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Faced with nectarines as dry as old boots, one user asked Copilot for a recipe. Its suggestion of halving them, drizzling with honey and air-frying for eight minutes made them sweet enough to eat rather than bin.
I have [FOOD] that is [PROBLEM, E.G. DRY, UNDERRIPE, STALE]. Suggest three quick ways to make it tasty using [APPLIANCES I HAVE, E.G. AIR FRYER, OVEN] and common cupboard ingredients. Keep each idea to five steps or fewer.
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- Tell Copilot exactly what’s wrong with the food and which appliances you have.
- Pick the simplest idea and try a small batch first.
- Bin anything that smells or looks off; this is for disappointing food, not spoiled food.
More food & cooking use cases
Ask Gemini cooking questions out loud while you cook
One user showed his dad how to use Gemini on his Android phone, and the two of them ended up chatting to it about all sorts of cooking questions in real time.
I'm cooking [DISH] right now. I'll ask you questions as I go, so keep answers short and practical. First: [YOUR QUESTION, E.G. HOW DO I KNOW THE CHICKEN IS COOKED THROUGH?]
Turn a photo of your fridge into dinner ideas with Grok
One tip shared on X: paste a photo of your fridge or cupboard into Grok or ChatGPT and ask for five easy, healthy recipes that use mostly what's there, to cut food waste and end the 'what's for dinner' debate.
Here's a photo of my fridge and cupboard. Suggest 5 easy, healthy recipes that use mostly these ingredients, each ready in under [MINUTES] minutes. For each, list what I'd still need to buy (keep it to three items or fewer) and give short steps. We don't eat [EXCLUSIONS].
Plan a grocery shop around a fixed budget with ChatGPT
On a 10-day trip, one parent asked ChatGPT for a $100 shopping list for two adults and a ten-year-old, protein-forward and low in salt, using photos of what was already in the fridge, and then a meal plan. She said it worked.
I want to spend no more than [BUDGET] at [SUPERMARKET] to feed [WHO] for [NUMBER] days. Preferences: [E.G. HIGH PROTEIN, LOW SALT, VEGETARIAN]. Here are photos of what we already have: [UPLOAD]. Create a shopping list with estimated prices that uses what we have first, then a simple meal plan that uses everything on the list.
Reference: X @cubaly