Recipe Planner- Plan with Me

[@tracystern5780]

I love this video. I didn’t want to laminate every page so instead I put a clear sheet of heavy acetate that I punched with my Arc punch in the front. When I use a recipe I put that clear page in front of my recipe page so the page doesn’t get messy. Easy to clean the acetate page and my recipe stays pretty. Hope that makes sense. Love my instant pot too!

[@debbiedeas]

Tracy Stern I was just about to suggest the same thing!

[@doddsfamily1833]

LOVE the story of your mom. Would love a copy of the recipe and the boy friend cookies! Your recipe book is adorable!

[@VividlyValerie]

Aww...who wouldn't love a mom story!

[@stephanierawlings3750]

I loved the story about finding the recipe for your moms cookies. That is such a special story to share with us. Thank you.

[@whitneyl5772]

I didn't know I needed this until I saw this video. I started a travelers notebook insert for recipes but didn't use bc I hated flipping through to find what I was looking for bc it isn't sectioned. Then I started putting recipes in my bullet journal, but I had I flip through a lot and when I move to a new notebook, I lose them. This will be great! Michaels has the big box kit for $20.99 this week. I'm getting one tomorrow!!

[@carah444]

I just found this video and besides enjoying how you used your recipe planner I loved your ‘mom’ story...thank you for sharing.🌻

[@jaytee2642]

I loved the story about your mom's cookie recipe. We all know how important family recipes are. We really all need to gather our family cooks together and pick their brains for the Family Favorites, so the recipes can be compiled and passed down, as they should.🤗 I'm sad that I can't find the HP Recipe Planner. I'll just have to construct my own!👍🏻

[@usafkings]

once you have filled in a recipe page front and back laminate and then stick back into your planner! no mess easy clean up! You can always write with a sharpie afterwards if needed!

[@KatybirdsNest]

I bought a recipe planner this year, laminating is a great idea.

[@taddscollins]

I love that story, I found things belonging to my grandma one day and it made me so happy. I can only imagine how important that is to you. I'm glad you found it, Sorry about your mom, it's always sad to lose someone you love

[@flwergrl75]

Loved your random story about your mom. Thanks for sharing!

[@tiffanythompson4866]

I love the story about your Mom. Thank you for sharing. ❤️

[@mabeltejeda3959]

I don’t recipe plan but I loved the story about your mom’s Butterscotch cookies!! It made me tear up. That’s how I feel about my grandma’s tortilla recipe lol

[@lindym126]

WARNING.......long post coming up!!!!😏😘😏👌 I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this video! Thank you so much for giving me ideas on using the Recipe Planner!! I bought my recipe planner back in January and I love it. I have been adding the new recipes we try, and love, to the recipe planner. I have been a recipe collector since I was a Home Economics major in high school and college. (I was actually the Memphis Betty Crocker Homemaker of the Year 2 years in High School.) But when I got married and Hubby was an amazing, gourmet style, cook he did the new and interesting cooking and I did the basic Southern Style (yes, cooking with bacon grease, and lots of butter and fried stuff. And don't get me started on mushy, cooked to death veggies.). Over the past 41 years, my cooking style has changed drastically and has gotten much more healthy. I have five 8 1/2 by 11 handwritten cookbooks, one from my Mama for Christmas 38 years ago! It has been so hard to remember where I got the recipe, and which cookbook it was in. So I usually just went on,one to AllRecipes.com or EatingWell.com, the healthy sister to the All Recipes, and found something quickly when I was menu planning for the next 2 weeks. When I saw the HP Recipe book I snatched it up, it was the only one!! I have been gradually putting in our favorites (I like the "Matthew Approved" so I think I may "borrow" that tag and make stickers myself, and use them on Michaels fav recipes. I really love the menu planning pages and having the grocery list right there on another page, side by side, because I check for ingredients on hand as I plan and it is convenient. I got in a rush last week used a list page because I was in a hurry and just jotted down 5 recipes for this week and an actual single column list to the store. It took me for ever to get it done because there was no order by category, for the list. I found myself backtracking a lot. Never again. I will use this HP list. I take the Menu Planner and list and put it in my HP that goes with me always, so it is there when o go to the store without taking two planners with me!! I mark off what I have in the cart with a highlighter so I can read the grocery list if I get lazy and just use the same weekly menus in the future, then I already have a head start on my list. (If I'm feeling creative, I. Color code the recipe to the ingredients on my list! I know a bit of OCD coming out!!! LOL. The pages go back in the Recipe planner when I get home. I love the instructions like cook time and special instructions on the right hand size. I never even thought about using alternating inks to make the recipe page more Interesting!!! You mentioned your recipies and planner get splatter and dirty. I hated that, although the more splatters, the more we like the recipe and the more we apparently cook it!! LOL. Plus I have a a very small, empty nesters kitchen, and no place to put the open planner. I solved my problem but putting a pretty cork board (I just used large cork squares clued to a piece of foam board, decorated it and attached it to my kitchen cabinet near the stove. I take the recipe out of the book and slip it into a plastic organizing sleeve, and tack it to my "Recipe Board" so it is at eye level and is easy to see and stays clean on the sleeve. I cut the three ring part of the sleeve off because my cabinet is a bit narrow and that took up too much room. So Easy Peasy, a cute kitchen decor and and easy to use recipe! I also keep a sheet from a small vertical shopping pad tacked to the edge of the board for those things like curry you use up, then forgot to add to the list in the other room, then I add those things to my main list in the HP Recipe book. Hubby is bad about using the last of something and not telling me, but this, with a pen, is very handy!!! This fixed that. Again... Thanks so much for is very hard to find type of video!

