New Year’s Resolution lists are usually full of items that may or may not be accomplished in the next 365 days. In past years, I’ve resolved to change dramatically from the mere human that I am into some sort of gym-going, flaxseed-eating, uber-organized robot. I’m learning each year that these visions of a new me don’t become habits at all, but just make me feel worse when I don’t accomplish what I set out to do on January 1.
This year, I’m resolving to take it one day at a time, not to beat myself up about it, but to be just a little more organized. I don’t mean the hanging folder, alphabetized, checklist sort of organized. I just mean I want to be more efficient in order to save time and energy.
Do you have this same resolution?
We at Plummelo want to help you be more organized about your recipes and your meal planning. Here are two ways to get started:
1. Organize your paper recipes (those you don’t have online):
I have a corner–yes a corner, not just a shelf–of my kitchen dedicated to cookbooks and paper recipes, with everything from 1990s Martha Stewart Living issues to Chez Panisse first editions. Of course the cookbooks will always be a well loved and inspiring part of my kitchen, but sometimes I want ditch the piles of paper. Even in this high-tech life, I haven’t totally done away with the scraps of paper. But I’ve taken a tip from my sister over the past few months and I’ve started organizing the paper recipes into a binder with plastic sleeves (I bought a pack of 100 sleeves at Staples). Where there used to be full issues of Martha, Real Simple, Cooking Light, and Everyday Food in that corner, now I’ve torn out only the recipes I use and I’ve put them in the sleeves and organized them in the binder by recipe type (main course, chicken, etc.). However, most of these recipes are online, so now I don’t even need many of my tear-outs (but I have kept many just for the pictures). I’ve saved hand-written recipes and those from other sources that aren’t easily found online.
2. Organize your online recipes (on Plummelo, of course):
I get into a surprising number of conversations about recipes. And I can’t tell you how many people have mentioned to me (somewhat like a bartender hears all manner of personal tidbits from thirsty customers) that they don’t remember where they found a certain recipe online. That same sister was recently telling me she wanted to make side dish with green beans and shallots, but she couldn’t recall where she had found it when she made it the first time. Online somewhere. (Great, that helps.) Well, she eventually went back to do a Google search and found it, but the hassle could have been saved if she had saved it to Plummelo in the first place (now, smartly, she has).
It’s as easy as installing the browser button on Plummelo and saving a recipe when you see one online that you have used or you think you might use. Then it’s always at your fingertips on Plummelo. And you can share it with your friends just as easily. (Or you can delete it later if you don’t end up using it.) Now I have that green bean recipe and you do, too! Less clutter and more recipes.
Wishing you all the best with your resolutions. Share them with us!
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