More often than not, I found myself thinking about what exactly to cook for more time than I should, so I came up with this “Culinary Roulette.” The tool serves up a week’s worth of meal themes. From “Meatless Mondays” to “Fish Fridays”, each theme sparks inspiration for dishes that might have been off my radar. Not feeling a particular theme? A swift click on the refresh icon (↻) next to each theme shuffles it for an alternative.
- Minty-Monday
Refresh your meals with the cool touch of mint in salads, drinks, and desserts.
- Tricolore-Tuesday
Craft dishes using the colors of the Italian flag: green, white, and red.
- Wasabi-Wednesday
Infuse your dishes with the spicy and tangy flavor of wasabi.
- Thermal-Thursday
Use slow-cookers, pressure cookers, or sous-vide techniques for deeply flavorful dishes.
- Fruity-Friday
Serve dishes and drinks that celebrate the diversity of fruits in color and flavor.
- Sweet-Potato-Saturday
Highlight the versatility of sweet potatoes in fries, soups, pies, and more.
- Saffron-Sunday
Infuse dishes with the luxurious and aromatic flavor of saffron.
I developed the Culinary Roulette to speed up my meal-planning and let spontaneity lead my kitchen endeavors. The themes were generated using ChatGPT4, using the following prompt:
I am trying to make meal planning easier by making “Theme-days” such as Meatless-Monday, Tofu-Thursday or Fish-Friday. Please give me 30 different suggestions with the word [day of the week]. Please make several of these themes healthy and vegan. Please add a one sentence description to each them.
I further intend to use ChatGPT to narrow down the actual recipe even more using for example the following prompt:
Give me three recipe ideas for the following prompt. Briefly describe the recipes in one sentence each. Please focus on healthy meals that can be made at home in a reasonable timeframe. Consider that I am allergic to dairy and eggs: [Theme]
I don’t trust ChatGPT with actual recipes, so from that point on I’ll then either improvise or look up an actual recipe. Here’s a quick example of what I’ve now planned for the rest of the week.