Where I Get My Recipes

 (This page was updated on 2-11-26.)

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Where I Get My Recipes

I have 3 cookbooks that I use/refer to: "Betty Crocker's New Cookbook", "Taste and See" (a cookbook out of First Baptist Church of Lake Orion, MI), and a family cookbook called "The Sommer Seasons".  I use "Betty Crocker's New Cookbook" most often for these recipe sources.


I have a few websites that I go to: FoodNetwork.com, Cooks.com, Allrecipes.com, and a few others when Google points to them when I google a recipe.  I use Google results most often for these recipe sources, and try to stick with recipes that have as close to a 5 star rating as possible.  I feel I have enough experience cooking/baking now that I can look at a recipe and know if it's going to be good or not so that I don't have to rely solely on reviews, but it is a good place to start.

Most of my other recipes have come from family and friends over the years, have been clipped out of magazines/newspapers, or are ones that I came up with on a whim, out of boredom, or curiosity. :)  

As alluded to above, I rely on my experience as a home baker/cook to modify recipes now if needed.  Most often, I know just by looking if a recipe will need tweaking or not, but I always try the original recipe "as is" first and then modify it as needed.   That said, most of the recipes that I post here are modifications of recipes found/given in the ways listed above.  If I know the exact reference and/or if I have not modified it at all, then I will mark the recipe as such so that credit is given where credit is due.

If you have a recipe that you think would be of benefit to me and my readers, or if you would like me to come up with a modification to a recipe you have found to help it fit your dietary needs, you can send me a copy of the recipe or a link to the recipe via the Contact Form, and I will check it out.  If I use the recipe online, I will give credit to the person who shared the recipe AND to the author of the original recipe (if they are not the same) by sharing their name, website, or both.  If you do not wish for your name to be mentioned as the contributor, I can share your contribution as "a reader" - just mention you would like to stay anonymous.  However, if I have a link to the original recipe, I will always share a link back to that recipe.  

{Please note, I will always google any recipe that is sent to me to make sure it isn't taken from another source before sharing it as "original" to the sender of the recipe.  This is just an extra precaution to protect original content.  If there is a note on any original websites where the information and recipes are obtained that said recipes/information cannot be used without written permission, I will obtain such before proceeding with any modifications/tweaks and posting them on my site.  If I cannot obtain permission, I don't use the recipe/information.  Generally, recipes are considered "public domain", but I still try to exercise caution here.  No one wants their intellectual property taken, so I try to implement the "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" mantra when sharing information online.}