Choose a 3 Ring binder that has a clear slip cover, so you can add a personalized page to the front and back of the binder.
Gather recipes! You can go crazy here! The possibilities are endless. Start by adding your favorite family recipes and then you can look for other recipes at the following locations: online, on boxes & canned foods, magazines, and from friends or relatives. If you do not want to part with the original family recipe, just scan the recipe into the computer. Once it is scanned, it can be printed, hole punched, and added to the cookbook.
Organize your recipe pages and hole punch them to add them to the cookbook. You can also add dividers to create special recipe sections such as: Family Favorites, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Valentines Day, and any other category you can think of. You can decorate the dividers with family holiday pictures, clip art, stickers, or any other creative method.
Create a custom, personalized cover for your family keepsake cookbook. Just have fun and let your imagination run wild here. Some ideas for this step are: write a personalize poem or letter and print it on decorative paper, create a scrapbook page, or use a computer program to create a personalized page for the cover. The possibilities are endless! Once you create your page, simply slip it into the front cover of the binder and the result is beautiful. You can add a page to the back of the binder too.
Pass it on! You are now ready to pass those precious family recipes down to the next generation. Your family cookbook creation will contain old recipes, new recipes, and enough room to add recipes for years to come!