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Family Favorite Recipes

How to Keep Those Family Favorite Recipes

December 2, 2019 · In: Gift Giving, Lifestyle

This post is sponsored by CreateMyCookbook; however, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

The holidays bring so much to the table: Memory-making, family gatherings, and the need for all those family favorite recipes. Keeping everything organized is a must this time of year, and CreateMyCookbook is here to help keep those family favorite recipes all in one spot!

Family Favorite Recipes

Family favorite recipes.

You don’t have to be a cook to have a stack of family favorite recipes. I have so many from not only myself, but from other family, friends, and Pinterest. When I am in a bind, I always pull these recipes out because I know they will be a dinner win. There is no time to stress over meal time during the busy school year. This is even more true during the holidays!

Family Favorite Recipes

Family Favorite Recipes

I love to pull out my tried and true family recipes during the holidays. Why try out a new recipe during this special time of year when I have those that I know are a crowd-pleaser?

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How to keep those favorites at hands reach.

Like many others, I have always kept my recipes in a small recipe box on random note cards. Searching through them to find that one specific recipe is never any fun. What about Pinterest? I love having Pinterest when I am looking for a new recipe idea, etc. I don’t like having to go back to Pinterest right before dinner time to find it though. Frantically running around while trying to get the internet connected to find that pinned recipe is not how I like to plan my dinner time.

Family Favorite Recipes

So, how exactly am I keeping my family favorite recipes? CreateMyCookbook is the perfect way to keep all those recipes neatly organized and at hands reach. Did you know that CreateMyCookbook is a cookbook that you actually create yourself?

Family Favorite Recipes

CreateMyCookbook is easier than you think.

CreateMyCookbook is one of the easiest ways to store those recipes, and such a fun way to do it as well! You know those picture books we have all either created or seen before? Well CreateMyCookbook is very similar to that idea. You pick and choose all those recipes you want in the cookbook much like those photos you want to be uploaded in your photobook. You create your cookbook exactly how you want it: photos, text, etc.

Family Favorite Recipes

Check out the entire process in this post! https://thesoutherlymagnolia.com/recipe-saving-made-easy-this-holiday/

Less stress and more time with the family.

The holidays is meant to be spent with family and friends, not stressing out. CreateMyCookbook is here to not only make your life easier when it comes to keeping those family favorite recipes all in one spot, but also a great gift idea! Gifting a cookbook full of those family recipes is so special, especially when you add photographs to go along with them.

Wishing you all a very happy holiday!

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By: Clair · In: Gift Giving, Lifestyle · Tagged: cookbook, CreateMyCookbook, diy, Family Favorite Recipes, Holiday Gifting, Holiday Recipes, Recipe Organizaion, Recipes

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  1. Patricia @ Grab a Plate says

    December 4, 2019 at 4:09 am

    What a great idea! I’d love a book like this to keep all my special hand-written, family recipes in a nice spot!

    • thesproutingminds@gmail.com says

      December 17, 2019 at 5:15 am

      Yes indeed!

  2. Lisa Favre says

    December 4, 2019 at 12:56 pm

    This is such a thoughtful idea! My sister would love to receive something like this with all of our mom’s recipes.

    • thesproutingminds@gmail.com says

      December 17, 2019 at 5:15 am

      I think so too! Yes! That would be so special!

  3. Natalie says

    December 4, 2019 at 1:19 pm

    This is such a great idea. Thanks for sharing. I must make this soon. I have recipes scattered all over my kitchen drawers.

    • thesproutingminds@gmail.com says

      December 17, 2019 at 5:15 am

      It has saved me having all these recipes in one spot 🙂

  4. Christa says

    December 4, 2019 at 5:44 pm

    I was just saying over Thanksgiving how we need to gather our family recipes. Thank you for this post. I want to give my mom and sisters a personalized recipe book. It’s perfect!

    • thesproutingminds@gmail.com says

      December 17, 2019 at 5:14 am

      You are so welcome! These make for the perfect gifts!

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