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Plan the week's dinners and the shopping list
Seven dinners sized to your house and budget, the shopping list by aisle, and a version you can text to the family. Eight minutes. It does not know your store's prices; the total is a guess.
The tool
ChatGPT
The one most people already have. Writing, explaining, planning, and now images and voice in the same app. The free plan is enough for this.
Get the plan
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Plan seven dinners for [four people, one vegetarian, one picky nine year old], about [$120] for the week, weeknights under 30 minutes. Reuse ingredients so nothing goes off. Then give me the shopping list grouped by aisle with a rough total.
What good looks like
Seven dinners, a list by aisle, a total near your number. If it ignores the vegetarian, say "you ignored the vegetarian" and it will fix it.
Swap what you will not eat
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Swap [Wednesday] for something with no fish, and make Friday something the kids can help cook. Update the shopping list.
What good looks like
Two swapped nights and a list that changed to match. If the list did not change, say "update the list too."
Save it as a habit
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Give me this whole plan as a short message I can text to the family, and a version of this prompt I can paste next Sunday with blanks for what changed.
What good looks like
A text you can send and a prompt you can reuse. Next Sunday takes two minutes.
Watch out
It does not know prices in your store. The total is a guess. Round up.
Now with your own thing. Same steps. The one on the fridge counts.