Who this is for
Anyone tired of the nightly dinner decision who wants a week's meals planned and the shopping list to match.
The moment this saves you
Every evening at 6pm I have the same draining what-do-we-eat conversation, end up ordering takeout for the third time that week, and feel bad about the money and the food.
See it work
Messy spoken thought in. A clean, structured artifact out.
Planning meals for the week. Monday let's do the chicken stir fry, that's quick. Tuesday I want to try that pasta thing with the sausage and broccoli. Wednesday is busy so something easy, maybe tacos. Thursday leftovers probably. Friday is pizza night, we'll order. Weekend I want to do a roast on Sunday, a chicken, and Saturday just whatever. So I need to make sure we have chicken for two of those, the sausage, broccoli, pasta, taco stuff, and the veg for the roast. We already have rice and the taco shells I think.
Meal plan, week of June 5, 2026
- Mon: Chicken stir fry (quick)
- Tue: Pasta with sausage and broccoli
- Wed: Tacos (easy, busy day)
- Thu: Leftovers
- Fri: Pizza (order in)
- Sat: Whatever
- Sun: Roast chicken
Grocery list
- Chicken (x2 meals)
- Sausage, broccoli, pasta
- Taco fixings (have shells)
- Veg for the roast
Already have: rice, taco shells.
The workflow
Record a voice note
Hit the hotkey and talk, no formatting, no typing.
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The prompt behind this context
I'm going to talk through the week's meals. Turn it into a dated meal plan: a bold "Meal plan, week of [date]" heading, then a bold day label per day (Mon-Sun) with the meal I named and any note in parentheses. Then a bold **Grocery list** of the ingredients those meals need, and an italic "Already have:" line for anything I say is in stock. Keep my meals exactly. Don't invent meals or ingredients I didn't mention. Output only the plan.
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