Recipe Print Out Size

My children enjoy eating French toast.  I usually make them when I have access bread to clear.

I do not want my children to be intimidated by the number of ingredients in a recipe so, I prepare it in table form by indicating how they are used in each step.  That way, they will be put off to learn to cook the dish with 6 or more ingredients.



I got inspired by a fan of Foodnetwork Channel, "Good Eats", who use this format to record recipes he collected.

I created the table on an A5 size paper and will print it out in landscape format.  The font I used is Calibri size 8.  That means that even if I fold the envelope size I used in half, I should not have any problem storing them inside neatly.


On the folder, I wonder what symbols I can use to indicate what the meal is for.  That is if this recipe is to be cooked for breakfast or for lunch or for dinner.

I will also create folders with the days indicated so that if they plan to cook for a week, they can slip the recipe into the folder of the day they would like to cook the dish.  When they need to shop for ingredients, they can just take out the weekly folders.

Working on Recipes Folders

I am working on a project to create recipe folders for my children to learn to cook.

How do I make it easy for my children to locate the recipe they are looking for? 

I can use colour codes like this which I can indicate on the envelope.



A 162x229mm envelope is large enough to hold A5 paper.  So, this is the size I need to print my recipes on if I want to fit them inside one neatly.

Looking at this envelope sizes, maybe it is a good idea to consider using DL format which is of  size 110x220mm.  Maybe, I should work on the recipes first before I decide what size folders I should create.