How to Organize Your Loose Recipes

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Sort your recipes into categories

     Now is a good time to purge any recipes you don't want anymore. , Use extra-wide index dividers so they will show beyond the edge of the sheet protectors you will use in Step
   4.,, Large (8 1/2" X 11") recipes can simply go "as is" into sheet protectors.  Tape or glue smaller recipes onto blank sheets of paper, and then insert the papers into sheet protectors.  The sheet protectors will splatter-proof your recipes.,,
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   Step 2: such as entrees

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   Step 3: side dishes

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   Step 4: salads

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   Step 5: desserts

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   Step 6: holiday recipes

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   Step 7: Label index dividers with the category names from Step 1.

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   Step 8: Put the dividers in a 3-ring binder.

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   Step 9: Insert your recipes into sheet protectors.

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    Step 10: Insert your filled sheet protectors behind the appropriate dividers.

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    Step 11: As you accumulate new recipes

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    Step 12: add them to your binder.

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