Choose dinner from a fridge photo and household rules
At a glance
A household uses a Claude Project to turn fridge photos into three practical dinner choices. This workflow is listed under Meal Planning, Family, Life Admin.
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- Claude Projects
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What they did
1) Create a Claude Project and put a one-page household note in its instructions: family preferences, disliked ingredients, familiar dishes, available seasonings, cooking-time limit, and dinner time. 2) Upload a fridge photo. Ask for an inventory readout first; correct misidentified items and supply actual use-by dates. 3) Give today's cooking energy and the last three dinners. Request three options, each with ingredients used, additional purchases, and short cooking steps. 4) Let the cook choose or reject all three. Record the chosen option in the same conversation so later suggestions can avoid repeats. 5) Record why suggestions failed, update one rule weekly, and periodically remove constraints that make every menu identical.
How it went
The author counted 17 adopted suggestions out of 21 after rewriting the household note.
Worth knowing
The model mistook miso for chocolate cream. A photo does not establish an ingredient's expiry date.
