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A Hacker News user finds Claude handy when cooking something new: asking how to cook a dish from scratch, finding swaps when they've forgotten an ingredient, and spotting problems in recipes, such as when it rightly suggested more sugar in a sorbet so it wouldn't freeze too icy.
I'm about to make [DISH] using this recipe: [PASTE RECIPE]. I've never made it before. Check it for anything likely to go wrong (ratios, timings, temperatures), explain why, and suggest fixes. I've also run out of [INGREDIENT]. What could I use instead from [WHAT YOU HAVE]?
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- Paste the full recipe into Claude before you start, not halfway through.
- Ask it to flag anything that looks off and to explain the reason behind each fix.
- Ask for swaps for anything you’re missing, and note what worked for next time.
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Plan a family’s weekly meals under £100 with Grok
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Create a meal plan for a whole week for [FAMILY: E.G. TWO ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN]. Budget under [BUDGET]. Include breakfast, lunch and dinner, recipes that take no longer than [MINUTES] minutes, and a shopping list with estimated prices at [SUPERMARKET].
Hand Grok the menu plan and shopping list when you’re too tired to think
Back from a big trip with eight children and no brain space left for meal planning and shopping, one mum asked Grok to give her a hand with both.
We've just got back from a trip and I'm exhausted. Plan [NUMBER] days of simple family dinners (and breakfasts and lunches if you can) for [NUMBER] people, including [AGES OF CHILDREN]. We already have [WHAT'S IN THE CUPBOARD]. Keep prep under [MINUTES] minutes, avoid [DISLIKES OR ALLERGIES], and finish with one combined shopping list grouped by supermarket aisle.
Get a personal audio briefing on a wine-pairing menu with ChatGPT and NotebookLM
Before a French wine-pairing dinner, one diner uploaded the menu to ChatGPT and asked it to explain each wine and why it went with each course. He then put that research into NotebookLM and listened to its audio overview on the way, arriving knowing what to look for in each glass and why each pairing worked.
Here is the menu for a wine-pairing dinner I'm going to: [PASTE OR UPLOAD MENU]. For each course, explain the wine (grape, region and style), what to notice when tasting it, and why it was chosen to go with that dish. Add a little background on the regions, and finish with a short overview of how the meal progresses. Keep it friendly and jargon-free.
Reference: Hacker News