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My oldest daughter, 11, really likes to help me cook. I would like to make a cookbook for her. In the front I would like to have a section for the very basics like how long to boil an egg, how long to bake a potatoe, boil pasta, substitue buttermilk for milk plus vinigar, when you can use applesause in place of oil, that kind of thing. Then I thought we would begin to make the cookbook together, we would hand write the recipes, make them together and take a photo of each one. Would a phota album work or a 3 ring binger with page protecters, taping the recipe and photo on card stock work? As you can tell I am not very creative so any ideas would be great. Also what are some good tips/basics for the front?
I made my daughter one for Christmas. Got a regular binder & a 3 hole punch? They were all the recipes from myself and her Grandmother. Ones we've had while she was growing up. I divided them up into categories and got the plastic protectors to put them in. Decorated the outside of the binder and I still keep adding to it. It is something she will have the rest of her life. that's a wonderful gift to start for your daughter.
It's not a cookbook, but for my cousins' baby showers my mom got a photo album, printed out cards on card stock, and had us all write parenting advice in there (she also decorated it and stuff). That would probably work well, except have recipes instead of parenting stuff. Since there's plastic protectors on there to keep off splotches and spills.
It is a really cute idea. My mom doesn't good, but my dad told me that when I get married he'll have his cookbook (an old 5-subject notebook) rebound for me.
My oldest daughter, 11, really likes to help me cook. I would like to make a cookbook for her. In the front I would like to have a section for the very basics like how long to boil an egg, how long to bake a potatoe, boil pasta, substitue buttermilk for milk plus vinigar, when you can use applesause in place of oil, that kind of thing. Then I thought we would begin to make the cookbook together, we would hand write the recipes, make them together and take a photo of each one. Would a phota album work or a 3 ring binger with page protecters, taping the recipe and photo on card stock work? As you can tell I am not very creative so any ideas would be great. Also what are some good tips/basics for the front?
Your ideas sound pretty creative to me!
I like the 3-ring binder with page protectors idea.
In addition to recipes you already have, how about asking your relatives and best friends to each give you one for the collection? Ask them to hand-write them for you, if they are able. That could add to the sweet memories.
If you put recipes on cardstock, make sure you use adhesive, not tape. You can find good adhesive at WM, Target, scrapbook stores, etc. Glue sticks will lose their effectiveness after about 4-5 years. After about 10 years the tape will yellow and start to fall apart. If this is something your daughter will use for a lifetime, which I think it is, don't use tape!
My oldest daughter, 11, really likes to help me cook. I would like to make a cookbook for her. In the front I would like to have a section for the very basics like how long to boil an egg, how long to bake a potatoe, boil pasta, substitue buttermilk for milk plus vinigar, when you can use applesause in place of oil, that kind of thing. Then I thought we would begin to make the cookbook together, we would hand write the recipes, make them together and take a photo of each one. Would a phota album work or a 3 ring binger with page protecters, taping the recipe and photo on card stock work? As you can tell I am not very creative so any ideas would be great. Also what are some good tips/basics for the front?
Two ideas.
First, buy her a brand new Betty Crocker cookbook. That will contain a lot of the very basics.
Second, make sure that you record all the family favorites over the past two generations. So many older people die without recording their treasured recipes and they are lost forever.
You can also have a book "made" and spiral bound at some office supply stores. It's not terribly expensive.
Looks sort of like this, like a regular spiral bound notebook, but nicer. http://ivypink.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0...27c9970b-320wi
If you get the pages laminated they'll be spill proof and the book will last a long time. I still have a book my daughter made for school fifteen years ago.
You can go to any of the online photo sites (snapfish, kodak, shutterfly, etc) and make a photo book. You can upload pictures and included text ony pages. It is VERY professional looking and occasionally you can get really good deals on these books. I would recommend this as the way to go b/c it looks so nice and will last a long time.
If I were to make it I would make it like a scrapbook type thing and laminate the pages. I would take pictures of us and our dishes together and handwrite the recipe. They have a cookbook scrapbook at Hobby Lobby.
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