Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for recording, filing and indexing abstracted material from recipes and recipe sources consisting of an indexed loose leaf binder, an indexed storage box and a grocery planner pad relating to said box and binder. The present invention provides a way to organize and easily reference recipes from multiple sources in one central location in a reference binder through the use of a columnar format locator form contained within. Unlike prior art, abstracted material as well as sources are indexed according to the same food categories commonly used in food preparation. The menu planner portion of the grocery planner refers to the location of the recipes as found in the reference binder. Each ingredient is marked and defined on a list of grocery items preprinted and categorized on the grocery list portion of the grocery planner.