

It makes it tougher to go back and find the source later if you ever need it. Don’t clip the “Printable!” While it might be tempting to switch to the printable view, since it’s easier to grab just the text you need, Evernote won’t grab the address for the page where the printable originates.They’re not lying when they say you eat with your eyes first… I’m sure I have dozens of perfectly good recipes that are in my recipe book that will never get made for the simple fact that they don’t have a picture of the recipe that pops up when I go hunting for things to make. Evernote conveniently outlines your selected text in green so you can see if you have the picture included in your selection. Include a picture when you clip, or add a picture afterwards for the recipe.Truncate it down to the name of the recipe so that it’s easier to find. Since it will automatically append the website address to the note, you don’t need to keep the title of the blog (add a tag if you want to be able to search by site). By default, Evernote adds the title of the blog along with the title of the page you’re clipping.

Add tags for ingredients, nationalities, cooking styles, whatever makes sense to you to codify your recipes. It’s best to add tags before you save the recipe, because once it’s in Evernote, you’ll open up the recipe a dozen times, think to yourself “Oh, I should add tags so that I can find this easier,” and then close it without ever doing it. If you want to make your new virtual recipe book even more user friendly, keep these tips in mind:
