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14 points by brody_hamer ↗ HN
TLDR; I applied the concept of "don't make me think" to the task of selecting meals, and assembling the shopping list for your grocery run.

The basic idea for what I wanted is very simple: Rather than making a shopping list, I wanted to create a re-usable 'meal', with a list of ingredients I'd need to add to my shopping list to make that meal. Then, after selecting meals for the week I'd have a quick 'check' step, where I'm prompted to check the cupboard for each ingredient, before it's added to the shopping list (ie: I'll need ground beef to make tacos, but I already HAVE ground beef in the freezer).

I originally built this out just for myself, but the result has been such a helpful and stress-free experience that I thought others might appreciate it as well.

I think this tool could be well-suited for younger folks that are new to the labour of meal-planning. College students, newlyweds, and families with young children.

You can try it out without needing to register or provide any personal information, and I'd love your feedback!

https://supperstock.ca/

7 comments

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Revolt3590
I (finally!) created an account here just to comment how cool this is!
brody_hamer
Wow thanks!

I'd love to hear more about your experience. Definitely let me know if/when you use the site to prepare your next meal.

nbbaier
This is really cool! Would be nice if there was some link to the recipe that the shopping list is based on?
brody_hamer
Good call. I've added a link to the recipe.
nbbaier
Where are you fetching the recipes from?
brody_hamer
Some of the starter recipes are from my own stock, and a couple of them were provided by chat GPT. (You can probably tell that some of them are not great looking recipes)

Ideally, I’d like to have a roster of a couple hundred quality meals, and then work on a bit of a recommendation engine. (Ex: here’s a suggested meal plan, based on your preferences)

But the site really hits its stride when it’s working with your recipes.. so I’d like to make the process of adding your own meals to the site as painless as possible as well. The current plan is something like “upload a photo” or “upload a screenshot” (because importing from a url turns out to be a web-app-firewall debacle.)