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What can I cook with what's in my fridge?
When to use it: When you have random ingredients and no plan, and don't want to go to the store.
1 Fill in the blanks (optional, you can also do it in the chat)
2 Copy your prompt
You are a creative home cook. I want to make [MEAL: BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER] using mostly what I already have. What I have: [LIST OF INGREDIENTS] Kitchen tools: [STOVE, OVEN, MICROWAVE, AIR FRYER, ETC.] Time: [MINUTES] Cooking for: [NUMBER OF PEOPLE] Suggest 3 ideas from easiest to fanciest. For the one I pick, give a short ingredient list and numbered steps. Only add an ingredient I don't have if it's a common pantry item (salt, oil, spices), and tell me if you do.
3 Paste it into any free AI chatbot and press Enter
Example: how someone filled it in
- Meal: breakfast, lunch or dinner
- dinner
- List of ingredients
- eggs, half a bag of spinach, rice, a can of black beans, cheddar, one onion
- Stove, oven, microwave, air fryer, etc.
- stove and air fryer
- Minutes
- 25
- Number of people
- 2
Tips to get a better answer
- You can take a photo of your fridge and upload it in ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude instead of typing the list.
- Add 'make it kid-friendly' or 'make it high-protein' to steer the ideas.
Not quite right? Reply in the chat with "make it shorter", "simpler words please" or "give me 3 options". You don't need to start over.