Do you still have cookbooks, family recipes, ideas from magazines? How do you store them...if you keep them at all! 👋🏼😁 The recipe for the very first dish that hubby cooked for me when we were dating is here! th-cam.com/video/MwCL26bqfRI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9vXd76wU95PIIIfZ 😍
Unfortunately I was unable to acquire mom or granny's cook books. But that's caused me to hoard my own. I didn't even realize that till today. I should absolutely create a curated collection so my kids will have them. And donate the rest. ❤ Thank you for speaking on your loss. It's helped me some as well. Love from America 🇺🇸🤗
I have recipes on paper, clip outs, saved on the computer, youtube playlists, cookbooks 😂 oh and how many screen shots save on your phone?!?! I cleared those out sitting at the hairdressers the other day - time well spent!. I started last month that I set aside 15 mins a week to declutter something recipe over a cup of tea or coffee. It's working well!
I have some of my mums recipes in her handwriting, she gave me when I got married.... and my Delia Smith cook book.. tried and tested, and my bread book..... all in use
When you speak about your Mum I can see how difficult it is for you. After 20 years I still tear up when I speak about my younger brother who died in his early 50's. But nowadays I concentrate on the happy memories I have of him. Thank you for a lovely video as usual.
I love that you are going to go through your recipes and decide what you want to carry forward with you. It's true that we don't have to get rid of everything, but it's also true that it's not good to carry it all into our future. I went through my mom's recipes one afternoon and had a really nice walk down memory lane. In the end, I only kept a few that were my absolute favorites as a child. I may not make these dishes again, but the recipes were in her handwriting and I remember how much we enjoyed them back then (a very long time ago). Having just three or four that represented that time makes them special rather than having an entire box full of recipes that don't mean as much and that I am only keeping because they were my mom's.
Tough assignment today! I come from a family of great cooks and bakers and have recipes from my parents, grandmothers, and aunts. I love their handwriting and memories of delicious food. I also have a large collection of cookbooks that I not only cook from, but read for pleasure. I know I need to work through all of it and be more intentional about actually cooking from them and letting go of some. Thank you for your encouragement to go through the process slowly and enjoy it (I'm a type 1/2)! Thanks for being my cheerleader!💖
We recently lost my father-in-law. And now I'm going to help my mother-in-law to sort through his stuff and hopefully declutter a lot. This house has memories and things from over 60 years. It's going to be tough! But I already trained her a little bit, because I learned so much from you!❤❤❤
Phone photos are a good solution for things that you really need to let go, but that give you a pang in your heart to say goodbye to. You can eliminate the clutter, and keep the tender or useful association.
😊I was going to add a comment similar to this. I have digital files of recipes and other special things! Just remember to label and organize them right away to as not to end up with disorganized digital clutter! Have a great day!😁
Declutter 3 tablecloths, pot and pan, and 2 recipe books. Diane your videos are always so helpful❤ Using the 'when was the last time you used them' & 'are you really going to use them again' is helping to much!
I wish I could get my mom to watch this video. We helped her move into a retirement residence in August and she brought so much stuff with her. Her kitchen was very big and my parents used to entertain quite often so she would use a lot of the stuff. But now she’s in a one bedroom apartment and she has enough mugs to have coffee with 20 people!! On Saturday, we moved her into a slightly bigger apartment in the same building and it was mentioned (mostly by me) that maybe she should get rid of some more things that she doesn’t really need or use. My brother disagreed and said that she should live how she wants with what she wants, even if it includes four different sets of salt and pepper shakers. Needless to say, after our discussion’, my brother and I did not finish the day on pleasant terms. Thank you for this, though. I have a binder of recipes that I should go through again, even though I just did it in the summer! 🇨🇦
This is one of the hardest parts of decluttering; being on the same page as the people you live with, or are helping out. I tried to help my mom with her collections a while back and she was NOT ready to let go! She had a reason for everything, including old checks signed by her father, or books she’d set a goal to read decades ago, or … everything had a reason. It was exhausting and my help was felt more like pressure than encouragement. Needless to say, I dread the day I will eventually have to deal with it when she no longer can. The worst of it, though, is that I know she would/could be so much happier with a lighter load. It really has fueled my own motivation
(Oops!) …my own motivation to declutter my own things so I don’t get bogged down in the past, but to live life to the fullest NOW! Anyone else have any tips to help others? Husbands?! 🎉
@@bethgoodwin9697 my mom has always been good about getting rid of stuff and after my dad died, she went through the house and declutterred everything he wouldn’t let her get rid of! But, for some reason, mom needed to bring enough towels for three bathrooms and enough tupperware/storage for two kitchens. I think, in time, she’ll realize that she doesn’t need all of those things and will do some more purging. Have a lovely day!
