We purchased a few of our hard-copy cookbooks in electronic form (i.e., for our Kindle and Kindle Apps), as well as scanned or typed in recipes into an electronic recipe system (Living Cookbook). But we find that we typically just look up recipes online; it is easiest to search for new recipes or find a recipe that contains specific ingredients. Our first approach (i.e., Kindle based cookbooks and/or electronic recipe system) would work best if we wanted to regularly make the same things, but I do find the electronic recipe system helpful to capture new recipes that we might make again in the future.

I have a Betty Crocker cookbook in the coach - not sure why because I never use it. For 'new' recipes, I use the Kidney Smart website and look under their receipes since Dave has moderate kidney impairment as well as diabetes, his diet is really just variations on kale and cardboard.    But once I've cooked something 2 or 3 times, I don't need the cookbook and can just wing it. There are lots of apps out there, take a look and see if you can find one you like.

Barb

I didn't get certified as a chef until I was in my mid 50's, so I was pretty set in my ways when I began going to culinary school. I am an avid vintage cookbook collector and was previously always proud of how I could recreate almost any dish by faithfully following a recipe in a cookbook. When I really learned to cook all of that changed. Do I still appreciate a good cookbook recipe? Sure. Do I still follow cookbook recipes when I'm cooking? Not so much.

What I find as I cut back and scale down to prepare for our great rv life's journey, is that cookbooks (as I learned in culinary school) are mostly just good reading for foodies and if you know how to really cook you don't need one. Be adventurous. You know what ingredients go well together and you know what you like. You've got more time now since you don't have to care for your s&b anymore. So go for it! Be creative! 

And there's always the internet for a good recipe for those that still need to follow one and are stuck on the question. "What's for dinner?"

On the rare occasions I need a cookbook…the internet is usually the best one. If it's something I haven't cooked before I'll google it and see more or less what goes in it…but since I never actually measure when I cook a specific recipe isn't all that required.

Actually…I do measure I guess…only it's just by eye. After looking at the recipe for what goes in it…even for baking where people say you have to measure everything…I just do it by eye. After 50+ years of cooking my eyes know how much a tablespoon or half a cup is.

For recipes that we happen across on random internet surfing…if they look like something we want to try we just email it to me with a specific starting part in the subject line…then I have an email rule that filters it into a Recipes mailbox for looking at later.