Use A Drawer Instead Of A Recipe Box

Save counter space and quickly find a favorite recipe by turning a small, spare kitchen drawer (mine measures 10 inches across) into a recipe box filled only with your family's favorites. All the "oh, I wanna try that" recipes never go in the drawer until they've been cooked, tried, and loved by husband and kids. My recipe drawer is a work in progress, but it is up and running enough that it has saved me from sifting through all the cookbooks, loose recipes and those saved on the computer in search of that one favorite.

Make your own dividers and recipe cards to make the drawer look like a small filing cabinet when pulled out or a giant standard recipe box. My dividers separate our favorites into: Main courses, Side dishes, Cakes, Pies, Cookies, Breakfast, Party favorites, and Breads. Some might prefer to use a binder or computer program - whatever works. My little drawer didn't offer too much in the way of useful storage but has turned out to be quite handy as a recipe box.

By Cakeluv from Henry, TN