I cleaned out a big desk drawer today!! Didn't realize i had so much scrap paper 😂 some went to recycle and some i kept for my grocery lists. Yee haw 🎉🥳 one more thing off my list!! 👏👏
This made me thinking, a couple of weeks ago we talked with my husbands side of the family about recipes and we came to talk about a cookbook we made as a wedding present for the youngest brother of the five siblings. We made the cookbook as a photobook that we designed with pictures and text and ordered online. The rest of the siblings had families of their own and there were pictures of the kids eating or making some of the recipes. We gathered all of our best recipes, both soups, salads, desserts, bread and it was an excellent gift for a couple starting their life together 😊❤ it is so fun to look back at now!
Recipes from magazines I store in an A4 folder in plastic sleeves in categories i.e. soups/veg/pasta/ chicken/beef etc/cakes/desserts/Christmas. At the front of folder on a bulldog clip are ones to try out/on probation. Note ...only recipes that get 10/10 from family can stay. If I don't try out the new recipes in 6 months they are binned. 😊
In a couple of months I’m going to downsize… a lot! Moving to a very small apartment, looking forward to it. I’m making it a challenge to make my new home minimalistic, yet cozy 💕. So I’m trying to declutter as much as I can, of everything. Realize my “hold on to’s” are kitchen utensils and dresses. Slowly I’m getting there.
I have a recipe box. All the recipes are written on index cards. It is listed in alphabetical order. Very simple. If I try an online recipe that my family has enjoyed, I will write it on an index card and add it to the box. Doing that allows me to only write down the necessary information and keeps it concise on the index card. I go through my recipe box for a purge and clean up, maybe on a yearly basis. Love your energy! Love your style! Love your videos! Take care! 🇨🇦
I have two methods of dealing with recipes/cookbooks. When I find things online, I just simply add them to my Pinterest. No physical clutter, easy to sort things into different boards, and I can go through and try what I want when I want. With regards to physical cookbooks/paper recipes, I take photos of what I have made and truly like, and then I just use a photo editor to compile them into pages for one master cookbook I keep. Saves a lot of space, and I still have a physical cookbook of things I like in case Pinterest ever disappears, lol.
Oh my, you’ve just reminded me about my cookbook collection that I rarely use. Good time to take 5 minutes to declutter a few! Thank you for the inspiration❤
Hi Diane! You can take photos of your favorite recipe pages - esp the ones of the first meal hubby cooked for you or ones in your Mum’s own handwriting.
Decluttered my great grandmothers everyday c china. Taken to Good Will along with kitchen duplicates and linens. What a relief! I kept a few bowls as a sentimental reminder. Today I will be tackling the under the sink cabinet. I’m 71. We moved from Florida to California 5 years ago so I did a lot of “letting go” then, but things creep up on you! Thank you for your inspiration and motivation Diane.
I wrote down your Granny's pancake recipe, it looked like she used lard to cook them in..I paused the video to try to see .I need basic recipes like that..thanks for sharing today with us!!!
I let another recipe book go while watching you, Diane, as well as a very large pressure cooker that we no longer use; too big for just my husband and me! Thanks for the motivation 💙
We took a carload if small furniture pieces to goodwill this morning that we set aside decluttering for the remidel. We decided to move it this morning because the hurricane will be here Wed and we need to bring some outside items inside, like the porch furniture and grill and small flower pots.
About cookbooks, you can find most everything on line now so I have decided to get rid of most of my books(about50) and let someone else have a go at them. Thanks for another video of inspiration! Much love from AZ😎
I still like to browse magazines for inspiration. The hair salon is always happy for the copies I am done with. A quick phone-photo or two allows me to check my ingredients in the grocery store.
Great idea! I will go through the recipes and books tomorrow. I easily forget such things because they are on the shelf and out of the way usually still to clean ❤😊
My parents kept so many things that my sister and I were so overwhelmed when they died that we couldn't possibly look through it all. I wonder what I might have let go of that I would have preferred to keep. It's smart to start early.
I'm on my third Bero book, I do a cake from it most weeks know the recipe off by heart. Quick reference for quantities of pastry for different recipes, have written quantities for different dishes. I used to enjoy pouring over recipes on my day off making a list and trying something new. Less adventurous these days just do what I know everyone likes and is easy!
