List what you have and how long you've got. You get one realistic recipe as a clean printable card, with the steps in the order you'd actually cook them.
I need dinner from what I've got. Suggest one recipe, not five. In the fridge and cupboard: [LIST WHAT YOU HAVE] Time I've got: [e.g. 30 minutes] People eating: [NUMBER, AND ANY DIETS OR DISLIKES] Kit: [e.g. one pan, an oven, no blender] Rules: - Use what I listed. You can assume salt, pepper, oil and water. If one extra ingredient would make it much better, say so, but the recipe has to work without it. - Be honest about the time. Include prep, not just cooking. - Put the steps in the order I'd actually do them, so the onions are frying while I chop the rest, not after. - One tip on what to do if it goes wrong (too watery, too bland). Then lay it out as a recipe card in a single HTML file: title, time, servings, ingredients on the left, numbered steps on the right, print-friendly on one A5 page.
One recipe, chickpea and spinach curry, laid out as an A5 card. Ingredients on the left, six steps on the right in cooking order, and the time and servings in the corner. The card is plain HTML with print styles, so it comes out on one page.
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Weeknights when you're staring into the fridge. It gets you past the "what can I even make" step, which is usually the slow part. The card format is there so you can put your phone down and cook from a printout or a screen across the kitchen.
Be specific: "half a bag of spinach, a tin of chickpeas, one onion, some yoghurt" beats "vegetables and some tins". Say how much time you really have, including the time to chop things. If you cook for someone with an allergy, put it in the "people eating" line every single time.
The prompt asks for one suggestion rather than a list because a list just moves the decision back to you. If the one it picks doesn't appeal, say "not that, something with the chickpeas" and you'll get another. Trust your own judgment on timings and seasoning: it doesn't know how hot your hob runs.
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