Plan a week of shellfish-free, macro-friendly meals with overlapping ingredients using Grok
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A poster asked Grok 4 for a week of meals for someone allergic to shellfish, hitting fitness macros, with 30 minutes max to cook and overlapping ingredients. The poster says that within 10 minutes they had 5 breakfasts, lunches and dinners with portions, one grocery list and a Sunday prep schedule, and after week one reports about 30% less grocery spending and 5+ hours saved, with less produce going to waste.
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Create a week of meals for someone who: -Is allergic to shellfish -Wants to hit fitness macros -Has 30 minutes max to cook -Needs overlapping ingredients
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Create a week of meals within my limits, using overlapping ingredients to cut waste. Fill in before running: - Allergies and foods to avoid: [LIST] - Nutrition goals: [MACROS/CALORIES] - Max cooking time: [MINUTES] - Number of meals per day: [NUMBER] Rules: - Never include anything I'm allergic to; flag ingredients that often contain it. - Reuse ingredients across meals to reduce waste. - Give portions, one combined grocery list and a prep schedule. - Note approximate macros per meal. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Check packaged ingredients for allergen warnings yourself. Output: A weekly plan with recipes, grocery list and prep schedule. You'll know it worked when: I cook the full week from one shop with little wasted food. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Create a week of meals within my limits, using overlapping ingredients to cut waste. Fill in before running: - Allergies and foods to avoid: [LIST] - Nutrition goals: [MACROS/CALORIES] - Max cooking time: [MINUTES] - Number of meals per day: [NUMBER] Rules: - Never include anything I'm allergic to; flag ingredients that often contain it. - Reuse ingredients across meals to reduce waste. - Give portions, one combined grocery list and a prep schedule. - Note approximate macros per meal. - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Check packaged ingredients for allergen warnings yourself. Output: A weekly plan with recipes, grocery list and prep schedule. You'll know it worked when: I cook the full week from one shop with little wasted food. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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