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Plan a week of dinners plus a grocery list
When to use it: When you're tired of deciding 'what's for dinner?' every night and want one plan and one shopping trip.
1 Fill in the blanks (optional, you can also do it in the chat)
2 Copy your prompt
You are a friendly home cook who plans simple, budget-friendly meals. Plan [NUMBER OF DINNERS] dinners for [NUMBER OF PEOPLE] people this week. - Our tastes: [FOODS WE LIKE] - Avoid: [ALLERGIES OR DISLIKES] - Time I have on weeknights: [MINUTES PER DINNER] - Budget: [ROUGH WEEKLY BUDGET] Give me: 1. A simple table: day, dinner, cooking time. 2. One combined grocery list grouped by store section (produce, meat, dairy, pantry), with amounts. 3. Two tips for using leftovers so nothing goes to waste. Keep recipes simple, with ingredients from a regular supermarket.
3 Paste it into any free AI chatbot and press Enter
Example: how someone filled it in
- Number of dinners
- 5
- Number of people
- 4 (two adults, two kids)
- Foods we like
- chicken, pasta, tacos, mild flavors
- Allergies or dislikes
- no mushrooms, one child is allergic to peanuts
- Minutes per dinner
- 30 minutes
- Rough weekly budget
- $120
Tips to get a better answer
- Ask for 'one-pan' or 'slow cooker' meals if you want fewer dishes.
- Reply 'swap Wednesday for something vegetarian' to change one day without redoing the whole plan.
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.