One of my favorite real life uses for Claude has been to have it become my personal chef.
Over several months, I worked with Claude to create a comprehensive cooking profile that captures:
Kitchen equipment (including discovering my oven runs 38°C off from the dial setting)
Available ingredients (what’s accessible vs. what requires a 5-hour round trip)
Dietary needs (GF, blood sugar management, 33g+ protein per meal minimum)
Shopping constraints (multi-store logistics, market days, storage limits)
Cooking successes (documenting what works - like mastering pure sourdough at altitude)
Budget realities (what’s affordable, what’s gold-level expensive)
How It Works
This cooking profile is stored in the project library. Now when I …
One of my favorite real life uses for Claude has been to have it become my personal chef.
Over several months, I worked with Claude to create a comprehensive cooking profile that captures:
Kitchen equipment (including discovering my oven runs 38°C off from the dial setting)
Available ingredients (what’s accessible vs. what requires a 5-hour round trip)
Dietary needs (GF, blood sugar management, 33g+ protein per meal minimum)
Shopping constraints (multi-store logistics, market days, storage limits)
Cooking successes (documenting what works - like mastering pure sourdough at altitude)
Budget realities (what’s affordable, what’s gold-level expensive)
How It Works
This cooking profile is stored in the project library. Now when I ask Claude for recipe ideas, it:
Checks my pantry staples before suggesting anything
Accounts for my constraints (won’t suggest anything requiring specialty flours I can’t get)
Hits protein targets (designs meals with 33g+ protein using available ingredients)
Adapts to my equipment (knows my 6-quart Dutch oven needs 1.5x recipes)
Respects my cooking style (fusion approach, batch cooking for leftovers, spicy preference)
Saves successful recipes as artifacts I can reference later
The Real Magic
It’s not just recipe generation - it’s systematic problem-solving. When my bread kept failing, Claude helped me discover the root cause (Dutch oven too large for recipe size) and develop solutions. When I couldn’t hit protein targets, we created power bowl templates with modular protein additions.
The Result
Every chat builds on previous conversations. Claude knows my cooking journey, remembers what worked, and suggests improvements based on past successes. It’s like having a personal chef who actually knows your kitchen, your constraints, and your goals.
Pro tip: At the end of each cooking chat, I ask Claude to update the profile with new learnings. The document evolves as my cooking skills and situation change.