u/theChiggaMan

Being upfront: this is a builder post — I made the app I'm about to describe. I've seen other app threads here, so I hope one more is welcome. (Mods: if this crosses a line, I'll take it down, no hard feelings.)

I posted here a few days ago asking how you all deal with figuring out what to cook — thank you to everyone who answered, it genuinely helped. It also confirmed I'm not the only one. So, full honesty: that struggle is why I've spent the last months building an app for it.

I bought a Thermomix years ago and I pretty much use it to make Rice and steam veggies. I tried Cookidoo, but the sheer amount of recipes overwhelms me — figuring out what to actually cook, and whether I even have the ingredients, is exactly the mental load I wanted the machine to remove. I have trouble getting myself to plan the whole week. It would help, but I'm tired of fighting my nature.

So I built an app for that problem. The idea is an AI cooking assistant that gets to know you — what you like, what you don't like — and figures out what to cook with you. Tell her what ingredients you have or what you're in the mood for, and she suggests or builds a Thermomix recipe and walks you through it. Her whole job is taking care of the "what do I cook tonight" problem.

I'm one person building this, trying to make a living for my family, and I'm scared to post this. It's an early beta — I'm afraid of what people will think, there are bugs, some flows are rough, the recipe library is still small. Which is exactly why I need real people (not just my mom) to try it.

I'm looking for 5 people who struggle with figuring out what to cook:

• Try it free for a week (TestFlight, iPhone — I'll set you up personally).
• Cook at least one meal with it.
• Tell me honestly what you like, what doesn't work, and whether you'd ever pay for something like this.

I need to know if I'm onto something or if I should stop wasting my time.

Comment or DM if you're up for it.

Thank you! 🙏

At some point in the week I run out of food in the fridge. I'm tired, stressed and don't want to cook. Does anyone else have this problem? How do you deal with it?

I thought the Thermomix would rescue me but I find that I'm not using it to it's potential. I find the Cookidoo not that useful for me because I find it hard to choose recipes, and I usually don't have the ingredients i need for the recipe.

Please share with me how you deal with managing food in the house.

Any tips and advice would be appreciated!