saving recipes

[bucketmouth64]

What is the best way to set up a file or folder and store recipes? Should I or can I use sticky notes, word, notepad, or some other program.

[MN Mike]

The cleanest way I've seen recipes stored is on a purchased program like Living Cookbook, Mastercook, Matilda ( I believe ) or some software's like that, you'll probably spend $30 or so.

The Living Cookbook will bust out nutritional data for you too as well, it's pretty simple to use, you can just copy and paste off of the web, backing up data is easy.

I've tried notepad and word but things just gets too messy, these other programs can categorize it for you and makes it easy to find.

Mike

[upnorth]

CNET has a freeware app called recipe center. Free is always worth a look.

[bucketmouth64]

My wife showed me on Yahoo notepad where I can set up folders and file different recipes. She uses this at her job for some things. I checked it out and it seems to work.

[pureinsanity]

I do two things. One I use a word document to copy and paste off the internet. The second is, if I cut one out I have a note pad i just tape it too. Some day down the road when those said recipes are revisited i will start making a full cookbook.

[SkunkedAgain]

Agreed. I have an MS Word template that I use for most recipes that I find on the internet or invent myself. It keeps things relatively clean and I still have all of the files saved on my computer and can easily send as attachments when requested by others.