[@abbypopp1616]

I have a plastic cover I throw on top of my recipe books when I cook. I use to have a plastic thing I could have my book open in and it would hold it up and open and protect but haven't found another one it. Love your recipe book idea. Just got into planning, looks like I have found a new adventure

[@courtclerk99]

Hello Heather, I am watching all of your videos because I am a newbie to planning. I love your cookie story about your mom. Precious memories you will always have of her. My dad taught me how to cook and he is gone as well. But I have his recipe book and I just love it. Thank you for sharing.

[@christinacollins1759]

I just got my recipe planner in the mail today (YAY!) and I plan to use a blank laminated sheet as a splatter guard!

[@ronashleybrandow946]

I loved hearing the story about your mom! I bet that was so special for you :) love your planner videos! I’m a huge fan!

[@laurakinneer7681]

I was literally just thinking today about getting one of these planners. And now I'm sold on the idea. I love how you use different colored pens. Totally what I would do too :)

[@ashleysanchez8400]

Thank you for sharing that story about your mothers' cookies.

[@christineross5757]

I loved the story about your mums butterscotch cookies!!

[@galecoffey9168]

Sweet story about your Mom's cookies! How nice the DIL she never met got to be the one who found her cookie recipe!

[@brennawilson2723]

Hi Heather! I love your videos! you inspire me every week!! I finally have a tip for you!! To keep your pages from getting splashed while cooking cut an punch a sheet of clear acetate and move it around as you need. If can you splash on your planner it can be easily wiped up. keep up the wonderful work!! love ya!!

[@claudiamichiels6375]

I actually went to Michaels yesterday and bough the recipe planner. I would love to see more videos of these.

[@Robin-wf1hb]

Thanks for sharing. Your planner is so neat. Loved your Mom's cake box cookie story. 💜

[@ambermeneses4927]

I loved the story about your mom, my mom and I are super close, she's no cook though, she doesn't know a single recipe lol. I do all the cooking for family stuff. So probably time to get a recipe planner!! And my daughter can have it when she's grown and married. Wait...I have two daughters, I'll need two planners haha!

[@traceyjacobs5634]

I've been waiting to see a video on the recipe planner. The one I saw at Hobby lobby was a mini. I'll have to look for the classic size now. Thanks for sharing.

[@tracysykes8394]

LOVED the mom story, that's awesome....I tried pausing and reading that recipe.....lol

[@kellofaplan]

Thank you! Today would actually have been her birthday, so I'm feeling a little down today. But your comment made me smile! :)

[@kellibergin]

I was so excited to see you had posted this this morning especially since just yesterday I had commented on Instagram how I would love to see it!!! 😁 Talk about timing!!! 😆 Thank you so much for sharing! I think I will definitely have to keep my eye out for one of these! ❤️

[@JennyLovesBeauty]

I'm not even going to lie, I watched this twice through so I could screenshot all the recipes. I have been looking for this recipe book everywhere! I need to go check Michael's and Hobby Lobby again this weekend to see if they are back in stock.

[@kellibergin]

Jenny Unscripted I did too!!! 🤣

[@stephaniespears4651]

Loved this video! I liked seeing you fill it out, because I've always wondered how you fill the space so well in all of your planners! I love the idea of the recipe planner but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to fit all of the steps in because that would just be my luck plus I'm so not a frequent cook and I would need every little step written down. Lol.

[@wendyhoward2699]

I love your stories.

[@allyash925]

I love your PWM videos and I had a great idea for your recipe book! I saw someone get the $1 clear cutting mats from Dollar Tree and use them as HP covers but I cut them for my HP recipe book and you can move them around so that when you turn to the recipe you want you put one underneath so the paper doesn’t get dirty if you set it on something and then you put the other on top of the recipe you’re looking at, you can see through it so you can still see your recipe but if you spill on it you can just wipe it off! I love it! I works awesome!! And it costs $1!! Let me know if you try it or have any questions!

[@MelissaBorunda]

Thank you!! I bought the new recipe planner and I have been looking for ideas on how to decorate it.

[@chickies52]

Love your mom story!

[@deezdymonds]

I just ordered my Instant Pot!!! Can't wait to get it :-)

[@MarcellHobbs]

I use my Instant Pot for the majority of my cooking! I don’t even need my stove any more. Thinking of putting temporary counter space over range top for my two (6 and 8 quart) Instant Pots.

