Recipe Cards

"Lentils are friendly —
the Miss Congeniality of the bean world.
Laurie Colwin"

My Savoury Lentils - Made for a Healthy Recipe Swap

If you have some heirloom recipes or some family favourites, why not make up your own personal cook book, album or box with some like these?

There are plenty of reasons to use this idea as a delightful and practical gift for someone too. For instance, I thought of making a batch of never-fail recipes up for a new bride recently, or for sending with your son or daughter as they leave the family home, or to show a grandparent how special their tastes of the kitchen are, and you may have even more ideas about how to use them. You're bound to treasure them even more once you have created a scrapped version of your favourites!

When you start making your collection, something else to think about is the colour of the food you are going to scrap about. Here I used my savoury red lentil recipe, so I chose a rich red brown cardstock, rich brown ribbon and brads, and found rub ons in the colours that matched the cardstock and even the ingredient labels I photographed.

I can just imagine how pretty doing recipe cards in pink and yellow and lilac would be for a little girl's birthday cake recipe! A picture of a birthday cake on the card would really make it wonderful.

Here's what I used:

• A set of 5" x 7" blank cards (about 12cm x 18cm)
  
• A recipe and
  
• A picture of the ingredients I use in it (I split the ingredients from the method so I could place the list of ingredients on one side of the card and put the method on the other side)
  
• Cardstock, inks, embellishments of choice such as:
  • Ribbon
    
  • Deckle-edged scissors, double-sided tape
    
  • A corner punch if you like
    
  • Brads, buttons
    
  • Rubber Stamps
    
  • Sharp-nosed scissors
    
  • Metallic pens
    
  • Rub-Ons
    
• Clear Nail Polish or other sealant
  

Here's What I Did: