What to do with 100 old magazines
We had about 100 old magazines laying around our apartment. These have all been accumulated in the last year.
Zach saves them “in case he ever reads them again.” I save them for the recipes inside. Since we have all the extra space in our current apartment, I never minded keeping them in the office. But we’re not moving them.
To save the recipes but dispose of the magazines (don’t worry; I recycled) I tore out every recipe, put them in page protectors and put them in binders. To save money, I tried last year just using a three hole punch, but the pages don’t stay in, and I found I never opened the binder — and therefore never used it — because it was too hard to keep in order.
So this time around I did it right. I finished it about a week ago and so far use the books a ton. We’ll see if it sticks. But it took a ton of time, and I spent more than I wanted to on the page protectors. At first I thought I’d only need 100 (about $7 at Target). No. Try 500.
I had one binder lying around the house, and Zach picked up the other (giant) one at work because they didn’t want it anymore.
Since cooking is my only really hobby, and I’m an organizational nut, I’m glad I did it this way. Not sure if it would be worth the time and effort for most people.
Audrie’s recipes, volumes 1 and 2:
