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Create your own digital family cookbook that you can edit and update all you want using Google Slides! Download the free template below.
Over the years, I’ve collected many cookbooks. There are a couple I go back to over and over for the basics (I’m looking at you, Betty Crocker) and old church cookbooks are treasures to me. But we live in a digital world, and having access to my family cookbook on my phone or any computer is so handy!
The other nice thing about creating a digital family cookbook is the fact that you can add to it easily at any time. Do you have too many “Dinner” recipes? Create new subsections for individual proteins!
Have you recently started a new diet? Create a section for Keto recipes, or a section for Weight Watchers recipes. Did you just go out and buy an air fryer or pressure cooker? You can easily adjust the table of contents to suit your family’s needs.
There are ten sections on the table of contents, but they are just suggestions. Rename them, add more or duplicate the page to create another table of contents and get really detailed.
This is what the divider pages look like. There is just one included in the template, and then you can duplicate it as many times as necessary to get the sections you want. Feel free to change the photos for each section or just leave it blank!
There’s a video below demonstrating how to download and open the template, as well as how to duplicate and edit the slides for your family cookbook.
There are two different recipe card templates. Recipe 1 has room for a photo with a small recipe card. Personally, I prefer to have a picture with my recipes. It helps to know at a glance what I’m looking for and how it’s “supposed to look.” 😉
Recipe 2 would be good for longer, more complicated recipes. There’s no photo, so you have the whole page to create detailed instructions.
Editing the recipe cards to add your own content is easy. Just click on a section, delete the text that’s there and add your own. You can see a demonstration in the video below.
Think you’d rather print out recipe cards and create a binder the old fashioned way? I have some for sale in my shop-just download and print!
Once you add your email address to the box below, you’ll be sent an email with a link to download the template. The file is a PPTX file (Power Point) and to be able to edit and access it easily on your phone, it needs to be converted to Google Slides. The instructions above walk you through how to do that.
If you are already familiar with using Google Drive, this will be very easy for you. If you are more of a visual learner, I have created a video that walks you through the whole process.
I hope you get lots of use out of your new family cookbook! If you find a recipe online that you love, you can add it to your recipe card and then add the link to recipe as well, so you can always go back and find it later. That way you will see any updates that are made, can read comments, or share the recipe with your friends. Keeping it in your cookbook will just make it easy to find later. 🙂
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Elizabeth Mendez says
I would like your digital recipe booklet
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Pal says
I would like a copy of the template please…thank you!
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Kirsty Campbell says
this looks great – cant wait to start using it
Mary Wesley says
This looks great. Just what I need for our wedding cookbook.
Maurisa says
Interested in the digital cookbook template
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Charyl says
Hi Nicole, Can’t wait to get started creating our family cookbook. I signed up above but haven’t received the link (I did also check spam). Is there usually a delay? Thanks.
Nicole Burkholder says
No, it should me immediate. I’ll check on my end really quick to see what’s going on. This email (charylz) is the one you used to sign up?
Nicole Burkholder says
I just checked and it shows the email was sent at 11:58 (my time) this morning. But it’s not been opened. The subject line is “you new family cookbook is here” and it’s coming from Nicole at Simple and Seasonal. Try searching for those terms in your email (including spam/junk/trash, etc.) If you still can’t find it, let me know!
Melanie says
I would like to receive the template to use. Thank You
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Jen says
I would like to receive the free template to create my own digital cookbook. Thank you.
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Adele Sather says
Looking forward to getting started with this! Thank you!
Nicole Burkholder says
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy it.
Julissa Bonds says
I’d like to be sent your cookbook template. Thanks!
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Betty says
Hello! What a great idea. Looking forward to using the template.
Is there a way I can electronically share the cookbook with family members? Thank you
Nicole Burkholder says
Yes! This is a google drive template, so anyone with a gmail account can be added to the template. It’s a perfect way for the whole family to be able to add their recipes!
Larry Wales says
This looks great! Looking forward to trying it. Thanks.
Tiffany Payne says
So happy to find this!
Deana Warner says
Great idea. Please email template. Thank you.
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Jack Power says
I would love to have a template to create my own recipe book please
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Gretchen says
I would love access to this Virtual Cookbook, Thank you
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Lauren says
I would love to have a copy of this template – need to give recipes to my college and post college kids!
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Ruthie McComb says
I would like a template cookbook doc sent to me. Thank you so much!
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Karen says
I would love to try this recipe creator
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Kathryn J Hill says
I’d like to try the template please
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
David Miner says
Please send me a copy of your cookbook template
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Demi Stevenson says
Hello,
I am creating a virtual team cookbook for my department. Please send me templates. I need help!
Nicole Burkholder says
If you enter your email address in the box at the bottom of the post, it will be sent directly to you, along with instruction details. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder because attachments often get emails filtered out!
Anna Nemetz says
I would love a template, thanks!
Nicole Burkholder says
If you add your email address to the box at the bottom of the post, it will sent directly to you, along with instructions on how to download and use it. Thanks!
Danielle Pennington says
I would like a copy of the template please!
Nicole Burkholder says
If you add your email to the box at the bottom of the post, it will sent directly to you, along with instructions for using it. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder!
Mandy Daniel says
I would love to have a template to create my own recipe book please
Nicole Burkholder says
Just put your email address in the box at the bottom of the post and it will be sent directly to you!
Wendy Tancheff says
This looks great! I am putting together a cookbook for my office and well I had no idea how expensive it would be to print. Please send me the template.
Nicole Burkholder says
It will be sent to you with instructions on how to use it when you enter your email in the box at the bottom of the post. Be sure to check your spam/junk folders if you don’t see it.