Perhaps you were keeping typefaces, colors, and other aesthetic choices in mind throughout this entire process. However, making any sort of design changes or decisions is easiest to do once all of your other content is complete. The recipes – which serve “2 adults and 2 littles” – are adaptable for baby and toddler diets, which makes this a “family” cookbook in the truest sense of the word. Yvonne Lam, The Guardian Australia

If you’re hoping to create and share your family's cookbook online, or, perhaps make a more intimate scrapbook instead, we cover just about every step you should keep in mind below. There are two different recipe card templates. Recipe 1 has room for a photo with a small recipe card. Personally, I prefer to have a picture with my recipes. It helps to know at a glance what I’m looking for and how it’s “supposed to look.”😉Inspired by Tommy's heritage and memories of learning to cook with his mum growing up in the south western Sydney suburb Cabramatta, My Family Kitchen highlights the "fresh and fragrant" flavours of Vietnamese food. Jessica G. Lynch, Better Homes and Gardens Australia The other nice thing about creating a digital family cookbook is the fact that you can add to it easily at any time. Do you have too many “Dinner” recipes? Create new subsections for individual proteins! It’s also important to share the final product with your family. What’s different about a scrapbook, of course, is it’s not like the entire world will have access to it. You owe it to your family members to share it with them first and in an intentional way. 6 Options for Publishing and Sharing Your Family Cookbook Perhaps you were already planning to gather a lot of physical recipes, photographs, and other small elements to scan and upload to an online copy. The same goes for a scrapbook, you have a bit more freedom in that you can include real-life objects and tactile things — like fabrics or even utensils.

Gathering recipes, of course, will also require a bit of input from your family. If you already have sloppy copies of every recipe you could ever want, that’s a great start!My dad and his wife were angry with me. My dad's parents also told me I should have shared it with her and that I'm being cruel to her when my mom isn't alive to care if the child born from the affair gets part of the book or not, but she could be closer to me because I share it with her. I don't really care about my dad or his wife's opinion. I have no respect for them. They're pieces of shit in my eyes. But my grandparents and I always got along okay enough. Similar to the idea above, you can also turn the “publishing” phase of your family’s cookbook into video content. Creating a YouTube channel or posting videos via IGTV is incredibly easy. As proud and excited as you may be to share your cookbook with the entire world, you owe it to your family to have them see the final draft first. The more work you put into it from the get-go, the easier time you’ll have with the rest of the project. Step 5: Spice it up with other elements Have you recently started a new diet? Create a section for Keto recipes, or a section for Weight Watchers recipes. Did you just go out and buy an air fryer or pressure cooker? You can easily adjust the table of contents to suit your family’s needs.

For example, you can post a meal each week as well as short how-to videos or provide shopping tips. Or, you may choose to share the recipes outright. Keep in mind that your family may be a bit protective of some of their recipes. You can fix this by making it a private profile or only allowing followers within your circle. 2. With an accompanying video A meal is one of the most special, yet simple ways to spend time with those you love. And, family and food are concepts that have gone together since the beginning of time. It’s likely that you and your family passed down tons of unique recipes for generations. As a teacher and a doting dad, Tommy brings an accessible sense of fun to the kitchen; home kitchens, where kids are encouraged to watch, learn and taste, are kitchens that foster future adults with a curiosity and appreciation for food that stays with them for life.' Melissa LeongCookbooks give you a bit of flexibility when it comes to sharing them. Comparatively speaking, cookbooks have less content than other written works, so it makes them easier to publish in different spaces.