I've been thinking and thinking about how to organize all the gazillions of wonderful recipes I keep coming across through everyone's fantastic blogs. Every day I see mouthwatering cookie recipes, recipes I want to make for dinner, salads for lunchtime gatherings . . . and on and on and on . . .
All these fantastic recipes . . . what to do?
I think I came up with a GREAT solution - at least it WORKS FOR ME!
I went over to gmail (you all oughtta have at least one gmail address, even just to put in the 'blank' for registrations, signups, etc - to channel all your junkie type mail) and created a new email address specifically for my recipe collections. It's super easy, hopefully if you're blogging you don't have anxiety about creating a new email address:)
Also, I picked gmail because they have a really great labeling feature that is super easy to use; more about that in a minute.
For example: my new recipe collection email is called 'kristins.recipes at gmail.com'. Then every time someone emails me a recipe I forward it to my new recipe email. Everytime I find a recipe online with great instructions and wonderful photos, I copy the URL, shoot off an email to my new recipe email address that contains the link / URL. (yup! you're sending an email to yourself!)
Pretty soon - you have a really nice collection of fantastic recipes. Many of them with instructions, photos, all the GOOD STUFF.
Now - with gmails label system, you can label the recipes so they are SUPER easy to locate. Just click the little boxes to the right of all the BREAD/ROLL recipes. Go up to the top on the "label" tab and enter "BREAD/ROLLS" in the box and click "create new". A little label pops up next to all those recipes you selected that says "Bread/Rolls". Amazing! Continue on down your list of recipes labeling them with whatever titles you like; main dish, dessert, misc, salads etc.
Then you can choose to keep a LONG list of these recipes in your inbox. OR, you can click on "select" "all". And then click on the "archive" button and they will all disappear, but will still be available under their LABEL in the bottom left corner of the gmail screen.
Other ideas - do you have favorite PEOPLE or WEB SITES that you collect recipes from? You can create a label for them also. My friend Donna is a super cook. So I created a label for her. Now it's easy to find just my recipes from Donna by clicking on her LABEL.
Here'a a few of MY favorites to get you started!
Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake - from Sherry
Best Ever Buttermilk Biscuits - from Safely Gathered In
Asian Noodle Salad - compliments of Pioneer Woman (awesome!)
What's cooking at YOUR house today?
All these fantastic recipes . . . what to do?
I think I came up with a GREAT solution - at least it WORKS FOR ME!
I went over to gmail (you all oughtta have at least one gmail address, even just to put in the 'blank' for registrations, signups, etc - to channel all your junkie type mail) and created a new email address specifically for my recipe collections. It's super easy, hopefully if you're blogging you don't have anxiety about creating a new email address:)
Also, I picked gmail because they have a really great labeling feature that is super easy to use; more about that in a minute.
For example: my new recipe collection email is called 'kristins.recipes at gmail.com'. Then every time someone emails me a recipe I forward it to my new recipe email. Everytime I find a recipe online with great instructions and wonderful photos, I copy the URL, shoot off an email to my new recipe email address that contains the link / URL. (yup! you're sending an email to yourself!)
Pretty soon - you have a really nice collection of fantastic recipes. Many of them with instructions, photos, all the GOOD STUFF.
Now - with gmails label system, you can label the recipes so they are SUPER easy to locate. Just click the little boxes to the right of all the BREAD/ROLL recipes. Go up to the top on the "label" tab and enter "BREAD/ROLLS" in the box and click "create new". A little label pops up next to all those recipes you selected that says "Bread/Rolls". Amazing! Continue on down your list of recipes labeling them with whatever titles you like; main dish, dessert, misc, salads etc.
Then you can choose to keep a LONG list of these recipes in your inbox. OR, you can click on "select" "all". And then click on the "archive" button and they will all disappear, but will still be available under their LABEL in the bottom left corner of the gmail screen.
Other ideas - do you have favorite PEOPLE or WEB SITES that you collect recipes from? You can create a label for them also. My friend Donna is a super cook. So I created a label for her. Now it's easy to find just my recipes from Donna by clicking on her LABEL.
Here'a a few of MY favorites to get you started!
Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake - from Sherry
Best Ever Buttermilk Biscuits - from Safely Gathered In
Asian Noodle Salad - compliments of Pioneer Woman (awesome!)
What's cooking at YOUR house today?
