The Genie

“Invent a 30-minute weeknight dinner using the chicken and spinach in my fridge, and save it.”

Writes an original recipe around what you actually have and saves it to your library.

Genie-authored recipes are public and credited to the Genie, and land in your Saved & Favorites — copy one to make private edits. Ten creations per day.

“Come up with a sheet-pan supper my kids will eat that has no nuts.”

Invents a recipe screened against your household’s allergens and dietary profile.

Best-effort screening, not a medical guarantee — check the ingredients yourself if an allergy is serious.

“What pasta recipes do I have saved?”

Searches your own recipe library and lists what matches.

“Import this: https://smittenkitchen.com/…/gochujang-chicken/”

Sets up an import card — one tap runs the same deterministic importer the Recipe Clipper uses, then walks you through the result.

A clean import gets a one-tap save; anything uncertain (or an ingredient the kitchen doesn’t know yet) goes through the short review screen first.

“Here’s my grandma’s recipe card — can you read it in? (with photos attached)”

Reads the attached photos through the Clipper’s vision pipeline and hands you the transcription to confirm.

Photo imports always get a review pass — handwriting keeps the Genie humble. Camera scanning and multi-link batches live on the Recipe Clipper itself.

“Plan my week.”

Proposes a kitchen-aware fill for every empty dinner slot and shows it as a one-tap confirm card.

A preview, not a write. Nothing lands on your plan until you confirm it — and the same is true of the planner’s own “Plan my week” button, which runs the identical proposal.

“Put the garlic butter chicken on Thursday.”

Plans that recipe into Thursday’s dinner slot.

“Clear Tuesday’s dinner.”

Removes what’s planned in that slot.

“Plan something for Friday that uses up the spinach before it goes off.”

Checks what’s expiring, picks a recipe that uses it, and plans it.

“What menus do I have?”

Lists your household’s menus with what’s on each.

“Add the pot roast to my Sunday Supper Club menu.”

Puts that recipe onto that menu.

“Put my three fastest weeknight recipes on my Dinner menu.”

Searches your library for the quick ones and adds them to the named menu.

“Take the tacos off my Dinner menu.”

Removes that dish from the menu, leaving the recipe itself untouched.

“What’s on my Breakfast menu, and could I make any of it right now?”

Reads the menu, then checks each dish against your kitchen.

“Add chicken broth to my shopping list.”

Adds it, matched to a real food where one exists so it files under the right department.

Asking twice for the same pending item does nothing the second time, rather than making a duplicate row.

“Add 2 lbs of ground beef and a dozen eggs to the list.”

Adds both, with the quantities and units you said.

“Make that 3 lbs of beef instead.”

Updates the quantity on the row that’s already there.

“Take the milk off my list — I found some.”

Removes that item from the list.

“What’s on my shopping list right now?”

Reads the list back to you.

“I’m planning tacos Friday — what do I still need to buy?”

Compares the recipe against your kitchen and tells you the gap.

“I just got back from the store — add milk, eggs, spinach, and 2 lbs of chicken thighs.”

Adds all four to your kitchen, each with a sensible storage spot and shelf life.

Something you already have merges into the existing entry instead of creating a second row of the same food.

“Put the chicken in the freezer, not the fridge.”

Moves that item’s storage location.

“We finished the milk.”

Marks it used up — kept in your history at zero rather than deleted.

The Genie will usually offer to put it on your shopping list next.

“The spinach went bad.”

Marks it wasted, which is tracked separately from used-up so your waste numbers stay true.

“What’s in my fridge?”

Reads your kitchen back by location.

“What’s about to expire?”

Lists what’s closest to its date, soonest first.

“What can I cook right now without going to the store?”

Sorts your recipes into ready now, one swap away, and needs a trip.

“I’m out of buttermilk — what can I use instead?”

Gives substitutions from the curator-built substitution graph, not a guess.

“How long does opened sour cream actually last?”

Answers from the Food Guide and links the entry it used.

“Remove the leftover rice from my kitchen.”

Deletes that entry outright, for when it was never really there.