Introducing the Ultimate DIY Recipe Book – Designed Just for You
If you’re anything like us, your bookshelves are overflowing with cookbooks. But let’s be honest—there’s nothing quite like a collection of your own cherished recipes. The ones passed down from your mother, your grandmother, or lovingly shared by friends. We’ve spent years searching for the perfect DIY recipe book, one that could hold all our favorites while still being practical, stylish, and personal.
It turns out, we were pretty particular! We wanted something compact but functional, wipeable (because life gets messy in the kitchen!), and versatile enough to include everything from magazine cutouts to handwritten heirlooms. We wanted it to feel special, with adorable graphics and organized sections, but also practical—something we could add to whenever we wanted to add in new recipe.
After searching endlessly, we finally decided to design our own. And now, we’re so excited to share the printables with you!
This DIY recipe book is everything we dreamed of and more:
- perfectly compact at 5.5″ x 8.5″ inches, fitting into half-page sheet protectors and small binders (also designed to fit an 8.5″ x 11″ looseleaf if you prefer a larger size)
- wipeable, durable pages
- adorable graphics with matching covers for each section
- a cookbook reference page at the end of each category to quickly find your favorite recipes in printed cookbooks
- flexible format for handwritten recipes, magazine clippings, or typed entries
- recipe cards large enough to fit more than one recipe on a single page
We used acrylic for the back and front covers of the cookbook with large key rings to hold it together. You can also use a small binder.
This is a recipe book you’ll treasure, just like the memories behind every dish.
Ready to create a collection that’s uniquely yours?
Let’s get started!
Recipe Book Printables Include:
- a front and back cover printable
- 11 recipe category printables (soup, breads, salads, meat, chicken, fish, dairy, sides, cake, cookies, desserts)
Each category comes with a unique cover PLUS a matching recipe card and a reference chart to make finding your favorite cookbook recipes a breeze.
Directions:
- Download and print out the covers, dividers and recipe book reference cards on cardstock.
- Download the blank recipe cards on regular copy paper. You can either print them out and handwrite your recipes or type them up and then print them out. Downloading the pages in Canva works very well.
- Cut the recipe card pages in half. (Keep them whole if you are using the full size recipe book.)
- Fill your recipe book with the covers and recipes.
4 Responses
brilliant! Love those section dividers 🙂
Thanks Miriam!
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