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Draw recipes from what's left in the fridge

Julie, in Lille, opens the fridge around 6:00 and lists what's left. ChatGPT offers him several recipes, adapted to the time and number of people, without redoing the races.

The result to aim for

1. 5 recipes: title, 6 steps, time.

What was done

Blog Mom Plume (July 11, 2026). Most common use: evening ingredients, precision (time, Air Fryer, people). Distinct from Cymerman (Refrigerator photo, other URL) and from Illies (TF1, other URL). School duties and messages: off-line, 1 gesture / person. No address is published.

Before you start

Tool cited by the source: ChatGPT. Gather the information the prompt asks for. Strip confidential data that is not needed and check your tool’s access terms. Features and plans can change.

The method, in three steps.

  1. Gather the context

    Gather the information described in the prompt.

  2. Adapt the prompt

    Copy the prompt below, replace the bracketed items, then paste it into ChatGPT.

  3. Reread before using

    Reread the result, correct it if needed and keep the final decision. Caveats are detailed below.

Your starting point.

Replace the bracketed items, then adapt the proposal to your situation. This prompt is written by the iadujour desk It is not a quotation from the source.

The prompt to customise
It's 6:00 p.m., opening the fridge: several recipes depending on the time and number of people, without shopping.

Background:
- Stay.
- People:
- Cooking:
- Without:
- Base:

Deliverable:
1. 5 recipes: title, 6 steps, time.
2. Table: flat / missing ingredients / cooking.
3. 1 "20 minutes" and 1 "if I have 40 minutes left".

Rules:
- Do not invent any off-list products.
- If an ingredient is missing, say so.
- I'm cooking tonight, not in three days.

What deserves your attention

A recipe generated is not a guarantee. Cut allergens and cooking, and do not paste personal data.
Origin of the case. Use described publicly by Maman Plume — Julie, Lille (11 May 2026).
Proof level: Testimony published by an identified source. Source checked on 11 November 2026. Use described by the source, not tested by the desk. Original summary written by iadujour.fr: figures and claims are the source’s; the prompt is a desk proposal, not a quotation.
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