The Be Ro book bought back so many memories for me, I used it every week for my cookery class, and as for your Danish cookery books that were free each week, does anyone remember when the Milk Marketing Board ( I think) bought out the yearly Dairy Diary? I had one every year for a long time as it had a wealth of information in it…… it would be great to bring back a version of it because many people these days rely on convenience foods and there wasn’t one to be had in that diary!
They still do dairy diaries. Until about 3 years my Mother used to buy me one every year. I told her to stop because I never used it as a diary and even though the information in the book was useful I didn’t need one every year. I will have to declutter my recipes from magazines. I keep them in a file. But like you said it is very easy to find a recipe on the internet now. A few years ago I declutterred some cook books and I store the ones I kept in a kitchen cupboard. But I don’t like a the different heights of books so I put them in some wooden magazine holders from IKEA and turn the boxes round so I can’t see the books.😀
I always kept my recipes on 3 x 5 index cards in a metal card box. A year or so ok I dropped it and things went flying. I decided it was good time for a declutter and to be honest with myself about the contents. I have never liked to cook so got rid of a bunch!!
Just a couple of weeks ago, I suggested to my hubby that we let go of many of our cookbooks…then he gave me one the next day for my birthday. 😭 But we have stopped eating all mammal meat now (due to a tick induced allergy called alpha gal), so many of our old recipes are no longer valid for us. Thanks for the reminder to go through the recipe binder with a cup of tea and enjoy the process. Rah rah rah!
Thanks Diane. I did my summer clothes/winter clothes change over while listening to your video. It was great motivation. I too have recipe folders which could do with a clear out. So that was very helpful xxx❤❤
I recently recycled so many recipes I'd torm out of magazines and never made! Be careful with hot water bottles, they should be thrown away two years after their year of manufacture (there should be the year in a daisy symbol on the neck of the bottle). They can burst and cause horrible injuries. Please check your bottles! I've switched to microwaveable wheat bags now, as throwing something away that often doesn't seem right to me.
Happy Monday Diane! Thanks for the declutter video. I have decluttered many cookbooks in recent years but I still have some that probably need to go. I have a binder and folder similar to you which hold some recipes that I keep holding on to. Thank you for showing how you pare down the recipes 😊
I guess this does not count as decluttering, but I will be repurposing two large jars from my pantry to be used for powdered laundry products so that I can get rid of the garish packaging that they come in. Yes, I will be sure to label everything. Thank you, Diane!🦋🦋🦋
Not yet ready to give up my best saved recipes but I did spend half an hour winnowing them down. I always find recipes to try when I do this ..perfect because I have family coming to stay for a week for Canadian Thanksgiving.
The recipe clippings are my bugaboo. When we moved I scanned the ones that were special to me and I have them in a file on my computer. I like still having some of them while not having physical clutter.
I sold a lot of cook books last year so we only have a few now. I had a Bero book in the 1980s 😊 My husband looks up recipes on the internet and I use the Delia Smith one
Great video as always! From your DVD video, I decided to request "Thoroughly Modern Millie" from the library as I have never seen it before. Hubby and I watched it last night and I haven't laughed so much during a movie in a LONG time. I loved it and it definitely makes the list of favorite movies now :) Thank you for sharing the movie recommendation with us! Have a wonderful day! :)
Hi Diane. Former Brownie magazine subscriber here 😂 The crème brûlée torch made me think of the Flanders and Swann song "Too Many Cooks" with its "hard-boiled duck-egg slicer" etc. Specialist kitchen tools are not a new phenomenon. 😂. Thanks for the inspiration. I'm going to find at least one cookbook I can get rid of. 😱
I went through them a little while ago but I've still got a few. I don't really use them though. I don't like cooking 🙈😂. I must revisit the shelf. I have done a good clear out of the ones cut out from magazines or printed and kept the ones we really use. Take care xxx
I've purged alot of cookbooks in the past and probably need to revisit them. I always just look on line for a recipe and most of the time I just kind of "wing it" when I'm cooking. After 46 years of marriage I've pretty much got my basics down. Every now and then I see recipes I think I want to make but most of the time I never make them. I'm actually not fond of cooking anymore and prefer very simple dishes with few ingredients. Many prayers for comfort about your Mum.
I'm going to declutter food today in the kitchen zone. 😂 As you've mentioned, having lots of storage means you don't get things used up, and I want to meal plan using what I have in the pantry.
