When I make a recipe I like, I've gotten in the habit of rewriting it with consideration for minimizing time and dishes preparing. Like, if I know the meat has

When I make a recipe I like, I've gotten in the habit of rewriting it with consideration for minimizing time and dishes preparing. Like, if I know the meat has to brown for a few minutes before adding garlic+ginger+peppers, I'll say to start browning meat, then chop g+g+p together. Or if I know vinegar needs to be used in three different mixes, I'll start a bowl of each mix at the time vinegar is first needed so I only need to worry about it once. It's good to write this yourself since you work it into your head...and also because such instructions could appear a bit batshit if you didn't write them! I also cleanly distinguish the "shopping list" part of the recipe (which has it's own standard structure organized by pantry, fresh, spices, and unique ingredients) and the "cooking" part, which provides measurements in the cooking text without needing to refer to the ingredient list. It's a small thing, but I really hate scanning ingredient lists every time I need a measurement in the middle of cooking.