I must confess I am obsessed with anything to do with organising and sorting. I love recipes and I actually read my recipes carefully, comparing one to another, trying to figure out, without making the dish, could I try which recipe is better in textual and in taste. Sometimes, I would read up to 10 to 15 recipes and since most are very convincing, they used words like "Best grandma's recipe", "Best recipe in town", "Mama's best kept secret recipe", normally, I will short list to about 3 or 5 as being very good recipes to try. I would proceed to test them out one by one. Very often, I have to edit the recipes a bit due to personal taste and preference. Sometimes, the ingredient required is not readily available in Sabah.

I have thus far established a few Recipe Folder for my key festive seasons. I have one clear folder for Christmas Recipes and another one for Chinese New Year. Since these recipes are repeatative, every year, I need to prepare them at least once or make big production and give away as gifts. So I figured, they deserve a folder by itself.

Well, for the normal recipes, I need my book too, I started copying into a spiral notebook and the spiral wire gave way and started to come out, it is now beyond repair. There are many good recipes inside which I must copy out before it decayed further.

I have thinking of categorise my recipes into groups, so here are some suggestions I find in internet :-

Group by the meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snacks
Group by Courses - Appertiser, Soup, Main Course, Side dishes, Desserts, Drinks
Group by Category -

organize recipes and cookbooks challenge

Breakfast
Lunch
Beverages
Appetizers
Soups
Salads
Main dishes: Beef
Main dishes: Poultry
Main dishes: Pork
Main dishes: Seafood
Main dishes: Vegetarian
Side dishes: VegetableS
Side dishes: Other
Desserts
Canning / Freezing
Breads
Holidays
Entertaining


Appetizers	Beverages	Beef	Breads & Rolls	Breakfast & Brunch


Brownies, Bars & Candy	Burgers, Brats & Dogs	Cakes & Cheesecakes	Cookies	Desserts


Dips, Spreads & Sauces	Ethnic Recipes	Fish & Seafood	Grilling	Healthy Eating


Holiday Treats	Kids Cuisine	Main Dishes	One Dish Meals	Pasta & Pizza


Pies	Pork	Poultry	Salads	Sandwiches & Wraps


Sides	Snacks	Soups & Stews	Vegetarian