Update as of 1/7/2017…
The winner of this giveaway has been randomly selected and notified. Congratulations PJ! Thanks to everyone who participated! We loved hearing about your favorite meals!
Hello!
On Black Friday I snagged lots of great deals, but one of my favorite deals was a planner and recipe binder I got from Michaels. Their Recollection brand recipe binder is valued at $29.99! Michaels carries lots of great planners, but for recipe planning I think this one is the best!
One of the joys of blogging is getting to share great things that you love and every once in a while you get to do a giveaway and bless one of the readers with the things you are currently crushing on. Let me tell you why I am loving this binder and what I am planning on doing with mine.
A glimpse into this Recollections Recipe Planner. . .
The cover.
It’s cute and clever and I just love it.
Useful resources.
At the beginning of the binder are a few helpful lists that you can refer back to when you are in a pinch. There is a list of measurement equivalents, kitchen conversions, and kitchen substitutes.
A place to put recipes you typically make during certain months of the year.
This is more than just a place to put your recipes. This binder is designed to help you plan your year of recipes. You could use this “Special Occasions” section to put the recipes that use seasonal ingredients or you could use it to put things like your famous Baklava that you only make at Christmas time. This planning page will help you sort those things out and remember them.
Table of contents.
So practical. Every good book that you refer back to over and over again should have a table of contents, right? You can number the pages of your recipes if you want but you don’t have to. This will give you a quick snapshot of what recipes you have in your binder… which is great when you are trying to remember recipes to use in your meal plan for the week.
Recipe pages. Lots of them.
Now you can get to the fun part: Putting all of your favorite recipes in one place. Each recipe page has a place for ingredients, directions, extra notes, serving size, the main ingredients, the difficulty level of the recipe, the prep time, cooking time, and temperature. What more could you ask for in a recipe binder?
Tabbed Categories to keep your recipes organized.
Breakfast, sides, main dishes, desserts, and misc. tabs will keep you from having to hunt for a long time for the recipe you are looking for. The “miscellaneous” tab is great for recipes like this copycat Chick-Fil-A sauce that is AMAZING and had to find its way into my binder!
Okay, so here is the best part, in my opinion…
There is a place for meal planning and grocery lists in the back of the recipe binder!!!
This one deserves red font. This concept is perfect. When you flip the binder open to the meal planning section you will see that the left page has a grocery list you can fill in and the right page has a place to write out what meals you will be eating that week. I just feel like this makes so much sense.
If you want you can tear the grocery list out of the book and take it to the store with you. Alternatively you can leave the grocery list in the binder and take the whole binder to the store with you. If you leave the grocery list in the binder you can refer back to it over and over again!
Cute stickers that make the binder your own.
As if the whole binder wasn’t cute enough, the cherry on the cake is that there are a bunch of stickers in the back that you can add to your pages. Practical stickers (like a 30 minute clock to remind you that it takes 30 minutes to cook) and fun cutesy ones (like stickers that say, “delicious”, “so good”, and “fave”.
Why I got THIS particular recipe binder.
I already have one recipe binder, so why do I need another one? First, because it’s cute. 🙂 Second, because I wanted a separate recipe binder that I could pass on to my daughter when she moves out of the house. Third, I like the simplicity of this binder.
I am still in the process of adding recipes to my binder and as I add them I am realizing how easy it is to use. There are lots of great recipes that I have tried in the past year that my family loved but I never took the time to put into my old binder. They are going into this one.
WILL THIS RECIPE KEEPSAKE/PLANNER HELP YOU?
Here’s how to enter this giveaway.
To enter this giveaway you just need to comment on this post, (below) telling us the name of one of your family favorite recipes, and then come back up to this giveaway tool and say that you commented.
Mona says
One of my families favorite holiday recipes is scalloped oysters. I know not everyone will like this, but for my loved ones, it is not Thanksgiving without Auntie M’s scalloped oysters. Yum!
Rose says
We love Quick Chicken Stir Fry.
Leanne Livingston says
My family is in love with the American goulash. I’ve made goulash for years, but this twist on it has them asking for it every week.
Jess M says
One of our favorite holiday recipe is Oreo drops! Super easy to make
Lisa says
One of our favorites is spiced apple french toast bake. I make a large breakfast.
Randi Allard says
One of my family’s favorite we call Mexican Chicken
lightly breaded chicken breasts sauteed, add 1c. chicken broth-when broth is almost all evaporated top with grated Mexican or Cheddar cheese. Serve with spanish rice and corn bread or corn casserole. Really easy and a favorite!
Christine SantoColombo says
A family fav of ours is not super old, handed down from generation to generation but nonetheless a fav… a basic ham turned awesome with a glaze made from yellow mustard, brown sugar, and sprite!
Teri Goodall says
Our family loves Breaded Fry Elk steak with mash potatoes with brown gravy and green beans.
LaRae says
One of my favorite recipes is a Turkey pasta casserole. I’m figuring out how to turn this into a whole food healthier option now!
Fanny says
We love chicken adobo. It’s a Filipino dish and my hubby has made several variations.
Fanny says
We love chicken adobo.
Amy Netzel says
Chicken Enchiladas:)
Leslie Merriman says
Thanks for the giveaway! One of our favorite recipes is baked pork chops.
