This post is sponsored by CreateMyCookbook; however, all thoughts and opinions are my own.
Being in the kitchen is one of my favorite past times, whether it be baking or cooking up dinner. There is just something about it. My most favorite part of it is when I am using older recipes, particularly those from within the family. These are the best! Having all these favorite recipes in one spot makes life not only easier, but also a piece of mind knowing that they are safe. No more worrying now that I have CreateMyCookbook.
So what is CreateMyCookbook? It is a site that is here to help you create a personalized cookbook in a breeze. You can add whatever recipes you want and design it all yourself.
Cookbook Designer.
The Cookbook Designer allows you to customize your fonts, layouts, and more. I love this feature! Some pages you can add pictures, while others you can just have the recipe alone. Plus, who doesn’t love to be able to choose their own font?
No time to type each recipe?
Sometimes it is the time factor that may get in our way when wanting to start a new project. That is not the case with CreateMyCookbook. If you don’t have time, you can snap pictures of your recipe and submit it to WeTypeIt. They will have your recipes typed and loaded within a few hours. Now that is a win!
I know that I was overwhelmed about putting all of my favorite family recipes into a personal cookbook at first. When was I going to find the time to enter every single one? Problem solved!
How to use CreateMyCookbook.
Now that I have told you all about CreateMyCookbook, let’s get to the part of how to put it together. I first rounded up all of my favorite recipes that I knew I wanted to have in my personal cookbook. Once I had all of my recipes, it was then entering them into the recipe box. WeTypeIt is great at this point if you don’t have the time to enter each recipe yourself. The recipe box is where you will pull all of the recipes for your cookbook. I decided on my design, font, and font color next.
I had so much fun at this step, putting the cookbook together. The addition of my own pictures made it even more special!
I could not wait to order my cookbook once I had it completed. I was able to preview it a few times before publishing it. As I wait anxiously for my cookbook to arrive, I will be using my ecookbook version. Thank goodness for having that add-on option for on the go!
Check out CreateMyCookbook to get started on your cookbook for keeping those family recipes by clicking here: CreateMyCookbook
Gosh, I would LOVE to create my own cook book. Not that I have many recipes but I can see this as a great idea for my kids when they go off to college. Love it …
Love the college kids idea! This would be a great way to send off some recipes for them to have while away from home 🙂
What a great idea! I’m always managing to lose the recipes I love once I take them off the fridge!
I know exactly what you are talking about. I had a freak out moment one time when I couldn’t find a recipe of my mother in laws. Thankfully I later found it!
This is such a great idea! Especially with the holidays approaching and all the wonderful recipes that will be shared!
I was just telling my sister in law how this was going to make those so much easier with the sharing of recipes!
I think this is a wonderful idea! Storing recipes online will help preserve family favorites, or some of grandma’s recipes that have been handed down.
Yes! One of the main reasons of love CreateMyCookbook!
I love cooking too and have tons of family recipes. I guess this is something I need. Will check it out later today.
You definitely need to check it out!
What a beautiful idea!
Thank you!
Keeping your recipes is really important. Starting with how you keep it and maintain the book’s condition, it is better to store it in computers. Surely, typing takes time. This will surely help you out! This is such a very interesting post 🙂
Thank you so much! I love that we have such a great resource as CreateMyCookbook!
I have never heard of this but it is such a great idea. Especially so I can grab my mother in laws recipes – she has pieces of paper everywhere!
Same! I grabbed some of my mother in laws hand written recipes for this cookbook!
I could fill up a couple books with my collection of recipes. This would make an amazing gift too!
Yes! I love the gift idea!
My family was talking about how to share all of my mom’s recipes with everyone. This is a great way to preserve traditions for years to come without worrying about cards getting lost or worn out.
Yes! This is why I LOVE CreateMyCookbook. My mother in law loves to cook as so did her mother. She has all sorts of recipes that I have been able to get. Glad I can keep them all in one place now!
This is a great idea. But I would like to keep my mum’s recipe’s that are handwritten. She’s late now but I treasure the recipes.
Is there an opportunity to create a cookbook with a blend of handwritten and typed recipes?
I think the best way to do that would be to take a picture of the actual handwritten recipe. Then you could upload it into the cookbook! Love those special handwritten recipes 🙂
This is such an amazing way to pass on recipes as well as the memories they bring. I tried to gather some from my Aunts in a binder but this would be so much better.
CreateMyCookbook is such an awesome resource to have when it comes to keeping all those recipes. I loved the fact that they would be stored in my recipebox on their site for later use as well!
This is a great idea! What a great way to pass on recipes!
Thank you! So glad to have CreateMyCookbook now!
This is a great way to organize your family recipes and keep them same. You see, an old family recipe can be a huge asset!
Yes! I completely agree!
This is awesome. Would love to create my cookbook
It is so much fun to do!
I love this idea. These would make great gifts for family and friends.
Definitely would make for a great gift!
This is such a wonderful and creative idea. They take all the stress out of it which is so awesome! I definitely plan to look into this!
Thank you!