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. 

What can you do with envelopes and exercise books?

What do you do with all those envelopes you received your bills in?  I like to keep the ones in size 16x23cm that I received with my phone bills.  I use them as dividers in my office files.

Some envelopes of this size open up at the wider end and they are some that opens up on the shorter end.



The idea is to make them into Accordion Folder.

I am also trying to find ways to clear all the pages from exercise books that my children no longer use. 

I am thinking of using them to print recipes that my children will find useful so that they will learn to cook on their own.  They can use the envelopes as folders to store the recipes in.  The folders will allow them to segregate the recipes for ease of locating them when required.  They can also store shopping list they create for the recipes and any tips they discover along the way to make cooking the dish easy.

So, how will this re-use of abandoned envelopes and papers project turn out?  Just watch out for the next posting.

What is the best way to keep containers?

If you leave the covers of the containers on, they will take up space in your kitchen cabinet.

It is best to remove the covers and stack one container inside another, with the larger ones at the bottom as shown here.



Stack the covers separately.  I like to separate the squares ones from the rectangle covers so that it will be easier for me to locate the cover I need for each container.

Gordon Ramsay Shares Useful Cooking Tips

I will be sharing more tips on preparing vegetables for your dishes.   

Oreo Cheese Cake Recipe

If you like cheese cake, what must you do?  Learn to make your own.

Play and Learn

Don't you wish your Mama can teach you like this?



Learn to educate like, AnnMarie Thomas, the Associate Professor of Engineering at University of St. Thomas.  Her playdoh "Squishy Circuits" allow children to play and learn what circuits are all about.