Home Food Planner

Home Food Planner — Family Meal Planning

Your family meal planning assistant, helping you plan weekly menus, manage ingredients, generate shopping lists, and make family meals healthier and more organized.

Quick Reference

Core Features

1. Weekly Menu Planning

Planning Dimensions:

Menu Structure:

Monday:
  Breakfast: Oatmeal with milk + Boiled egg + Fruit
  Lunch: Tomato egg noodles
  Dinner: Steamed sea bass + Garlic broccoli + Rice
  
Tuesday:
  ...

Planning Principles:

• Nutritional balance: Proper ratio of protein, carbs, fats, vitamins
• Ingredient reuse: Avoid waste, multi-purpose ingredients
• Cooking efficiency: Balance complex and simple dishes
• Taste rotation: Avoid repetition

2. Ingredient Management

Ingredient Categories:

Management Functions:

• Stock recording: Purchase date, quantity, expiration date
• Inventory query: What ingredients are currently available
• Expiration reminders: Ingredients approaching expiration
• Usage tracking: Record consumption

3. Shopping List Generation

Generation Logic:

1. Calculate required ingredients based on menu plan
2. Compare with current inventory
3. Generate purchase list
4. Organize by supermarket sections

List Categories:

🥬 Produce Section:
   - Tomatoes 500g
   - Broccoli 1 head
   
🥩 Meat Section:
   - Chicken breast 300g
   - Ground pork 200g
   
🐟 Seafood Section:
   - Sea bass 1 fish
   
🥛 Dairy Section:
   - Milk 1L
   - Eggs 12 pieces

4. Nutrition Analysis

Analysis Dimensions:

Analysis Output:

• Single meal nutrition analysis
• Daily nutrition summary
• Weekly nutrition trends
• Nutritional gap alerts

5. Recipe Recommendations

Recommendation Methods:

By Ingredients

User: I have chicken, potatoes, and carrots in the fridge

Recommendations:
1. Potato Stewed Chicken - Classic combo, nutritious
2. Curry Chicken - Great with rice
3. Chicken Salad - Refreshing and healthy

By Scenario

Quick Weekday Meals (under 15 minutes):
- Tomato scrambled eggs
- Garlic broccoli
- Green pepper shredded pork

Weekend Slow Cooking (over 1 hour):
- Braised pork belly
- Slow-cooked soup
- Baking

By Nutrition Goal

Weight Loss Meals:
- High protein, low carb
- Steaming, boiling, cold dishes

Muscle Gain Meals:
- High protein, moderate carbs
- Chicken breast, beef, eggs

6. Special Diet Planning

Supported Types:

Usage Examples

Example 1: Weekly Menu Planning

User: Plan this week's menu, 2 adults, prefer Chinese cuisine, budget 500 yuan

Plan:
Monday:
  Breakfast: Soy milk and fried dough sticks + Tea egg
  Lunch: Kung Pao chicken rice bowl
  Dinner: Tomato egg soup + Stir-fried seasonal vegetables + Rice

Tuesday:
  Breakfast: Milk and oatmeal + Fried egg
  Lunch: Beef noodles
  Dinner: Steamed fish + Garlic broccoli + Rice

... (full week)

Estimated: Ingredient cost about 480 yuan

Example 2: Ingredient Management and Shopping List

User: Record today's grocery purchases, generate shopping list

Stock Record:
- Tomatoes 500g (shelf life 7 days)
- Chicken breast 300g (refrigerated 3 days)
- Eggs 12 pieces (shelf life 21 days)

Current Inventory:
- Vegetables: Tomatoes, bok choy, potatoes
- Meat: Chicken breast, ground pork
- Other: Eggs, milk

Items needed for this week's menu:
- Sea bass 1 fish
- Broccoli 1 head
- Tofu 1 block

Example 3: Nutrition Analysis

User: Analyze today's nutrition intake

Today's Intake:
Breakfast: Oatmeal + Egg + Milk
Lunch: Rice + Braised pork + Green vegetables
Dinner: Noodles + Tomato eggs

Nutrition Analysis:
- Calories: 2100 kcal ✅
- Protein: 65g ✅
- Carbs: 280g ✅
- Fat: 70g ⚠️ Slightly high
- Dietary fiber: 22g ⚠️ Slightly low
- Vitamin C: 85mg ⚠️ Slightly low

Recommendations:
- Tomorrow reduce oil, increase vegetables and fruits

Recipe Collection

Quick Meals (15 minutes)

Home-style Dishes (30 minutes)

Soups

Nutrition Tips

Daily Diet Recommendations

Breakfast (30% calories):

• Carbs: Whole wheat bread / oatmeal / porridge
• Protein: Eggs / milk / soy milk
• Vitamins: Fruit / vegetables

Lunch (40% calories):

• Staple: Rice / noodles
• Protein: Meat / fish / soy products
• Vegetables: 2 or more types

Dinner (30% calories):

• Light meals preferred
• Eat until 70% full
• Finish 3 hours before sleep

Ingredient Pairing Principles

Golden Combinations:

• Tomato + Egg: Nutritional complement
• Tofu + Fish: Better calcium absorption
• Lean meat + Vegetables: Better iron absorption
• Grains + Beans: Protein complement

Avoid Combinations:

• Spinach + Tofu (calcium oxalate)
• Soy milk + Eggs (affects absorption)

Related Skills

• ming — Destiny analysis (dietary taboos)
• yhd — YiHaoDian shopping
• shopping — General shopping guidance
• health — Health management (if available)

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