DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
You know you should plan meals ahead of time,
but you don’t feel motivated to plan and cook meals EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Let’s face it–there’s nothing more frustrating than reaching the end of the day, only to feel like you have more work ahead of you because everyone expects to eat (again!) and you never actually thought about what to make for dinner. And there’s nothing more disheartening than spending so much time in the kitchen–only to have picky eaters complain about the meal you prepared.
You know that you should be planning meals a week in advance. Maybe you’ve even tried freezer cooking or prepping all your lunches for the week on the weekend. And yet, it’s not quite working.
Meal planning becomes so much easier when you have all your family’s favorite recipes easily accessible right in your kitchen. This family recipe binder printable pack includes all of the organizing sheets I use to create and update my own family recipe binder to get you started right away.
This printable pack includes lists of my family’s favorite recipes with links to the online recipes where possible so you don’t have to start completely from scratch. And if you already have some favorite recipes to start with, this pack also includes blank, fillable pages so you can organize your own favorite recipes in your family recipe binder.
The truth is that having a collection of recipes your family enjoys is a game changer, one that will save you time, save you money, and even help you lose weight and become healthier.
INTRODUCING THE FAMILY RECIPE BINDER PRINTABLE PACK
Organizing Printables to Help You Start Meal Planning this Weekend!
Here’s what you get…
HELLO, I’M DAWN!
I want to help you answer the question “What’s for dinner?” now and forever!
I’m a wife and mom of two school-age kids. I struggled with meal planning for years.
Having and using a family recipe binder is the main thing that has consistently helped me plan meals so I am not scrambling to throw something together at dinner time.
And I can hand my family recipe binder off to my kids and ask them to pick a few meals to have over the next week or month. It’s no longer completely up to me to decide what we all eat! My kids love having input about our meals. My husband likes that I am not fixing the same meals every single week because I have a binder filled with recipes we all enjoy.
HOW I USE MY FAMILY RECIPE BINDER TO PLAN MEALS:
- Put all of recipes and organizing pages into clear page protectors in a 3-ring binder.
- Use a dry erase marker to write the date the recipe was last prepared on the clear page protector of that section’s table of contents.
- Change the dry erase marker color each month to easily see what recipes have not been prepared recently.
- Hand the recipe binder off to my kids to pick a few recipes for the week
- Once a week I choose breakfasts and dinner recipes for the week and add those to my weekly planner. (Lunches tend to be leftovers, but this pack includes lunch ideas too.)
If you are a busy mom, or if you struggle to make preparing homemade meals a priority, this is an opportunity that I promise you will not want to miss.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Is this Kitchen Recipe Binder Printable Pack Right For Me?
WHAT’S INCLUDED WITH THE FAMILY RECIPE BINDER PRINTABLE PACK?
31 printable pages to help you customize a recipe binder to meet your family’s needs, including:
- 9 section dividers including: Cover page, Breakfasts, Lunches, Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Desserts, Appetizers & Snacks, Holiday Recipes, and Kitchen Tips
- Printable tabs to cut out and add to section dividers (1 tab for each of the 8 sections above plus 4 blank tabs)
- Blank, fillable sheets for recording your own recipes in each section so you can start organizing your favorite family recipes. The dinner and side dish sections have 2 pages – 1 with section dividers and 1 without.
- My personal lists of the regular family recipes for each section, with links where possible, so you can use my favorite recipes as a starting point, including 50+ dinner ideas and 30+ side dish ideas!
- Kitchen measurement conversion chart
- Blank weekly planner page with space for meal plans
- Blank monthly calendar to plan meals for the whole month
WHAT DO I NEED TO CREATE MY FAMILY RECIPE BINDER?
- This Family Recipe Binder Printable Pack
- 3-ring binder (mine is a 1-inch binder and it is packed full)
- Clear page protectors (super helpful, but you could also print and hole-punch pages to get you started)
- Paper to print these printables and your favorite recipes – Only print the pages you need. You can choose to print my personal family recipe binder lists or the blank lists or a combination of both to get you started.
- Cardstock or thicker paper to print the page of tab dividers to separate each section.
HOW SOON AFTER PURCHASING WILL I RECEIVE MY PRODUCT?
Your Family Recipe Binder Printable Pack will be delivered digitally, via the email address you provide at checkout. It should arrive within 5-10 minute of your purchase.
HOW WILL THIS FAMILY RECIPE BINDER PRINTABLE BENEFIT ME?
- Prepare more meals at home and spend less money eating out by using a family recipe binder with your family’s favorite recipes.
- Find the recipe you want for dinner without worrying about a slow internet connection or a website being down.
- Save your ink or toner by only printing the pages you need. Plus, these printables don’t include extra design elements that use up a lot of ink.
- Get help with meal planning by handing your recipe binder off to family members to let them have a say in what you prepare for dinner this week.
- Get started right away by using my favorite family recipes, including links to online recipes where possible. You don’t have to have your own collection of recipes to get started!
WHY DO I NEED A RECIPE BINDER WHEN I HAVE PINTEREST?
Pinterest is great. I use Pinterest often to find new recipes and save recipes I want to try. In fact, I even have a Pinterest board that includes many of the recipes from my personal recipe lists in this printable pack.
But have you ever tried to look for a recipe at dinner time only to have the internet or a website be down, or you simply couldn’t find the recipe you were looking for? This doesn’t happen when you have a recipe binder with your family’s favorite recipes already printed out.
CAN I GET A PHYSICAL COPY?
At this time my Family Recipe Binder Printable Pack is only available in digital PDF format. You can print the entire bundle and keep it in a 3-ring binder, or you can print just the pages and recipes you need.
WHAT IS YOUR RETURN POLICY?
If you are not satisfied with your purchase, please email me at dawn@choosingreal.com for a complete refund within 10 days.
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