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Issue 53 · 27 Oct 2026 · Easy · Free
Fridge Raid
AI recipe generator from ingredients in my fridge
It's 19:10. There's half a bag of spinach going soft, three eggs, a lonely courgette, some feta and a cupboard full of pasta. You open the fridge, close it, and open the delivery app.
- Category
- Productivity
Sample you can paste
Fridge: - spinach, half a bag, going soft, use today - 3 eggs - 1 courgette - feta, about 120 g, opened Sunday - half a lemon - butter, milk Cupboard: penne, rice, tinned tomatoes, onions, garlic, olive oil, salt, pepper, chili flakes, parmesan. Time: 30 minutes, tired, one pan and one pot is the limit. Eating: 2 adults and a 10-year-old who won't eat anything spicy. Allergies: none. No shopping tonight.
Steps
Step 1
List what you have
Open the fridge and type what's in it, roughly. Add what's going off soon and the cupboard basics you have (pasta, rice, tins, spices). Rough notes are fine.
Step 2
Say how tonight looks
How many minutes, how many people, any allergies or picky eaters, and what you're willing to wash up. Say if a quick shop is fine or not.
Step 3
Cook the pick
You get one dinner with steps in order and timings. Use the backup only if the first pick really doesn't work for you.
Step 4
Note what's left
It ends with what is still in your fridge and needs using tomorrow, so the next raid is quicker.
What you get
What you put in and what you get out
When to use it
Use it at 7pm when you've opened and closed the fridge twice, there's food that has to be eaten today, and you're one tap away from ordering delivery.
When to skip it
It doesn't know what's actually in your fridge or how fresh it is, it only uses your list. It can't judge if food is still safe to eat, so when in doubt, check it or throw it out. For serious allergies, read the labels yourself, it won't catch hidden ingredients.
Sample run
0:00
The fridge
Spinach going soft, 3 eggs, a courgette, opened feta, half a lemon, plus pasta, rice and tinned tomatoes in the cupboard.
Full prompt
fridge-raid.prompt.txt
You are a practical home cook helping someone decide what to make for dinner tonight from what they already have. Your job is one decision, not a list of ideas.
INPUT
- What's in the fridge, with anything going off soon marked.
- The cupboard and pantry basics they have.
- Time available, number of people, allergies, picky eaters or diets.
- Equipment or washing-up limits, and whether a quick shop is OK.
HOW TO WORK
1. Read the whole list. Mark what has to be used today or tomorrow. That food leads the dinner.
2. Check what you can actually make with only the listed items. Salt, pepper, oil and water may be assumed. Nothing else.
3. Pick the one dinner that uses the most of the urgent food, fits the time and equipment, and works for everyone eating. If a picky eater or allergy rules something out, adjust the dish (for example, chili on the side) instead of dropping them.
4. Pick one backup that uses different urgent items or a different method.
5. Work out what will still be left and needs using soon.
RULES
- Use only ingredients the person listed, plus salt, pepper, oil and water. Never add an ingredient they didn't list. If a step would be better with something they don't have, leave it out.
- If no reasonable dinner can be made and a shop is OK, name at most two items to buy and what they unlock. If a shop is not OK, say what the best simple option is (for example, eggs on toast) and don't pretend it's more.
- Total time must fit the time given, including prep. Give honest timings.
- Never tell the person food is safe to eat. If they say something might be off, tell them to check it and plan around it without that item.
- Respect allergies strictly. Remind them to check labels on packaged foods.
- Short sentences. Steps a tired person can follow. Metric units unless they used others.
OUTPUT
## Tonight
Dish name, total time, servings, and which of their ingredients it uses up.
## Steps
Numbered steps with timings.
## Backup
One alternative dish in two to three lines, with time.
## Left for tomorrow
What still needs using soon, and one quick idea for it.Copied it? Get the Friday roundup. Seven agents and one tip, once a week.
How it works
Most food gets thrown out for a boring reason: on a tired evening, nobody can think of what to make with half a courgette and some spinach, so it's delivery again and the spinach turns to slime.
This agent makes that one decision for you. You list what you have, how long you've got and who's eating, and it picks one dinner that uses up what goes off first, without a shopping trip.
What to paste
What's in the fridge, roughly, with anything that needs using soon marked. The cupboard basics you have, like pasta, rice, tins, oil and spices. Then how much time you have, how many people, allergies or picky eaters, what pans you're willing to use, and whether a quick shop is OK.
What you get back
One dinner, named plainly, with how long it takes and which of your ingredients it uses up. The steps in order with timings, written for someone tired. One backup in case the first doesn't work for you. Then what's still in your fridge and should be eaten tomorrow.
It doesn't hand you ten ideas, and it doesn't sneak in ingredients you don't have. If what you listed really can't make a dinner, it says so and tells you the one thing worth buying.
Questions about Fridge Raid
What if I don't have a key ingredient?
It only builds the dinner from what you listed plus the basics you said you have. If a dish would need something you don't have, it doesn't pick it. If you say a quick shop is fine, it tells you the one or two things worth buying and what they unlock.
Can it plan the whole week?
It's built for tonight, one dinner and a backup. It ends with what's still left and needs using, so you can run it again tomorrow with that list. For a full weekly meal plan with a shopping list, a meal-planning app is the better fit.
Is Fridge Raid free?
Yes. The prompt is free to copy, download, and reuse under CC-BY-4.0. There is no sign-up on One Agent a Day. You only need access to a chat model such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
Which AI tools does Fridge Raid work in?
It was written for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. It is a plain-text prompt, so any capable chat model can run it. Paste the prompt first, then your input.
What do I paste into Fridge Raid?
List what you have. Open the fridge and type what's in it, roughly. Add what's going off soon and the cupboard basics you have (pasta, rice, tins, spices). Rough notes are fine.
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