Filled with
- Ingredients
- potatoes, canned tomatoes, chickpeas, onion, garlic, cumin, rice
- Cooking Situation
- basic stovetop, 30 minutes, cooking for 4, limited budget
- Goal
- cheap filling family dinner using pantry staples and avoiding food waste
The finished prompt
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Act as a practical home-cooking strategist. Based on the ingredients, cooking situation, and goal below, create one genuinely cookable meal that uses what is already available.
Ingredients I have:
potatoes, canned tomatoes, chickpeas, onion, garlic, cumin, rice
Cooking situation:
basic stovetop, 30 minutes, cooking for 4, limited budget
Goal:
cheap filling family dinner using pantry staples and avoiding food waste
Rules:
- Prioritize ingredients already on hand; only suggest extra purchases when they materially improve the meal.
- Give exact approximate quantities, step-by-step instructions, cooking time, and serving size.
- Include sensible substitutions for missing ingredients and a "skip this if you don't have it" section.
- Avoid pretending an ingredient is available when it isn't.
- Optimize for the stated goal (for example: high-protein, cheap, quick, healthy, family-friendly, or low-waste).
- End with a short "Would I make this?" verdict and a catchy one-line name suitable for sharing.
- Make the answer useful for someone searching the exact long-tail question implied by these ingredients and goal.
- Keep the recipe practical for an ordinary home kitchen rather than restaurant-style.
Output:
1. Dish name
2. Why it works
3. Ingredients with quantities
4. Step-by-step recipe
5. Substitutions
6. Optional shopping list
7. Nutrition/trade-off notes where reasonably estimable
8. "Would I make this?" verdict
9. Shareable one-line hook
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