I have been looking for one of those torches for years.... they're great for scalding peppers and aubergine too. I'm sure you know , rubber hot water bottles have a date stamp on the bottom edge as they have a limited usable life... Check the daisy wheel imprinted on its neck or body. ( I only found out last year.)The central number indicates the year (e.g., '22' for 2022). The 12 segments around this number represent months. keep the newer ones... they only last three years or so.
Diane how can you get rid of the BeRo book? I still use my copy and wouldn’t part with it. Banana and walnut loaf. Crumbles, sponges etc. it will always be in use.
Hi Diane, I have a rather random question. You said that you and hubby talk in English together; do your kids speak with a Scottish accent? Inspirational vid as ever...off to declutter my fantasy chef self now!
i have some cook books that are odd ones, likelike truck stop diner etc. lol but i need to go through and see if is worth keeping. and i have been asking myself, If i had to move, would i want to mess boxing it.
Hello Diane. It’s Monday today and I just finished my first weekly home blessing, I’m wondering if you’re supposed to also do 15 min in the zone on Mondays in addition to your weekly home blessing? I’m struggling to know when besides all the other things I do daily like routines and cooking etc when I can finally feel “done” for the day. I’m suffering from anxiety and always pushing the little voice in my head that wants to keep adding in this and that.
No, just do your WHB on one day and then one session of 15 minutes later in the week. No need to be doing 15 minutes each day. More important to balance things 👋😊
Do you still have cookbooks, family recipes, ideas from magazines? How do you store them...if you keep them at all! 👋🏼😁 The recipe for the very first dish that hubby cooked for me when we were dating is here! th-cam.com/video/MwCL26bqfRI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9vXd76wU95PIIIfZ 😍
Unfortunately I was unable to acquire mom or granny's cook books. But that's caused me to hoard my own. I didn't even realize that till today. I should absolutely create a curated collection so my kids will have them. And donate the rest. ❤
Thank you for speaking on your loss. It's helped me some as well. Love from America 🇺🇸🤗
I have recipes on paper, clip outs, saved on the computer, youtube playlists, cookbooks 😂 oh and how many screen shots save on your phone?!?! I cleared those out sitting at the hairdressers the other day - time well spent!. I started last month that I set aside 15 mins a week to declutter something recipe over a cup of tea or coffee. It's working well!
I have some of my mums recipes in her handwriting, she gave me when I got married.... and my Delia Smith cook book.. tried and tested, and my bread book..... all in use
I hold on to one old cookbook from my late mother. From time to time I look up something. Childhood memories.
@@doveandolive1153great idea! This is doable! Bet you find all kinds of treasures you had forgotten about!
When you speak about your Mum I can see how difficult it is for you. After 20 years I still tear up when I speak about my younger brother who died in his early 50's. But nowadays I concentrate on the happy memories I have of him. Thank you for a lovely video as usual.
I love that you are going to go through your recipes and decide what you want to carry forward with you. It's true that we don't have to get rid of everything, but it's also true that it's not good to carry it all into our future. I went through my mom's recipes one afternoon and had a really nice walk down memory lane. In the end, I only kept a few that were my absolute favorites as a child. I may not make these dishes again, but the recipes were in her handwriting and I remember how much we enjoyed them back then (a very long time ago). Having just three or four that represented that time makes them special rather than having an entire box full of recipes that don't mean as much and that I am only keeping because they were my mom's.
Tough assignment today! I come from a family of great cooks and bakers and have recipes from my parents, grandmothers, and aunts. I love their handwriting and memories of delicious food. I also have a large collection of cookbooks that I not only cook from, but read for pleasure. I know I need to work through all of it and be more intentional about actually cooking from them and letting go of some. Thank you for your encouragement to go through the process slowly and enjoy it (I'm a type 1/2)! Thanks for being my cheerleader!💖
❤ Best recipes are in Grandma's handwriting on scraps of coffee- and vanilla-stained discolored paper. ❤❤❤
We recently lost my father-in-law. And now I'm going to help my mother-in-law to sort through his stuff and hopefully declutter a lot. This house has memories and things from over 60 years. It's going to be tough! But I already trained her a little bit, because I learned so much from you!❤❤❤
Phone photos are a good solution for things that you really need to let go, but that give you a pang in your heart to say goodbye to. You can eliminate the clutter, and keep the tender or useful association.
