We’ve created the ULTIMATE resource for everything Recipe Boxes

We put a lot of work into this topic, so we didn’t want to bury it in our blog. You can find the full recipe box post here, or just go to the specific section that interests you here:

  1. Introduction
  2. The History of Recipe Boxes
  3. Six Things You Need to Consider When Buying a Recipe Box
  4. How Many Recipe Cards will Fit in a Recipe Box?
  5. Materials: Wood Recipe Boxes vs The Rest
  6. Wedding Recipe Box: Make it Memorable for Everyone
  7. Make Your Own Recipe Box
  8. About Recipe Cards

Wedding Recipe Box from a Customer

Mallory and Tyler – We hope your wedding went well last year, and congratulations on your one year anniversary! Hope you love your new bridal recipe collection.

All the best

Erin

Check out the Bliss recipe box here and the Bumblebee recipe cards here

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5 Indispensable Qualities of Heirloom Recipes & Cookbooks

Every year many heirloom recipes and cookbooks are lost. Due to lack of family interest, downsizing a home, or sadly, a family member’s death, these precious links to the past are being broken.

Yet heirloom recipes and cookbooks becoming increasingly valued and valuable. Collectors avidly search for them at estate sales and in old book stores and thrift shops.

But just what makes a basic everyday recipe become an heirloom recipe?
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Make a Recipe Box For Your Spring Recipes!

Make a Recipe Box for Your Spring Recipes!

A recipe box that’s just for the Spring and Summer months can be a great tool in helping you uphold your favorite family traditions for the Spring holidays.Continue reading

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Why Not Gift a Bamboo Recipe Box from Sustainable Resources?

Do you have people on your gift list that love items made from sustainable resources?

We at Cookbook People like to help Mother Earth whenever possible. That’s why we carry a range of environment-conscious “green” gifts made from sustainably-sourced bamboo. Continue reading

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Spring Cleaning Your Family Recipe Card Box

Springtime is an inspirational time to clean, dust, and renew all the nooks and crannies and other crevices that have been neglected during the winter months. It’s also a good time to weed out those extraneous recipes and notes in your family recipe card box or recipe file box.

Spring cleaning your family recipe card box or recipe file box doesn’t have to be a big chore. It can be done while watching your favorite TV reality show (all you multi-taskers take note), waiting for your hair-color to reach maximum tint, or riding in a car during a lengthy trip. All you really need is a bag for discards, and a small surface for sorting.Continue reading

How many recipe cards will fit in a recipe box?

We answer this age-old question in our Recipe Box Overview, where we try to put everything you need to know about recipe boxes in one place. However, the main infographic I’ve posted here from there tells you most of what you need to know!

Hope this helps!

Erin

Photo of Lemon Drink on yellow background overlaid with text: "2 Ways to Make a Thirst-Quenching Lemon Shake-Up"

Shake, Shake Shake…Shake, Shake, Shake…Lemon Shake-Ups, Lemon Shake-Ups!

Sweet…tart…sugary…lemony…can you think of a better thirst quencher than a Lemon Shake-Up?

Don’t they bring back happy memories of carnivals and festivals?

But from what I can see in my recipe box, there are two totally separate opinions on the best way to make these satisfying, thirst-quenching lemon drink drinks.  Should you use a sugar syrup or just sugar?

I pulled two recipes from my trusty recipe binder (which, by the way, features luscious lemons!) – one of each type. Try them both. Then let us know which is your favorite!

EASY Lemon Shake-Up

1. Pour 1/2 cup sugar into a 16 oz. cup.
2. Cut 2 lemons in half.
3. Hand squeeze lemons; drop juice and lemons into cup.
4. Add ice as desired, and fill cup with water.
5. Cover the cup and shake it vigorously until the sugar is dissolved.

Sugar Syrup Lemon Shake-Up

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup water
1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (reserve rinds)

Preparation

1. Combine sugar and water.
2. Boil for 5 minutes; cool to room temperature.
3. Add lemon juice.
4. Strain and keep refrigerated.

To make Lemon Sugar Syrup Shake-Up

1. Add approximately 2 tablespoons of syrup to each glass of ice water.
2. Add the rind of one/half lemon that you squeezed to get the juice.
3. Cover glass and shake to blend.

So….what do you think? Easy or sugary – or both? Let us know! Or if you have a BETTER way to make lemon shake-ups in YOUR recipe box, please share!

Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s Another Cute Recipe Box from a Customer

Love, Laughter and Happily Ever After

I love it! Hope you have a lovely Valentines Day. Check out the recipe box here. 

Erin

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Tomato Sauce Base That Should Be in Every Recipe Box

Tomato sauce. It’s ubiquitous in Italian-style dishes. You use it so frequently that you probably never write it down. But why not take a few minutes and write it down for the rest of us? Once you’ve got your tomato sauce base in your recipe box, it’s going to be much easier to share with other family members and friends.

Here’s my tried and true recipe for a fabulous tomato sauce.

Basic Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup chopped onion

• 4-6 cloves minced garlic (minced)

• 1/4 cup olive oil

• 2 (28 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes (yes, I know fresh is better. But sometimes…)

• 2 teaspoons salt

• 1 teaspoon sugar

• 1 bay leaf

• 1(6 ounce) can tomato paste

• 3/4 teaspoon dried basil

• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

  1. In a pot over medium heat, sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until onion is soft.
  2. Stir in tomatoes, salt, sugar and bay leaf.
  3. Cover, reduce to low, and simmer 70-100 minutes.
  4. Stir in tomato paste, basil, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and simmer 30 minutes more.
This tomato sauce recipe takes a while to cook, but the whole house smells like Italian steamy goodness!
Want to share your tomato sauce recipe? Add your suggestions on our Facebook here or leave a comment below.

Customer Snapshot: Autumn Recipe Box

They included a photo of inside too!

Want to check this recipe box out? Take a look here. 

Erin

Happy Customer with Engraved Recipe Box

Engraved Recipe Box

We love happy customers sharing their recipe boxes. Order this recipe box here! 

Made in America Cherry Recipe Boxes!

We’ve added new recipe boxes!

Check out these gorgeous Made In the USA recipe boxes.  They can be personalized with your own name or wedding date on them. See the cherry recipe box selection here. 

💕 You NEEEED these pretty recipe card dividers. N.E.E.D. 💕

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Pretty "Lemon Linen" design recipe card dividers


We made brand new recipe cards this week!

Why not add a little color to your kitchen for under $6.00? They look GORGEOUS! See them here!

Grandma’s Recipe Box, Grandma’s Recipe Book or Grandma’s Recipe Cards: Which Would You Choose?

Grandma’s magic kitchen had the power to transport us. With Grandma’s cookies as sustenance, we could be transported from our backyard tent (made with blankets draped over the clothesline) to wonderfully exotic places we only read about in storybooks. If you had the chance to select one keepsake from your Grandma’s kitchen, either Grandma’s Recipe Box, Grandma’s Recipe Book, or Grandma’s Recipe Cards, which one would you choose?Continue reading