Organize recipe collection ideas?

My husband's grandmother compiled her own recipe collection on half pieces of normal printing paper. Almost every recipe fit. She also sorted it by types of food:

A. Biscuits, Rolls

B. Salads, Soups

C. Meats, Vegetables

D. Pies, Cobblers

E. Cakes, Cookies

F. Candies, Treats

G. Snacks, Dips

H. Jelly, Preserves and Adults Only

The print out of recipe card are 3 by 5 or 4 by 6. index cards Sometimes, you print them online you can choose one of those methods. I would organize by titles, like I would put all the appetizers recipe in a section, all the desserts in a section, the breakfast/lunch in a section, etc. You can get a binder and some different tabs and label by the categories. They have some software for recipe cards. These are the ideas that I use. I hope this helps.

http://www.dvo.com/index.html?CID=export_to_html_f...

http://www.freedomsoftware.net/recipe/recipe_softw...

http://www.livingcookbook.com/

you can buy recipe cards at a local sotre like staples, or even maybe at the grocery store. I think they can come in 5 x7 size, I see you have a printer, get a program and print some designs on them. Also you can get a recipe box or a bunch of binders put together.

After 30 years of gathering recipes, I found the perfect way to organize them.

Buy binders.

One for appetizers, one for entrees, one for desserts and one for miscellaneous.

Inside each binder, use dividers, and file appetizers under , <every day>, <entertainment> , <soup>, <salad>.

Entrees under the meat you use, chicken, beef, lamb, pork, fish & seafood, etc....I have a special section for pastas and another one for ethnic food (chinese, thai, mexican,greek, moroccan, east indian and so on ,) that I like but only use occasionnaly, as well as a section for entertainment.

My dessert binder has sections for pies, cakes, cookies & bars, cheesecakes, fudges etc, and kid's stuff.

I make a point of having blank sheets in the front of my binders, so if I happen to cut a recipe in a magazine or get one from somebody, I just stick it on a sheet already perforated, and file it right away.

If I try a recipe that I do not like particularly, I get rid of it right away. If I do like a recipe, I rate it from 1 to 10 with personal comments on it....too sweet, serve with rice or with a particular veg, spicy, etc.....

I have tons of recipes ripped from mags or printed from the net. I just keep then in a lever arch file, glued onto A4 printing paper, inside poly-pockets, with dividers to section off categories (starters, mains, deserts, baking, other; then subbed off into mains - poultry; red meat, etc). Easily updated and wipe-clean.

Me,too. So, I bought photo albums and dividers ( you know, the kind kids use in their binders to separate each class). Then I labeled them Appetizers, Soups/Salads, Poultry, Beef, Pasta, and Desserts. Then I filed all those clipped recipes and cards behind the appropriate tab. it was time consuming, but it was worth it. It kept me quiet, and that always helps my marriage. LOL