😊I was going to add a comment similar to this. I have digital files of recipes and other special things! Just remember to label and organize them right away to as not to end up with disorganized digital clutter! Have a great day!😁
Thank you, Diane for brightening up my day!❤❤❤
Love watching your videos and rewatching them to declutter along with you
I decluttered 15 cookbooks, that's really crazy! But I went vegan some time ago, so these can go! Thank you Diane❤
Declutter 3 tablecloths, pot and pan, and 2 recipe books. Diane your videos are always so helpful❤ Using the 'when was the last time you used them' & 'are you really going to use them again' is helping to much!
Thank you so much for all your inspiration, Diane. You truly are a guiding light in decluttering. From Darlene in NZ
Oh goodness me, what a timely reminder to go through my recipe cuttings, I have far too many. Thank you for another helpful video.
Yay, glad it was a good reminder, Heather!
Diane, you are doing such a good thing and are an inspiration to all of us.
I decluttered an old nonstick frypan, a small jam dish, 2 small travel coffee cups, and some old fall decor. Rah rah, feels great! Thanks, Diane ❤
Rah, rah, rah! 😃🎉🎉🎉
Great job Diane! You inspired me to work on my bookshelf of cookbooks. Have a great Monday!
I wish I could get my mom to watch this video. We helped her move into a retirement residence in August and she brought so much stuff with her. Her kitchen was very big and my parents used to entertain quite often so she would use a lot of the stuff. But now she’s in a one bedroom apartment and she has enough mugs to have coffee with 20 people!! On Saturday, we moved her into a slightly bigger apartment in the same building and it was mentioned (mostly by me) that maybe she should get rid of some more things that she doesn’t really need or use. My brother disagreed and said that she should live how she wants with what she wants, even if it includes four different sets of salt and pepper shakers. Needless to say, after our discussion’, my brother and I did not finish the day on pleasant terms. Thank you for this, though. I have a binder of recipes that I should go through again, even though I just did it in the summer! 🇨🇦
Well he can deal with all that stuff at the end. You can bow out of that. Then he’ll understand what you mean n
This is one of the hardest parts of decluttering; being on the same page as the people you live with, or are helping out. I tried to help my mom with her collections a while back and she was NOT ready to let go! She had a reason for everything, including old checks signed by her father, or books she’d set a goal to read decades ago, or … everything had a reason. It was exhausting and my help was felt more like pressure than encouragement. Needless to say, I dread the day I will eventually have to deal with it when she no longer can. The worst of it, though, is that I know she would/could be so much happier with a lighter load. It really has fueled my own motivation
(Oops!) …my own motivation to declutter my own things so I don’t get bogged down in the past, but to live life to the fullest NOW! Anyone else have any tips to help others? Husbands?! 🎉
@@missmayflower that’s what I told him but I know it won’t be the case.
@@bethgoodwin9697 my mom has always been good about getting rid of stuff and after my dad died, she went through the house and declutterred everything he wouldn’t let her get rid of! But, for some reason, mom needed to bring enough towels for three bathrooms and enough tupperware/storage for two kitchens. I think, in time, she’ll realize that she doesn’t need all of those things and will do some more purging. Have a lovely day!
I cleaned out a big desk drawer today!! Didn't realize i had so much scrap paper 😂 some went to recycle and some i kept for my grocery lists. Yee haw 🎉🥳 one more thing off my list!! 👏👏
This made me thinking, a couple of weeks ago we talked with my husbands side of the family about recipes and we came to talk about a cookbook we made as a wedding present for the youngest brother of the five siblings. We made the cookbook as a photobook that we designed with pictures and text and ordered online. The rest of the siblings had families of their own and there were pictures of the kids eating or making some of the recipes. We gathered all of our best recipes, both soups, salads, desserts, bread and it was an excellent gift for a couple starting their life together 😊❤ it is so fun to look back at now!
Lovely idea!
Recipes from magazines I store in an A4 folder in plastic sleeves in categories i.e. soups/veg/pasta/ chicken/beef etc/cakes/desserts/Christmas. At the front of folder on a bulldog clip are ones to try out/on probation. Note ...only recipes that get 10/10 from family can stay. If I don't try out the new recipes in 6 months they are binned. 😊
Hi Diane,
My focus right now is going through holiday decor. That way it's upcoming and people could use and appreciate it.
Great idea! So many people try to declutter that afterwards when nobody wants it.
Yes, I'm decluttering my Christmas decor next week! 👋😃 This is when the charity shops want it!
In a couple of months I’m going to downsize… a lot! Moving to a very small apartment, looking forward to it. I’m making it a challenge to make my new home minimalistic, yet cozy 💕.
