Recipe Journal

If you're like me at all, you probably have had many kinds of notebooks, journals, diaries, etc. for as long as you can remember. I love to write, but I've never been a great journaler (yes, I made up a word). But I still love cute, colorful journals and the optimism and excitement that goes with them. I always tried to keep journals or find something to put in each, but have never successfully kept one going. I have many pretty, partially-filled journals on my shelves at home (sorry Mom).  But over the summer, I won a very shinny and colorful journal from a book club blogger Suzanne Beecher. She's great, check her out.

I love this journal and it is ever signed with a little note from Suzanne, but did I really need yet another journal to sit mostly empty on my shelf? No, I was determined to put this one to use and I found a great way to do it.

This is a recipe for Red Velvet Donuts found on
A Beautiful Mess.

After I started finding great recipes from blogs and friends, I decided I needed to keep them all in one, convenient place. Now I don't have a recipe box like my grandma did, and this was before I discovered Pinterest.  (Plus, I hate having my laptop sit on the counter while I'm mixing and measuring.)  So I started copying down the successful and yummy recipes into this pretty journal! Now I have them all, clearly written without all the fluff. And I don't mind bringing it into the kitchen.  I have left plenty of space for pictures, comments and tweaks, too!

How do you organize your recipes? I hope some day to have this completely full of all my favorite things to make and eat. I think it will be a great way to pass down recipes to future generations! (My sisters' kids, I mean...)