
Sometime about five years ago or so, I got in the habit of printing recipes I wanted to try off the internet. This was back in the days when I had a full-time administrative grunt job and so had free time, abundant internet access and unlimited laser printer toner. I started out storing those recipes in a three-ring binder, but quickly outgrew that storage device. I ended up with a file crate with hanging files and manila folders (complete with clearly printed labels--I can be a little overzealous with the office supplies at times).
In addition to that crate (which I often flip through for inspiration) I have a series of small wooden file boxes in which I've stashed the recipes I really like and want to be able to access again easily (without digging through several reams of paper). Sometimes I think about revamping my recipe storage system, but I hate to mess with a good thing.
If you are looking for a way to store your recipes (or want to buy a creative kitchen-based gift for a friend or family member) you should head over to Design*Sponge and check out the Recipe Storage Roundup that Grace put together. She has scoured the internet for a variety of boxes and binders that will hold your recipes neatly and in style. I am particularly smitten with that binder decorated with silhouettes of kitchen utensils.

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1-22-2008 @1:43PM Julie said... Seeing all of those made me feel like a kid in a candy store. I wanted every single one of them, especially the vintage ones.
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1-22-2008 @3:06PM Kassie said... I got the "What's Cooking?" recipe tin for Christmas. I love it.
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1-22-2008 @2:15PM Mathi said... Aside from a growing collection of small specialty cookbooks I am pretty much putting all the recipes I find into neatly arranged folders in my documents file. Come to think of it, I probably should back that up on a disk one of these days.
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1-22-2008 @3:36PM rainey Smith said... Cute but a database is the only way to go!
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1-22-2008 @8:44PM ABT said... Or you can free a binder from work and decoupage the cover as a crafty, frugal project.
I do like the Recipe Storage Roundup.
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