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Get excited about dried beans and a fridge salad with Claude

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Simon Willison used Claude to ID market dried beans and cook a long-keeping fridge salad the next day.

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Identify these dried beans from the photo. Get me excited about cooking with them. If I bought two varieties, what could I make? I am interested in bean salads that last a long time in the fridge—give me options I can cook tomorrow.

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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish.

Goal: Identify dried beans and propose long-keeping salad recipes I will actually cook.

Questions to ask me first:
- Which beans did I buy or am I considering?
- Any diet limits?
- How many days should leftovers keep?

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Photo: [UPLOAD]
- Varieties: [TWO]
- Diet: [NOTES]
- Leftover window: [DAYS]

Rules:
- Do not invent beans not in the photo.
- Prefer make-ahead salads.
- Include practical soak/cook steps.

Checkpoint: Confirm bean IDs before recipes.

If you get stuck: If unsure between similar beans, give top guesses with confidence.

Verify before you finish: Recipes match the identified varieties.

Output: Bean IDs plus 2–3 fridge-friendly salad options with steps.

Done when: I can shop two varieties and cook a salad the next day.

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Outcome

At a farmers market, Simon Willison photographed a dried-bean stall, asked Claude to identify the beans and “get me excited” about cooking two varieties, then steered into lemony mixed-bean salads that keep in the fridge. After follow-ups the next day, Willison cooked the resulting salad recipe and “thoroughly enjoyed” the fridge salad the next day—part of a streak of Claude/ChatGPT scratch recipes without a notable miss.

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by Simon Willison
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https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/23/cooking-with-claude/

Context: Same Cooking with Claude post as the dual Green Chef timer.

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