A friend of mine recently commented that finding recipes on my blog is a pain in the ass. And it's true! I mean, it's one thing if you know exactly what you're looking for and Google it, but what if you just want to browse through some meat recipes until you find something you like? Or you want to peruse your vegetarian options but none of the posts actually contain the word "vegetarian" since I can't be bothered with search engine optimization? Wouldn't it be nice if you could find what you're looking for without digging through six years of recipes?
Some of you are nodding your heads in agreement and the rest are itching to click back over to Facebook if things don't get funny soon. Spoiler: They don't! (But if Facebook lures you away, please consider "liking" Food on the Food on your way over there by clicking the little icon of my face down there to the right. Don't worry. It doesn't hurt that much!) (Ow! My eye!)
So I went through and catalogued all of my best recipes over there on the left under Recipe Box. If you're in the mood for chicken, click on chicken and you'll be treated to all the poultry goodness I can dig up. Desserts? I might have a few! Check out the Favorites category, too. There was a lot of good stuff hiding in the archives, some of which even I forgot about, so thanks for the reminder, Self! Some of the older photos are pretty scary, but the good news is that I can see my skills have actually improved a little over time. Just a little.
I'm also working on creating print-friendly recipe pages so you don't waste paper printing out a whole post when all you want is the recipe. Forests are important to me, as you know. Future recipes will have that feature already embedded, though it'll take a while to go back through the archives. Please be patient. I'm on deadline. Not only does my editor need the next three chapters stat, but the kids are out of school in two weeks. Craaaaaaaap!
Anyway, let me know what you think of the list. Go on. Try it out! The search bar is still there, but on the left now. As for the blueberry cobbler above, you can find that recipe here.
This addition is a beautiful thing!!
Thank you!
Fredda
Posted by: Fredda | June 01, 2012 at 09:59 PM
Thank you. I had a lot bookmarked on Delicious, but have to go looking sometimes.
I have to confess - I was bookmarking so many recipes that I finally made an If This Then That task to do it for me. Any new post that includes the word 'recipe' gets an automatic bookmark on Delicious. I'll have to remove a few false alarms once in a while, but it'll save my poor tired bookmarking hand.
The, er, recipe is at http://ifttt.com/recipes/38683 for you other IFTTT fans.
Posted by: Janet | June 02, 2012 at 01:53 PM
I love this. I am a disorganized person who loves organization.
Posted by: Susanna Baird | June 05, 2012 at 11:14 AM
thx! I have used several of your recipes with great results, so now it will be easier to find them.
Posted by: sunny12 | June 20, 2012 at 11:19 AM