

3. Label the tabbed index card organizers with the names of each of your organizational piles. Put the tabbed organizer cards back into the index card file.

4. Add your recipe cards into the index card file behind their proper tab.

5. Keep your recipe cards in their file in your kitchen where they will be waiting for the next time you need a meal idea.

Tips & Warnings

• If desired, you can color code your cards to further organize them.