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If you’re like many mom bloggers, you may run out of things to talk about on occasion. Or maybe you just get tired and don’t feel like chatting some days, but you know you need an active blog if you’re going to make money — and many bloggers rely on their blog income to feed their families. So, how do you attract more readers and the search engines to your blog on a daily basis? Easy! Add a recipe of the day to keep your blog fresh and tasty. But, where do you find recipes that you can use? Before I tell you the answer, let’s get the legal stuff out of the way.

To keep from violating any copyright laws, you can not just take recipes out of cookbooks or magazines and type them into your blog. You’ll absolutely want to be sure that any recipe you use does not contain the original directions word for word. Both recipe instructions and recipe collections may be copyright protected. Therefore, you have to use other options.

Now let’s cover my favorite ways to find recipes that you can use on your mom blog.

Your Own Recipes

We all have recipes that we make on a regular basis at home. Maybe a favorite dish that is easy to make and everyone loves? Do you have a specialty? Or just a handful of favorite dishes?

If so, they are yours to publish as you wish. Enter them into your blog.

Friends & Family

Do you have a collection of your mother’s or your grandmother’s recipes? How about your favorite aunt?

Start passing out blank recipe cards around the Thanksgiving dinner table to collect all of your family recipes. Then, hit up your co-workers and friends.

Find a Ghostwriter

The second way to get recipes for your blog is to hire a writer. You can usually find a ghostwriter who will create recipes for your blog. If you don’t want to look for a ghostwriter, hit up the local culinary school and see if you can find a foodie who is looking to make some money on the side. Hire that person to type in his/her favorite recipes and you’ll be set.

Private Label Rights (PLR) Recipes

The fourth (and my personal favorite) way to get recipes for your blog is to purchase PLR recipes. The great thing about PLR recipes is:

You don’t have to stress your brain trying to come up with all the recipes yourself.

You don’t have to pay the big bucks for a writer.

You can edit the recipes as you wish or leave them just like they are.

You can reuse the recipes on multiple blogs. You can do almost anything with them, even create your own cookbook that you can sell.

You can get a lot of PLR recipes for cheap. Some PLR sites sell them for less than a dollar each.

Every PLR service has its own rules, so check it out before buying.

One last tip: For best results, edit your PLR recipes to personalize them. An easy way to do this is:

Modify the directions.

Change the title.

Add a suggestion for the reader. Perhaps recommend a great wine (or beer) for the meal or a side dish.

Now that you know how easy it is to add recipes to your blog, you can get started right away. Your blog will go from bare to bountiful.

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