5 Easy Ways to Organize Recipes with Evernote

Do you feel like you have endless recipes books, recipes cards and internet log ins? But no idea where to find that amazing recipes you made last year? I’m a fan of digital organization for many things but it is especially useful when it comes to recipe organization. 

I love Evernote for Recipe Organization. Evernote will help you “Tame your work and organize your life.” It can help you manage projects, tasks and your schedule in oneplace. I have been using the Note and Notebook feature for years. I prefer other tools for project management and my calendar but if you’re just getting started, Evernote could be a great one stop shop for you. Today, I’m just focusing on how I use my favorite Notebook, my recipes.

 

Evernote allows you to save various formats of your recipes in one place. And I can rely on the info synced across all my devices including my phone, iPad, and laptop. This means I’m never away for Thanksgiving without access to my apple pie recipe. 

The Web Clipper tool is a game changer. I can copy web pages and save them the Recipe Notebook. Recently, I started taking screenshots of recipes to avoid fighting the ads when I’m preparing a dish. I save several screenshots to capture the ingredients, directions, and a photo.

 

 

 

 

 

Over time, it has been easy to see which Notebooks work well in my Evernote account because they accumulated the most files. In Evernote, my Recipe Notebook contains 206 organized and searchable recipes.

Maybe you’re ready to give it a try? You can download the app and use the mobile version or start with the desktop. Both work great for organizing your recipes.  And it will help you declutter and downsize your recipes books and recipe cards by storing them digitally in Evernote.

• Recipe Books – When was the last time you searched for a recipe in an actual cookbook? I suggest keeping a few favorites. Use the one-in, one-out rule before making new purchases. Ask yourself, can I find these recipes online? If the answer is yes, the book can go.
• Recipe Cards – Go through your recipe cards and any paper recipes. Throw away the ones you rarely make or do not like. Sort your cards into categories (Appetizers, Desserts, Eggs/Breakfast, Bread, Meat, Poultry, and Fish.) Eliminate duplicates. I scanned several recipe cards written by my Grandma Slenker to save copies of her hand-writing and her recipes.

Here are 5 ways to organize all your recipes in Evernote

1. Digitize these items in Evernote:
   • Recipe Cards – Use the Evernote App to scan and store in a Recipe Notebook
   • Cookbook Recipes – Scan or take a photo of recipes you actually use. Donate the book
   • Magazine Recipes – It’s time to get rid of the piles of Food & Wine. Go through them quickly. Scan recipes you love and believe you will make. Recycle the magazines.
2. Write original recipes in a note in Evernote – This is great for the creative types who who invent and change recipes or plan parties and entertain
3.  “Clip” a Recipe website – Get rid of all the recipe site logins and bring everything together in one place. Aggregate your online recipes in Evernote. Start by adding new ones to your Recipe Notebook as you make them.
4. Search – Use Evernote to search by Keywords like “Bread” or “Chicken”and find your favorite recipes
5. Share – Recipes with friends and family directly from Evernote

What recipe organization tricks do you use?

 

 

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