AI Prompts for Cooking

Recipe serves 4, you're cooking for 12 (or 1). Paste it — get the scaled amounts done right, including the things that don't scale linearly.

Cooking something and don't know what to pour? Tell it the dish — get a wine, beer, or no-alcohol pairing that makes sense, and why.

Mid-recipe and missing something? Tell it what you're out of and what you've got — get the best substitute, the ratio, and how it'll change the result.

Mealtime is a battle and they'll only eat beige food. Tell it what they will eat — get meals that sneak in nutrition without a standoff at the table.

Want to actually get wine or coffee, not just nod along? Tell it which and your taste — get a beginner's map: what to try, what the words mean, how to find what you like.

Hosting and broke? Tell it how many people and your budget — get a menu that feeds everyone, looks generous, and doesn't blow the bank.

Tell it what you've actually got. Get real meals you can make tonight — no shopping trip, no 30-ingredient nonsense.

One cook session, a week of food you'll actually eat. Give it your taste and time — get the plan and the shopping list, done.

Fridge full of odds and ends? List them — get a real meal out of leftovers instead of throwing them out or eating sad cold rice again.

Love a recipe but it's a calorie bomb? Paste it — get a lighter version that still actually tastes good, with what changed and why.