So I’m trying to declutter as much as I can, of everything. Realize my “hold on to’s” are kitchen utensils and dresses. Slowly I’m getting there.
I have a recipe box. All the recipes are written on index cards. It is listed in alphabetical order. Very simple.
If I try an online recipe that my family has enjoyed, I will write it on an index card and add it to the box. Doing that allows me to only write down the necessary information and keeps it concise on the index card.
I go through my recipe box for a purge and clean up, maybe on a yearly basis.
Love your energy! Love your style! Love your videos!
Take care! 🇨🇦
I have two methods of dealing with recipes/cookbooks. When I find things online, I just simply add them to my Pinterest. No physical clutter, easy to sort things into different boards, and I can go through and try what I want when I want. With regards to physical cookbooks/paper recipes, I take photos of what I have made and truly like, and then I just use a photo editor to compile them into pages for one master cookbook I keep. Saves a lot of space, and I still have a physical cookbook of things I like in case Pinterest ever disappears, lol.
Oh my, you’ve just reminded me about my cookbook collection
that I rarely use. Good time to take 5 minutes to declutter a few! Thank you for the inspiration❤
Woo hoo! 💪😃
I've only got one tiny shelf for cookbooks so that limits me but while I was watching your video today I was wiping off the cabinets. Yay go me!
Hi Diane! You can take photos of your favorite recipe pages - esp the ones of the first meal hubby cooked for you or ones in your Mum’s own handwriting.
Yes, I usually take photos 📸 👋😃
You’ve inspired me again, Diane! To the cookbook shelves I go! 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for the inspiration/motivation - I’m off to spend 15 minutes looking through old recipes/cookbooks to see what I can get rid of. 🎉🎉🎉
Decluttered my great grandmothers everyday c china. Taken to Good Will along with kitchen duplicates and linens. What a relief! I kept a few bowls as a sentimental reminder.
Today I will be tackling the under the sink cabinet. I’m 71. We moved from Florida to California 5 years ago so I did a lot of “letting go” then, but things creep up on you!
Thank you for your inspiration and motivation Diane.
Thanks for sharing, Judy and rah, rah, rah! 👋🤩🎉🎉🎉
Diane
I love your hair style today.Thank you for what you do.🌞
It is so appreciated.
Blessings from Vancouver Island.
☘️🙏☕
You are so welcome and thank you!!
I wrote down your Granny's pancake recipe, it looked like she used lard to cook them in..I paused the video to try to see .I need basic recipes like that..thanks for sharing today with us!!!
I let another recipe book go while watching you, Diane, as well as a very large pressure cooker that we no longer use; too big for just my husband and me! Thanks for the motivation 💙
I have a Be-Ro book, 1940s/early 50s, very economical, (1 egg not more!) and I do use it for sponge cake mix and some biscuits.
We took a carload if small furniture pieces to goodwill this morning that we set aside decluttering for the remidel. We decided to move it this morning because the hurricane will be here Wed and we need to bring some outside items inside, like the porch furniture and grill and small flower pots.
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Just finished decluttering my kitchen. It was the hardest room to pack up and clean in prep for our move in 6 days!
Hope your move goes well!
About cookbooks, you can find most everything on line now so I have decided to get rid of most of my books(about50) and let someone else have a go at them. Thanks for another video of inspiration! Much love from AZ😎
I still like to browse magazines for inspiration. The hair salon is always happy for the copies I am done with. A quick phone-photo or two allows me to check my ingredients in the grocery store.
Great idea! I will go through the recipes and books tomorrow. I easily forget such things because they are on the shelf and out of the way usually still to clean ❤😊
❤ proud I am in the right zone! Declutter done, home blessing and zone cleaning done. You are an inspiration! ❤🎉
Woo hoo, go you, Erika!
I did my closet and chest of drawers yesterday, declutterd two big bags of clothes! Mostly donations but some trash.
Shoes and bags tomorrow! 🎉
My parents kept so many things that my sister and I were so overwhelmed when they died that we couldn't possibly look through it all. I wonder what I might have let go of that I would have preferred to keep. It's smart to start early.
I'm on my third Bero book, I do a cake from it most weeks know the recipe off by heart. Quick reference for quantities of pastry for different recipes, have written quantities for different dishes. I used to enjoy pouring over recipes on my day off making a list and trying something new. Less adventurous these days just do what I know everyone likes and is easy!