Patricia Bolt says
A favorite family recipe is a meatloaf recipe my mom gave me years ago. Applesauce as one of the ingredients keeps it moist. My husband likes the topping I use, made out of ketchup, mustard and brown sugar. He says it’s one of his favorite dinners! My mom is no longer living, so this meatloaf holds a lot of special memories for me. I think the real special ingredient is love.
Patricia Bolt says
A family favorite is a meatloaf I make from a recipe my mom gave me years ago. Applesauce is the secret to keeping it moist. My husband likes the topping of ketchup, mustard and brown sugar that I put on it. It’s one of his favorite meals! My mom is no longer living, so whenever I make it, I always think of her. Maybe the real special ingredient was love…
Kathy says
Thank you for the giveaway. Million dollar sugar cookies are one of our favorite recipes!
Megan Brinkmeyer says
One of our favorite meals around here is good old fried tacos. So horribly bad for you but so amazingly tasty. Only do it once or twice a year and it’s so worth it. Usually becomes a party!!?
Jamie says
I love lasagne! My mom always made the best!
Beth Marks says
Winter beef stew is one of my house loves and cannot get enough of!
Heidi Matthews Hahn says
Chicken and Dumpling soup is our family favorite for sure!
Becky Short says
Super easy Pork chop recipe with Campbell’s Chicken Gumbo Soup. Brown bone in pork chops in skillet. Pour at least 2 cans of Chicken Gumbo over chops. Let simmer about 3 hours. The meat will be so tender it will fall off the bone. Serve over rice. Easy and tasty.
Tina says
This is awesome!! One of our family favorites is crockpot brisket..super easy. Brisket rub that I make rubbed on a 3lb brisket pour some bbq sauce in crockpot add some rub and worshire sauce mix up put brisket in flip a few times till covered in more cook on low 8 hrs! Serve with baked beans, Mac n cheese or homemade fries,whatever you like! And always a green veggie too lol!! Thanks for the give away!! Good luck yall!
Nicky says
My whole family loves my grandma’s cranberry relish. I make it for our Thanksgiving feast now that she has passed away. It is so fresh and flavorful with all that heavy Turkey Day food, and the leftovers are tasty on hot cereal or yogurt.
Kim says
Crab dip! We make it every year since the 70’s when I was a child!
Michelle says
One of our favs is Stuffed Roasted Poblanos (stuffed with seasoned ground turkey, corn, etc and topped with hot, bubbly cheese and red or mole sauce). So easy and flavorful!
Angela says
I love this idea!! If I don’t win, where can I buy one? You have the best recipes! I’ve been on Weight Watchers since May 2016 and I love using your ideas! Thank you!!
Alisha Hughes says
Thank you Angela! So nice to hear from you. This recipe binder is from Michaels Craft Store. 🙂
Shelley Walta says
One of our family favorite recipes is Mini Meatloaves. Perfect size for kids, there are a lot of ways to make them, and every bite is deliciousness- better than Cracker Barrel.
Allison says
My family loves Mexican night! I make nachos for my husband and I and my kids love quesadillas!
Kristen Whitfield says
I love all recipes from my dad (I miss him!), but if I had to choose 1 it’d be Crawfish Etoufee!
Frieda Nugen says
My family loves the dressing I make to serve with the Thanksgiving turkey! I make a pone of fresh cornbread the day before and use drippings from the turkey on the day I roast it.
PJ Kelly says
My family loves baked teriyaki salmon with rice and steamed broccoli. We marinate a piece of salmon big enough for the 3 of us in some Kikkoman Low Sodium Teriyaki for at least 30min. Then we bake it for about 15-20 min on 350 in the oven. This depends on your oven and the size of the fish. You can use any rice you want but one of our recent favorites is Birds Eye Steamfresh rice with mixed vegetables. Any of the steamfresh rices work well if you don’t want to boil your own. My daughter loves this dinner and asks for it often.
Alisha Hughes says
Perfect! Thanks, PJ, for giving a detailed explanation of how to cook it. We may have to use this one on MPM someday. 🙂 Congratulations on winning this giveaway!
Shannon Brumfield says
My favorite is my mom’s lasagna (which is actually her mom’s lasagna)! I request for her to make it for me every year for my birthday.
Sandy says
One of my favorite recipes are cheesy enchiladas.
Ebony ryer says
My family love slow cooker Bbq ribs.its our favorite
folaurasha jerry says
Granny’s Broccoli salad
Susan Kelly says
I’ve make Apple Crisp alsmost every year for Thanksgiving since I was in the 7th grade! When I don’t do it, I get asked WHERE and WHY!!!
Susan Kelly says
I’ve make Apple Crisp almost every year for Thanksgiving since I was in the 7th grade! When I don’t do it, I get asked WHERE and WHY!!!
Karisa Carlson Glade says
Jiffy corn bake, Wild rice stuffing
Stephanie says
My mom’s lasagna is (and has been since I was younger) my favorite family recipe.
Maria Brown says
Since I doubt we will live in Alaska forever, I want to get down our recipient for Moose Steaks for the boys.
Sarah Rodgers says
My family really loves the american goulash! They like to eat plain jane saltine crackers with it! Lol!
But this recipe is truly delish!!!
Skilet lasagna is awesime too!
Stephanie says
Its a great planner- but only 12 weeks of meal planning pages?? I guess you just have to forget the other 40 or so weeks of the year, and use something else for meal planning.