Recipe for creating S P A C E

The Great American Cookbook Clean-Out has begun! 

Well, it feels like it's that big a deal to me. 

I've been collecting these things for years

but I've finally decided that 

some of them must go.

In all honesty, there are many I haven't

even opened since I first brought them home.

It's just that I have this thing about

books in general...

I have a really tough time parting with them.

NO MORE!

This clutter must go!

I didn't get a 'before' pic

and for that I apologize. 
It was a last-minute thing

and I just didn't think.

But here is what remains:

Top shelf 

 Bottom shelf

15 years worth of  

Taste of Home magazines I must sort through.

The giveaway pile

Brie is going to see what she wants to keep

and the rest will go to the local Resource Center.

I will be spending some time going through 

the ToH mags, choosing which recipes 

I want to keep.

I haven't yet decided if I'm going to 

cut them out and create a binder

or if I'm going to take digital pics of them

and keep them on a disc.

I love having a file of my recipes 

on my computer.  But I suppose I'm also 

an old fashioned girl

because I love having a hard copy, too.

Maybe I'll just do both.  ;)

When it's all organized 

and I consider it a job well done,

I'll post the 'after' pics. 

Until then, tell me....

how do you organize your 

cookbooks and recipes?

Kelli's Kitchen is now OPEN! : )

It's official. It's also starting out small, but I'm sure it will grow with time. Just click on the link in the top right corner...right over there. ----->

I've carried over some recipe posts from here, but I did not delete them from this blog. So if you've bookmarked a recipe here on my blog, no worries. It's still there. :)

Since I don't yet know how (or if it's even possible) to do 'printable' posts, I would suggest that you copy and paste into a Word document any recipes you want to keep. Then you can easily print them for your recipe binder or file.

I am really looking forward to sharing some of my favorite foods with you! :) My biggest issue is remembering to take the step-by-step pictures as I'm cooking, so you'll have to bear with me on that. Lots of times I get busy or in such a hurry that I forget.

Well, here's to many delicious dishes! :) Hope you'll find lots of favorites to add to your recipe stash!