KellyTheChef
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I know that this tip has been given before, but I think it's been while so for you newbies.....
Open up your cookbook (our sprial bound ones) all the way and flip it backwards so only the page with the recipe is showing. Now, slip it down into a gallon size ziploc. That way, while you are making your recipe you don't have to worry about getting anything on the page!
Also- for anyone who is like me and likes to make changes or adjustments to the recipe, make sure you write yourself notes in the margins of the recipe! I do this so I remember if I liked something...or maybe what I made it for and how many it yeilded. (Write if you DIDN'T like it...no need to make it accidentally a second time if your family hated it!)
Example: I have a cream wafer recipe that I make for ONLY SPECIAL occasions (showers, weddings) and I have noted on it: Make double recipe of icing. "Pipe" on using a makeshift pastry bag with a gallon ziploc..much easier than hand icing each sandwich!
Or, we were talking about the brown butter tortellini recipe and how it needs something extra. So, I would put a post it note on the recipe that says: next time, add garlic and parsley.
Open up your cookbook (our sprial bound ones) all the way and flip it backwards so only the page with the recipe is showing. Now, slip it down into a gallon size ziploc. That way, while you are making your recipe you don't have to worry about getting anything on the page!
Also- for anyone who is like me and likes to make changes or adjustments to the recipe, make sure you write yourself notes in the margins of the recipe! I do this so I remember if I liked something...or maybe what I made it for and how many it yeilded. (Write if you DIDN'T like it...no need to make it accidentally a second time if your family hated it!)
Example: I have a cream wafer recipe that I make for ONLY SPECIAL occasions (showers, weddings) and I have noted on it: Make double recipe of icing. "Pipe" on using a makeshift pastry bag with a gallon ziploc..much easier than hand icing each sandwich!
Or, we were talking about the brown butter tortellini recipe and how it needs something extra. So, I would put a post it note on the recipe that says: next time, add garlic and parsley.