Sunday, March 16, 2008

Finding Recipes

Cookbooks are not my best friend!
Sure I love to look through them, turning the pages and seeing the pictures (when I do buy cookbooks, I always try to get ones that have lots of pictures. I've tried several recipes that don't sound appetizing by their title, but the picture looks so good!)
But when I am looking for 4-5 dinner recipes, who has time to sit down with 5 cookbooks and flip the pages?
Hello internet...
There are several websites that I visit when looking for recipes. A lot of websites have recipe boxes where you can save your favorite recipes. I have a job where sometimes I can browse the internet while working, so I've been lucky to be able to do some recipe browsing during the day. Whenever I am watching the Food Network and see a recipe that looks yummy, I run to the computer and look it up so I can save it in my recipe box. I try to pay special attention to Rachel Ray (30 min meals), Robin Miller (her show is based on meal planning), and Paula Deen (just plain yummy). I haven't had much luck with Ellie Krieger. She's uber healthy, and I just don't break out the granola and quinoa as much as she does.
So, my favorite websites are:
foodnetwork.com - Quality food and a good selection. You can search for something as grand as your next Thanksgiving meal and as simple as mashed potatoes. They feature some recipes on the main page, and I always like to look there.
pillsbury.com - Good for desserts and appetizers, but it has some main dishes too. The catch here is the recipes are designed to make you buy their products
kraftfoods.com - Same catch as Pillsbury: the recipes are designed to make you buy their products. This is a good place for semi-homemade meals. They don't taste as good as some meals made from scratch, but they are quick and easy
eatingwell.com - Healthy recipes that taste good!
allrecipes.com - This is my fallback website. If I can't find it anywhere else, I can find it here. You have to sort through a lot of junk to find a recipe you really like, so I don't come here unless I'm looking for something specific.
And besides, where do you store all those cookbooks anyways? I'm running out of room...

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