Lady of the Lake
Deceased
I love to cook and always looked forward to those marathon pre-holiday sessions in the kitchen UNTIL I reached the age where I needed glasses to read. The damned things steamed up, slid down my nose; got splatters all over them etc. In short, it took away all the "joy of cooking".
I decided to DO something about my problem. I bought some LARGE (4"x6") index cards and a box to keep them in at the offfice supply store. Using a black felt-tipped pen, I printed each recipe on a separate card. Voila! I can stick them up on the range hood or frig with a magnet and read "bare-eyed".
Then I got another bright idea. I took a highlighter pen and marked all the ingredients which had to have something done to them before they went into the recipe---you know "1 stick butter, SOFTENED, two pkgs frozen vegetables, THAWED, 2 cups swiss cheese, GRATED etc. This saves last-minute panic as many of these recipes are only used once a year and you tend to forget.
One last thing: I took a highlighter in another color and marked all the DRY ingredients in each recipe. I can now put all the dry ingredients in first and save on wahing measuring cups and spoons.
Hope this helps someone else as much as it has me. Happy cooking!
I decided to DO something about my problem. I bought some LARGE (4"x6") index cards and a box to keep them in at the offfice supply store. Using a black felt-tipped pen, I printed each recipe on a separate card. Voila! I can stick them up on the range hood or frig with a magnet and read "bare-eyed".
Then I got another bright idea. I took a highlighter pen and marked all the ingredients which had to have something done to them before they went into the recipe---you know "1 stick butter, SOFTENED, two pkgs frozen vegetables, THAWED, 2 cups swiss cheese, GRATED etc. This saves last-minute panic as many of these recipes are only used once a year and you tend to forget.
One last thing: I took a highlighter in another color and marked all the DRY ingredients in each recipe. I can now put all the dry ingredients in first and save on wahing measuring cups and spoons.
Hope this helps someone else as much as it has me. Happy cooking!