One thing I plan to do - when? - is put all my holiday recipes into a binder and then I'd be able to realistically figure out what I need to buy.
Grocery list for Christmas 2024
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I find it a great benefit to know what I will be preparing over the holidays and be able to buy the ingredients early. It makes spreading the load so much easier.
This is a fabulous idea. I have my recipes written in my book but a master list of ingredients and the amount needed would be very helpful.
I did this a number of years ago and I found it very helpful. I put it into my Christmas spreadsheet that I use for gift giving, tracking online orders, tracking what's been wrapped and holiday menus. It was a bit time consuming at first but the payoff is that each year I can pull up the spreadsheet and see every baking ingredient I use and how much I will need for baking alone. I then can check to see how much of that ingredient I have and make a shopping list from there. I also do this for Thanksgiving.
This is exactly what I talking about. I know that it would take a while to set up but then it would be so easy to refer to.
DH is a whizz at excel so I think he would help set it up for me.
I have index cards with my recipes. I added a Christmas stamp in the top left corner so they are easy to take it when comes the time