I feel for you, I’m exactly the same, I have piles of recipes that I have saved over the years. I really must go through them xx
Great suggestions! 🍴🥄
Decluttered my spices this afternoon whilst cooking my lunch. Now inspired to find a recipe to use my under used ones.
Wonderful! 👏👏🤩
Lovely to watch you are so brave - i find i can't quite get the mindset right to let go - not sure how one resolves that. Big love from Scotland ❤
Well done, Diane ♡ It's not easy.
I always thought I was the only one who read cookbooks to relax when the kids were younger 😅
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Diane check the date of the water bottle it is on the roundel at the top if it is way out of date the rubber may have perished
Yes, Mum had several "out of date" bottles! 👋😊
I'm going to go through cookbooks again. I have too many so must be ruthless this time 😂
The Be Ro book bought back so many memories for me, I used it every week for my cookery class, and as for your Danish cookery books that were free each week, does anyone remember when the Milk Marketing Board ( I think) bought out the yearly Dairy Diary? I had one every year for a long time as it had a wealth of information in it…… it would be great to bring back a version of it because many people these days rely on convenience foods and there wasn’t one to be had in that diary!
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They still do dairy diaries. Until about 3 years my Mother used to buy me one every year. I told her to stop because I never used it as a diary and even though the information in the book was useful I didn’t need one every year. I will have to declutter my recipes from magazines. I keep them in a file. But like you said it is very easy to find a recipe on the internet now. A few years ago I declutterred some cook books and I store the ones I kept in a kitchen cupboard. But I don’t like a the different heights of books so I put them in some wooden magazine holders from IKEA and turn the boxes round so I can’t see the books.😀
@@joannehudson9737 I can’t believe they still do Dairy Diaries, it was a staple in our home!
I always kept my recipes on 3 x 5 index cards in a metal card box.
A year or so ok I dropped it and things went flying. I decided it was good time for a declutter and to be honest with myself about the contents. I have never liked to cook so got rid of a bunch!!
Just a couple of weeks ago, I suggested to my hubby that we let go of many of our cookbooks…then he gave me one the next day for my birthday. 😭 But we have stopped eating all mammal meat now (due to a tick induced allergy called alpha gal), so many of our old recipes are no longer valid for us. Thanks for the reminder to go through the recipe binder with a cup of tea and enjoy the process. Rah rah rah!
Thanks Diane. I did my summer clothes/winter clothes change over while listening to your video. It was great motivation. I too have recipe folders which could do with a clear out. So that was very helpful xxx❤❤
Great job, Paula!
Thanks Diane! I need to do this. Will save a few hand written recipes of loved ones past and present. We did move along the pile of LEGO's. Rah rah!!
I recently recycled so many recipes I'd torm out of magazines and never made!
Be careful with hot water bottles, they should be thrown away two years after their year of manufacture (there should be the year in a daisy symbol on the neck of the bottle). They can burst and cause horrible injuries. Please check your bottles! I've switched to microwaveable wheat bags now, as throwing something away that often doesn't seem right to me.
Happy Monday Diane! Thanks for the declutter video. I have decluttered many cookbooks in recent years but I still have some that probably need to go. I have a binder and folder similar to you which hold some recipes that I keep holding on to. Thank you for showing how you pare down the recipes 😊
You can do it, Regina! 👋😍
I guess this does not count as decluttering, but I will be repurposing two large jars from my pantry to be used for powdered laundry products so that I can get rid of the garish packaging that they come in. Yes, I will be sure to label everything. Thank you, Diane!🦋🦋🦋
Hi, Diane. I did a round of cookbook declutter about a year ago. I guess its time for another go at it. 🙂❤️
Not yet ready to give up my best saved recipes but I did spend half an hour winnowing them down. I always find recipes to try when I do this ..perfect because I have family coming to stay for a week for Canadian Thanksgiving.
That's great, Jen!
The recipe clippings are my bugaboo. When we moved I scanned the ones that were special to me and I have them in a file on my computer. I like still having some of them while not having physical clutter.
I've taken lots of photos but am actually finding that I don't refer to them, ha ha! Next stop will be getting rid of the digital clutter!
@@DianeinDenmark Lol, yes. The ones I saved were handwritten by my granny and my mum. I love being able to see their handwriting still.
You motivated me to go through old recipes (some yellowed 😂) and throw away the ones I will never use!
