We’re on week 6 of the money-saving grocery shopping challenge. This week you’ll learn how to create a kitchen binder and why you need one!
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Welcome to week 6 of the money-saving grocery shopping challenge. If you need to catch up, click the links below:
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5
I hope you’ve enjoyed this money-saving grocery shopping challenge!
And I hope you’ve learned how to lower your grocery bill and save time when grocery shopping.
Plus, I hope you’ve printed out the free printables because today you get to add them to your kitchen binder!
This is our final week of the challenge, but I have plenty more money-saving shopping tips coming up in future posts.
Grocery shopping isn’t exactly one of my favorite things to do. It takes time to plan meals for the week, look through recipes, search what’s on sale, then make the list.
Not to mention having to shop for the groceries, bring them all into the house, then put them all away.
I could really use a magic grocery fairy that will do all that stuff for me!
Being able to do anything quick and easy is always a plus, especially when it comes to grocery shopping. This is why having a kitchen binder is a really good idea.
Having a kitchen binder is a great way to keep all your important kitchen information all in one place. Your binder can hold recipes, meal planning sheets, shopping lists, etc.
Keeping everything you need in one place saves you a lot of time. When it’s time to plan for meals and make meals, you’ll have everything at your fingertips.
You can create your own pages for your kitchen binder if you wish. Pages to include would be:
Or you can print the ones that I have already made for you!
This will probably take some time if you haven’t done it in a while. Choose a day where you can sit down to go through all of your recipes.
Fortunately, all of my recipes were already organized, so I just needed to transfer them over to my kitchen binder. But they weren’t always that way. I used to have recipes all over the place! Some were stored on my computer, some I had written on cards that were unorganized in a box. Most of them were clippings from magazines I had just stuck in a notebook!
It took a lot of time, but I finally got them all sorted and organized and my system works so much better for me. And saves me a lot of time when it comes to planning my weekly menu, too!
If your recipes are not already organized, here is what you need to do:
This isn’t necessary, but it’s extremely helpful. Creating a list of all of your recipes will save you so much time when meal planning. You will be able to see every recipe you have in case you want something different from the list of your favorite meals.
How you create a recipe inventory is completely up to you. I find it easier to write the category at the top of the page, then list the recipes under each category.
Or you can just list them all out on a sheet of paper and keep adding to it. Whatever works best for you.
Place the recipe inventory at the front of your kitchen binder either before or after the favorite meals list. This way it’s all in one place and easy to see right away.
A kitchen binder can save you a whole lot of time when you’re planning and preparing recipes. I have a lot of recipes pinned on Pinterest, but sometimes that’s not the best option. A few times I’ve gone to try a recipe and the website was shut down. I learned my lesson and started writing down my favorite recipes.
I still don’t trust computers 100%. To me, there’s nothing more trustworthy than good old paper and pens!
How do you keep all of your recipes and kitchen essentials organized? Do you have a kitchen binder, too?
If you’re looking for a complete binder to get your entire home organized, be sure to check out my Home Management Binder. It has everything you need!
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Great idea! I always like your tips and good advice. God bless!
Thank you so much! I'm always happy to help. :) Have a blessed weekend!
This is quite fun, neat, and creative!! A great way to follow up on your grocery posts!!?
Thank you!! They are so nice to have to save time, too. :D
Girl!!! I’ve needed something like this to get organized for quite some time!! So many awesome ideas!! Thank you!! Pinning!!
You're welcome!! It's been such a time saver! Otherwise I'm searching all over through recipes and Pinterest and cookbooks for hours just trying to plan my weekly menu. haha! Thank you for pinning! :)
This is such a good idea to work with. Keeping it ordered!. ?
Thank you so much!! :)
You have some good tips here! I used to use a recipe program that was pretty awesome - then the company folded that had made it, so no tech support. I was OK for a while, then my computer crashed and I had to replace it, and no way to reinstall the program on my new laptop. So now I'm fishing around for how to organize my recipes and shopping info.
Thank you!
Oh no! I still have a hard time trusting computers. LOL Something always happens. It's funny because I'm a notebook/binder person and my husband is an IT guy so all his stuff is on the computer.
Maybe a binder would work for you?
No kidding! Yes, a binder might definitely work!
I LOVE the organisation! I have a binder of things for my parents so I keep all the recipes I've printed in there, signs for the front door (SHIELDING- KEEP YOUR COVID AWAY?), printed coupons, lists of websites and instructions for how to use nearly all the electronics in the house. I really like the idea of a separate one specifically for the kitchen. I don't know why I get so excited reading this post and looking at your binder in action - I've got a thing for stationery and organisation! xx
Thank you so much!
That's a great idea to have the binder for your parents. And I love the Covid sign!! HAHA!!
I love stationary, too! And binders have really become my thing lately. They're so helpful when you need something right away! :)
Organization queen!
Haha! Binders have become my thing recently. :D
This is such a great idea Michelle! I didn’t realise you could get free printables, how fab to keep all information together ?
Thank you so much! Binders have really been a time saver for me lately. :)
I love this idea. Having everything at your fingertips is so convenient. And staying organized saves time in the long run. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful tips! <3
Thank you so much! Binders have really been a thing for me recently. I like having everything in one place instead of all over the house like I had before. LOL
I'm a big binder/sheet protector fan. Love your kitchen binder!
Thank you! I love binders, too. :)