[@geriredlinger]

After viewing this planner, I ordered mine from Joanne's Fabric web site. Can't wait to put my favorites in my planner, rather than on a magnetic clip, on my frig

[@brandiwhite3721]

Thanks for sharing! Love your recipe planner. Hoping to see more of these videos in your lineup. Just curious what type of BBQ sauce do you guys use? Thanks again Heather, as always you are such an inspiration! Love your videos!

[@marisasmith4080]

Thanks for sharing! would love to see how u setup your budget binder. thxs!

[@brendajenkins384]

I always have problems figuring out what to cook.Maybe you could give menu for the week to help us with ideas and maybe throw in a recipe for a bonus.I love watching your channel very helpful. Thank You from Louisiana.

[@suppadiva]

Love the video....please do more recipe planning. Question: Where did you get all the different food and kitchen stickers?

[@donnahughes5708]

I love, love, love your videos! Would you you consider sharing some of your recipes?

[@angiehenderson3845]

What I did in my recipe planner is to take those sections that I didn't use and turned them into crockpot and instant pot sections.

[@savingxmex]

And, I think that a crock pot is just as good as an InstaPot. For those of us who have a crock pot, I don't think we need to be throwing them out and trying to spend extra money on something else, when we already have something that will do the job. I know that you didn't say that or imply that, but from what you were saying about the InstaPot is just came across to me as you putting down a CrockPot. I absolutely love mine and I am learning how to actually cool, so it is has come in handy for me.

[@kellofaplan]

No where in this video did I hate on the crockpot. In fact, I have FIVE crockpots. Before discovering the Instant Pot, the Crockpot was my best friend. But since I"m a teacher, I would have to start my meals at 6:30 in the morning and they would cook ALL DAY for twelve hours- until I got home to eat at 6:30 at night. The chicken was always dry and the crockpot makes everything taste the same. Again, I am NOT hating on it. I still use mine, just not as often. With the Instant Pot, I can have a meal ready in 30 minutes. The meat is AMAZING- it's never dry and always flavorful. Also, I NEVER said to go throw your crockpot out OR spend extra money that you don't have. Nope, never. This video is about a recipe planner, NOT an instant pot. It just happened to be the recipe I was writing down when filming this video. I trust that the people who are watching are grown enough to decide for themselves if they can afford something or not. The only reason I even included the link to the Instant Pot was because I KNEW people would ask about it. Again, this video is not about the Crock Pot vs. the Instant Pot. it's about how to decorate your recipe planner. Thanks!

[@savingxmex]

Whoa! Before coming at me, please read over the part of my comment where I said, "I know that you didn't say that or imply that," because I still stand by that part of my comment and I meant that in the nicest most sincere way possible. I don't feel as if the CrockPot makes everything taste the same. I don't know what recipes you are using, but all of the ones that I've tried so far have been pretty amazing. Again, I wasn't trying to imply that you HAD actually implied or said that, I was just simply stating how it came across to me as a person. It's all about perception. I think it's fantastic if people love the InstaPot, in fact I actually thought about buying one at the time that I was buying my CrockPot and didn't have the money for it at the time so I ended up going with the CrockPot and have been happy with it. Again, not saying that you aren't, also I respect the fact that you are a teacher and I'm thankful that there are more people out there trying to make a difference in the education of children. There's not enough that actually truly care about what they're doing anymore, because of the shoddy way that they've been treated and the low pay grade they get. I thought it was about the CrockPot vs the InstaPot, because you kept talking about it as well as the recipe that you were writing down. Usually I enjoy all of your videos that you put out and I binge want them constantly and get all kinds of ideas from you. So, I never meant to come off as rude towards you, I was just explaining how it sort of came across to me. So, I apologize if it offended you in any way.

[@christinajholman5800]

I actually use my Instant Pot as a crockpot most days. I like to use the liners for easy clean up LOL. I had a separate crockpot as well, but gave it to my SIL because it was HUGE and we didn't need it anymore.

[@candimoser9067]

Loved the story about your mom. So the IP is just quicker than a crock pot? Are they just as big? What size do you use for 2-3 people? Love your creativity!

[@candimoser9067]

Also, I might have to try this recipe in my crockpot.

[@cheapskatecraftingwithlehn8088]

put them in a sheet protector they work great and you can use a reg ular punch

[@jlmurray2025]

Wher can I find those recipes? They looked great. Where do I purchase a recipe planner?

[@Tracks777]

Great stuff :)

[@joansilva5626]

Hi Heather. I was wondering if you could tell me where you got the Mambi date sticker book #2601? I have seen it used in several uTube videos but I can't find it in any store or on line. Thank you

[@kellofaplan]

The Dates and Holiday book is only available at Joanns and most stores are currently sold out.

[@atxbrighteyes]

I was just about to ask if steam pot was a pressure cooker. lol. I have a pressure cooker!

[@JessicaLampe]

U could laminate the pages after both sides are full. How do u write ur title font like that omg

[@kellyst05]

Maybe you should laminate them so that it doesn't do that or use the archival ink

[@cosmogurl85]

Heather can you share your recipe for boyfriend cookies

[@cosmogurl85]

I want your boyfriends cookie recipe