Plan a week of meals around what's in my pantry
Generate a 7-day meal plan that uses ingredients you already have, respects family dietary restrictions, and minimises grocery spend.
The Prompt
Plan my week of meals around what's in my pantry. Use ingredients I already have where possible, respect everyone's dietary restrictions, and only add things to the shopping list if we genuinely need them.
What it does
Surprise Chef reads your pantry, family profiles, and food history, then asks Claude/ChatGPT to draft a week of meals biased toward what's in stock. The plan is saved to your dashboard automatically and the leftover ingredients go on a fresh shopping list.
Tools it uses
Behind the scenes, your AI calls these Surprise Chef MCP tools:
What you get back
A 7-day plan with breakfast/lunch/dinner per day, every meal annotated with which pantry items it uses and which it needs, plus a shopping list of the gaps. The plan appears in your dashboard immediately.
Variations
Plan a vegetarian week of meals around what's in my pantry — no meat or fish, but eggs and dairy are fine.
Plan a week of meals around what's in my pantry, target $80 total at Coles for anything we need to buy.
More prompts
Build a shopping list grouped by supermarket aisle
What can I cook tonight with what I already have?
Check a recipe against my family's dietary restrictions
Create a new recipe with any AI (no connection needed)
Your AI kitchen brain
Connect Surprise Chef to your existing AI in under two minutes. Free, no per-token cost, works inside Claude / ChatGPT / any MCP client.
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