This is a photo for a handmade gift for the bride and groom. I have a niece who is getting married in May this year and I was trying to think of a different and unique gift to give her. I finally decided to make her a recipe book using recipes I had made and gathered over the last 45 years to go along with recipes I had gotten from my mother and grandmother in years past.
I purchased a 1 inch - 3 ring binder and 50 plastic sleeves. I made a decorative cover sheet to put on the front and back of the binder and filled each sleeve with a different recipe. If the recipe only took 1 page, then I could get 2 recipes in each sleeve, but some of the recipes took 2 pages so I would only get 1 recipe in each sleeve. When I was making the recipe sheets I included pictures of the different ingredients that the recipe called for on each page.
I told her I would continue to add recipes to it for her to try over the years. I will probably have to do it in books 2, 3, and 4, etc. since I have a lot of recipes I think she would enjoy trying.
Her fiance loved the cookbook as much as she did and said he is looking forward to trying making some of them, also.
Here are some of the recipes I included in the book:
Source: Kraft, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, All Recipes, and My Home
By Patricia Ralston from Houston, TX
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
I am trying to put together a recipe book for a family reunion. Does anyone know a company that would print them for a low cost?
Penny
Try a print shop like a Kinko or Staples.
How about doing it yourself. Print a master copy of the cookbook and then take it to a copy machine and make your copies. You can print the covers on your own printer. Then take them to Office Max or to Kinko's and have them bind them with a plastic binder. It will cost about a dollar per book for the binding. Also remember to keep your master copy as you will find that you will get requests for your cookbook all the time.
The best way to go about this depends on the quantity you want if you just want one or two Kinko's or your printer and binding yourself would be your best bet.
If you want up to 25-200 copies www.instantpublisher.com will help you get a professionally printed copy of your book for a much better price than Kinko's or printing yourself.
If you want upwards of 200 books give www.fundcraft.com a try as they specialize in cookbook publishing and have many options to choose from to personalize your cookbook.
