Quick question.
If your mom, your grandma or your aunt stopped making that one dish tomorrow, could you make it?
Not close to it. It.
The stuffing that only tastes right when she makes it. The soup that showed up every time someone got sick. The cookies that don't have a recipe, just "a little of this" and "you'll know when it looks right."
Most of us couldn't. Because it was never written down.
It lives in a screenshot. A Pinterest board from 2019. A stained index card in a drawer. Or in one person's head.
That's the part that gets lost.
This one's because of you
Someone who has my entire system (the planner, the 2.30, all of it) messaged me and asked for a recipe book.
And I thought, she's right. The HAVEN Planner holds your meal rotation and your grocery list. But it doesn't hold the recipes themselves. The ones your family actually makes. The ones you'd be devastated to lose.
So I made a home for them.
Here's what's inside
A recipe page that holds the whole story
Serves, prep time, cook time and where it came from. Ingredients you can check off as you go. Numbered directions. Notes and swaps for when you're out of something. And one little question at the top: make it again? Yes, sometimes, or no. Your future self will thank you.
Six sections, each with its own divider
Breakfast, Mains, Sides + Salads, Soups, Snacks and Sweets. Add a tab to each divider and you can flip right to the soup you make every time someone has a cold.
Family Recipes
This is my favorite part. A page with room for a photo of the person who made it (or the original recipe card in their handwriting) and a box called The Story Behind It. Who made it. When. Why it matters.
Because one day someone is going to make that recipe and want to know where it came from. Write it down while you still can ask.
Who Loves What
Everyone's favorites, their hard passes, and what they want for their birthday dinner. Plus a spot for allergies and notes for guests, so you're not texting your sister-in-law at 4pm on Thanksgiving.
Kitchen Conversions
Measurements, oven temperatures, safe cooking temps, and swaps for when you're out of buttermilk at 7pm. Print an extra and tape it inside a cabinet door.
And the rest
A Recipe Index so you can find anything fast. A Recipes to Try page for everything you keep screenshotting. And Kitchen Notes for holiday menus and potluck sign-ups.
Who this is (and isn't) for
This isn't a meal planner. If you want the 4-week dinner rotation and grocery lists, those live in the HAVEN Planner.
This is a keeper. It's for you if you have recipes scattered across five apps and a drawer. If you want the family ones written down before the holidays. If you've ever thought, "I really need to get her to write that down."
Start before Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is less than a month away. That's the one day a year most families are in the same kitchen.
Print it, bring the Family Recipe page, and ask. Write it down while they make it.
The HAVEN Recipe Book is a printable, instant download for $14. 22 pages, US Letter. Print as many recipe pages as you need.
Here's exactly how to print it, and what binder to use.
Write it down once. Make it for years.
xo, Taylor
P.S. To the one who asked for this: thank you. If you're reading this, message me. I have a little something for you.
