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Replace food delivery with a 7-day meal plan from ChatGPT

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After spending $176.46 on delivery in a week, Elton Jones had ChatGPT build a 7-day meal plan and an air fryer version.

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I'm looking for great Jamaican, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and American dishes to eat on a weekly basis. What are some great recipes you can recommend me for each one that incorporates chicken, seafood, rice, noodles, and vegetables?

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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: Replace a week of food delivery with a simple home meal plan and grocery list I can actually cook.

Questions to ask me first:
- Which cuisines and proteins do you like?
- What cooking equipment do you have (for example, only an air fryer)?
- How many people, and how much time can you cook on weeknights?

Inputs (fill in or confirm):
- Cuisines: [CUISINES]
- Ingredients I like: [INGREDIENTS]
- Equipment: [EQUIPMENT]
- Weekly food budget: [BUDGET]

Rules:
- Keep weeknight recipes to [TIME] minutes or less.
- Reuse ingredients across the week to cut waste.
- Give cook times for my equipment.
- Suggest a written recipe or video to check for any dish I haven't made before.

Checkpoint: Show me the 7 dinners first so I can swap any before you write the grocery list.

If you get stuck: If a dish doesn't work with my equipment, swap it and tell me why.

Verify before you finish: Check the grocery list covers every recipe and nothing is listed twice.

Output: A 7-day meal plan, a grocery list by store section and short prep tips.

Done when: I have a week of dinners and one shopping trip planned.

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Outcome

Tom's Guide writer Elton Jones had spent $176.46 in a single week on delivery food. Jones asked ChatGPT for Jamaican, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and American recipes built on chicken, seafood, rice, noodles and vegetables. It suggested dishes for each cuisine, then turned them into a 7-day meal plan with a grocery list. When Jones asked for a version using only an air fryer, ChatGPT adjusted the plan. Jones used the plan as a starting point, checked dishes against written recipes and video tutorials, and ended up cooking more and feeling more confident in the kitchen.

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https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-used-chatgpt-to-find-the-best-recipes-and-it-finally-fixed-my-meal-planning-problem

Context: Jones didn't rely on ChatGPT alone and checked recipes against written recipes and video tutorials. No exact savings figure is given.

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