Two-Crayon Kitchen & Bill Book

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A family book, kept in two crayons.

Scale the recipe for the whole table, split the grocery slip down to the penny, and keep the week's medicine and plants on one card. It prints on plain paper and needs no internet.

Scale a recipe Split a bill

Made to follow four of Grandma's demands. Two colors. Works without internet. Nothing borrowed. Plain English.

Scale the family recipe

Type one ingredient on each line. Say how many people it was made for and how many you are cooking for. Every amount comes back in real kitchen fractions.

Work out the amounts from

Your new amounts

    Amounts marked "about" were rounded to a measure a cook can really pour. The exact amount is printed under them.

    Same batter, different pan

    Say which pan the recipe was written for and which pan you have. Measure both the same way, in inches or in centimeters.

    The recipe was written for
    You are baking in

    These are rules of thumb from how batter spreads, not a promise. Your oven has the last word.

    Split the grocery slip

    List who is in the house, then add each slip with who paid and who shared it. The book finds the fewest handoffs that leave everyone square, down to the penny.

    Shared by

    Slips so far

      Who hands what to whom

        Keep the week on one card

        Add each medicine, plant or pantry shelf. The card shows what is due each morning, noon and evening, with a box to tick. Print it and stick it on the fridge.

        Time of day

        Pantry shelves go on the Sunday check, when you turn the oldest tins and jars to the front.

        On the card

          This card is a reminder sheet. It does not replace what your doctor or pharmacist told you.

          The week at a glance

          Check that this book keeps its promises

          The book reads its own pages and runs the same four checks the tests run. Nothing here is taken on trust.

            Checking the four rules