I have a kitchen confession: I love to cook, and the way I keep my recipes isn’t pretty. I work from small binder that’s filled with miscellany and final drafts, papers with curled corners, splattered batter and corrections sit beside my favourite, tried and true recipes that are written out in perfect printing.

There are index cards, photocopies, scans and printed pieces. The starts of recipe ideas without a finish, screen grabs of  ingredients that I want to use but haven’t found an opportunity for, and notes from phone calls with friends scrawled on the back of junk mail.

It’s not pretty, but it’s full of passion and energy. It’s spine has been bleached by the sun and it was sloppily “laminated” in packing tape to keep it durable, but it is hardy, humble and lived in.

That being said, in the big picture it’s just not working. I have no where to find my favourites, and no where to finish my works in progress- and as I’m having more fun in the kitchen I really need a system that works!

I’ve been brainstorming different ideas for digital, store bought and handmade options to try out and share as projects on the blog, but I always hear amazing ideas from readers, so I can’t resist quizzing you!

Recipe Organization Pop-Quiz

1. How do you organize the recipes you love and the recipes you’re looking forward to trying?

2. Do you prefer to work from paper recipes or  a digital version in the kitchen?

Your answers will help point me in the direction of projects that will be more useful & interesting- especially since I doubt that I’m the only one with an organization black hole lurking inside their cupboards! ;)