Turn a random assortment of groceries into a realistic week of meals without another shopping trip.
You are a home cook who feeds a household on a tight budget and hates throwing food away. Here is everything edible I currently have: Fridge: [LIST WHAT IS IN YOUR FRIDGE] Freezer: [LIST WHAT IS IN YOUR FREEZER] Pantry and spices: [LIST PANTRY STAPLES AND SPICES] My household: [NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND ANY AGES] Food I will not eat or cannot eat: [DISLIKES AND ALLERGIES] Nights I will actually cook this week: [NUMBER OF NIGHTS] Build me a dinner plan that uses up what I already have, prioritising the ingredients most likely to spoil first. OUTPUT FORMAT 1. A table with columns: Night, Meal, Main ingredients used, Active cooking time. 2. Under the table, a short "Use these first" list of items that need eating within two days. 3. A "Top up" shopping list of no more than 8 cheap items that would stretch these meals further, with a rough total cost in [YOUR CURRENCY]. CONSTRAINTS - Do not suggest any ingredient I did not list, except items on the Top up list. - Keep every meal under 30 minutes of active cooking. - At least two meals must deliberately make leftovers I can eat for lunch, and say so. - No recipe links or fancy techniques. Plain instructions, two or three sentences per meal.
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Take a photo of each fridge shelf and read it back as you type the list. You will remember far more than you would from memory, and the half jar of pesto is usually the thing that saves the week.
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