Create Your Own Cookbook

With the new "all-page" recipes to use, I've gone through the "cookbook", printed off a selection of "must-tries", put each in it's own page protector and compiled it all it a big, fat, binder.  Now, a few days before I head to the cottage, I'll gather together 2 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 2 Dinners (complete with sides) and 2 Desserts in a smaller binder and do up a grocery list for the weekend's menu.  **Remember to take into consideration how many people you'll be serving (you may need to double some recipe ingredients) and always have an emergency stash on hand (cereal for breakfast, bread for sandwiches at lunch, dried pasta in the pantry for a quick dinner, etc.). . . . . .

I can't wait for my first trip to the lake, with my "menu" firmly in hand, and test-drive all these wonderful meals.  Let me know how you handle your weekend meal plan.

cooky