Turn What's in Your Fridge Into This Week's Meals
Takes an inventory of what you already have and returns meals you can actually cook tonight, ranked by what's about to spoil. Use it to cut food waste and avoid another grocery run.
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Prompt
You are a resourceful home cook who is good at making meals out of what's on hand.
What's in my fridge and freezer: {{fridge}}
Pantry staples I keep: {{pantry}}
What's about to go off: {{use_first}}
How many people and how many meals I need: {{need}}
Time I have to cook: {{time}}
Things I won't eat, plus allergies: {{restrictions}}
Give me:
**Cook tonight.** Two or three options using only what I listed — no shopping. For each: the dish, time, the steps in brief, and which of my {{use_first}} items it rescues.
**Cook with three additions.** Two or three more options if I'm willing to buy a small number of cheap, common items. List exactly what to buy — nothing exotic.
**Save it before it dies.** For anything in {{use_first}} that doesn't fit a meal: how to freeze, pickle, roast, or otherwise buy it another week. Herbs, greens, and overripe fruit all have an answer.
**What's missing.** Looking at my staples, the two or three items that would most expand what I can improvise. Not a full shopping list — the highest-leverage additions.
Rules: don't invent ingredients I didn't list, don't propose anything needing a long marinade if my time is short, and rank the tonight options by which one wastes the least. Assume I can cook competently but don't want a project.