Love that, Debra! 💪
I sold a lot of cook books last year so we only have a few now. I had a Bero book in the 1980s 😊 My husband looks up recipes on the internet and I use the Delia Smith one
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Great video as always! From your DVD video, I decided to request "Thoroughly Modern Millie" from the library as I have never seen it before. Hubby and I watched it last night and I haven't laughed so much during a movie in a LONG time. I loved it and it definitely makes the list of favorite movies now :) Thank you for sharing the movie recommendation with us! Have a wonderful day! :)
Raaaaaaaaspberries, Tina! So glad you enjoyed it!
Lol!! That was the BEST quote!! :)
Not a kitchen decluttering question, but a Tweet & Sparky one! Will they be accompanying you on your move or go to your son?🐦🐦
We'll take them with us! 👋😊🦜🦜
I will tackle one cabinet in the kitchen and try to be ruthless! I have stacks of random recipes too but that’s not for this week! 🤣
Woohoo 92k 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Yay! Thank you!
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Hi Diane. Former Brownie magazine subscriber here 😂 The crème brûlée torch made me think of the Flanders and Swann song "Too Many Cooks" with its "hard-boiled duck-egg slicer" etc. Specialist kitchen tools are not a new phenomenon. 😂. Thanks for the inspiration. I'm going to find at least one cookbook I can get rid of. 😱
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I cherish my be ro book , funny how we are all different!
I don't have any cookbooks anymore. I do have a small notebook where I keep my favorite recipes on index cards.
Go you, Gwen!
I went through them a little while ago but I've still got a few. I don't really use them though. I don't like cooking 🙈😂. I must revisit the shelf. I have done a good clear out of the ones cut out from magazines or printed and kept the ones we really use. Take care xxx
Ha ha, yes, get someone else to cook!
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? Can you give us the recipe on the pink card at the beginning of the video on for Granny’s pancake mixture???😊
I've purged alot of cookbooks in the past and probably need to revisit them. I always just look on line for a recipe and most of the time I just kind of "wing it" when I'm cooking. After 46 years of marriage I've pretty much got my basics down. Every now and then I see recipes I think I want to make but most of the time I never make them. I'm actually not fond of cooking anymore and prefer very simple dishes with few ingredients. Many prayers for comfort about your Mum.
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❤ Diane . Losing a beloved parent is so difficult 😢🫂
I'm going to declutter food today in the kitchen zone. 😂 As you've mentioned, having lots of storage means you don't get things used up, and I want to meal plan using what I have in the pantry.
Love that, Aubrey!
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I’ve used my Bero book until it’s falling apart. Totally basic recipes that can be glammed up for every situation.
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I've tried the same menu planning method with sticky notes. I need to revisit that method or another.
I feel pain with you, with your mom's passing. ❤
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I have been looking for one of those torches for years.... they're great for scalding peppers and aubergine too. I'm sure you know , rubber hot water bottles have a date stamp on the bottom edge as they have a limited usable life... Check the daisy wheel imprinted on its neck or body. ( I only found out last year.)The central number indicates the year (e.g., '22' for 2022). The 12 segments around this number represent months. keep the newer ones... they only last three years or so.
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Yes, we found several hot water bottles at Mum's house that were too old! 👋😃
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Diane how can you get rid of the BeRo book? I still use my copy and wouldn’t part with it. Banana and walnut loaf. Crumbles, sponges etc. it will always be in use.
I want to start a channel so I'm accountable.
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Hi Diane, I have a rather random question. You said that you and hubby talk in English together; do your kids speak with a Scottish accent? Inspirational vid as ever...off to declutter my fantasy chef self now!
Yes, hubby and the kids have Scottish accents 😄
I do not have any cook books. I would not want to inflict my cooking on anyone.
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i have some cook books that are odd ones, likelike truck stop diner etc. lol but i need to go through and see if is worth keeping. and i have been asking myself, If i had to move, would i want to mess boxing it.
Yay, go you, Lisa Ann!
recipes on cards i will tak a picture on my phone and transfer to my flash drive.
Hello Diane. It’s Monday today and I just finished my first weekly home blessing, I’m wondering if you’re supposed to also do 15 min in the zone on Mondays in addition to your weekly home blessing? I’m struggling to know when besides all the other things I do daily like routines and cooking etc when I can finally feel “done” for the day. I’m suffering from anxiety and always pushing the little voice in my head that wants to keep adding in this and that.
No, just do your WHB on one day and then one session of 15 minutes later in the week. No need to be doing 15 minutes each day. More important to balance things 👋😊
Letting go of all cookbooks. I don't cook.
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