{"id":1180,"date":"2020-10-06T09:59:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T13:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2021-03-14T17:03:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T21:03:23","slug":"recipes-or-more-than-cooking-instructions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/2020\/10\/recipes-or-more-than-cooking-instructions.html","title":{"rendered":"Recipes Are More Than Cooking Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2056\/07\/Recipe_Cards-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-wp-pid=\"1413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2056\/07\/Recipe_Cards-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2056\/07\/Recipe_Cards-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2056\/07\/Recipe_Cards-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2056\/07\/Recipe_Cards.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Everybody knows that recipes help us make the dishes that we want to eat, however they can be so much more than just that.<\/p>\n<p>Behind every recipe you love is a story to be told.<\/p>\n<p>People love to learn more about a recipe before making it. How the recipe came to be, what things can be changed in it and why it is important in your life.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/create_make_cookbook_software.asp?utm_source=FCBP_Blog&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=FCBP_Blog&amp;utm_content=Cooking_Instructions\">FamilyCookbookProject.com<\/a> our recipe form includes a space for personal notes. These notes allow you to tell your recipe story to others who you\u2019ll share it with.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ideas of what you can put in the personal notes of a recipe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How are you first came across the recipe period<\/li>\n<li>When you first served the dish.<\/li>\n<li>Ingredients that can be switched out to make it healthier without affecting the overall result.<\/li>\n<li>Memories of other people serving this recipe before you.<\/li>\n<li>Side dishes or other food that accompanies it well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So next time you enter a new recipe into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.FamilyCookbookProject.com\">FamilyCookbookProject.com<\/a>, remember to share its story.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><i>Bill Rice<\/i><i> is founder and Co-Publisher of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/create_make_cookbook_software.asp?utm_source=FCBP_Blog&amp;utm_medium=Blog&amp;utm_campaign=FCBP_Blog&amp;utm_content=Footer\">Great Family Cookbook Project<\/a>, a website that helps families and individuals collect and share food memories through customized printed cookbooks filled with treasured recipes. Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Familycookbook\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/cookbookproject\/\">Pinterest<\/a>!<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everybody knows that recipes help us make the dishes that we want to eat, however they can be so much more than just that. Behind every recipe you love is a story to be told. People love to learn more about a recipe before making it. How the recipe came to be, what things can &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cookbook","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1180"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2047,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180\/revisions\/2047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}