I throw out food every week because I plan meals around recipes instead of around what I already have. I want to flip it.
Create a prompt that takes {{ingredients}} (a dumped list of what's in my fridge/pantry, often vague like 'half an onion, some rice, 3 eggs, a sad bag of spinach'), {{dietary}} ('vegetarian, no nuts'), and {{servings}}, and returns a 5-dinner plan that maximizes what I already own and minimizes new shopping.
Output must include: each night's dish with a one-line method, a clearly separated 'You'll need to buy' list (as short as possible), and a note on which dish to cook FIRST based on what spoils soonest.
Constraints for a strong answer: never assume ingredients I didn't list except basic salt/oil/water; if the list genuinely can't make 5 dinners, say so and suggest the minimum additions; keep each method to 3 steps. Link the prompt that produces the least food waste on a realistically thin pantry.