Be organised, Stay organised

Whether your favourite recipes are from cook books, or you've recorded them on loose papers, or even captured them on your trusted iPad, it's always good to keep your recipes organised so you know where to search (using your "mental filing cabinet") for the recipe when you're in a rush.

As an example, yesterday I was driving home from work and received a phone call from my husband to say that he'll meet me at our local supermarket. I thought, 'Oh! What ingredients do I need for the sticky date cake I want to bake', I asked him to go to the wooden cabinet in the kitchen to go through my recipes in "My Recipes" folder or go through the loose papers. After 5-10 minutes of searching he called me back to tell me that he couldn't find it. So I called my work mate that recommended the recipe to me and thankfully, she was able to tell me the ingredients as she pretty much knew the recipe from the top of her head. So I needed to buy pitted dates and brown sugar...phew!

After coming back from the local supermarket, I went searching for the sticky date cake recipe which I knew was on a loose piece of paper. Guess where I found it, it was within other A4 pieces of paper in a basket on the dining table. Now why didn't my husband look there?! ;)

Anyways, the moral of the story - be organised and stay organised. Needless to say, I spent 10 minutes this morning getting organised again and hole-punched my loose recipes and put it in my "My Recipes" folder which I was lucky to receive during my Bridal Kitchen Tea.

Now I'm ready to go make my sticky date cake. Watch this space...