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Make a healthy, spicy dinner from whatever's in the fridge with Grok

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by @MistyTripoli
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Evidence: Described by posterThe person describes what happened in words, without screenshots or video.

Outcome

Two sisters cooking together open the fridge, give Grok the ingredients and ask it to make the meal healthy, savoury and spicy, using as many vegetables, herbs and seasonings as possible. The poster shared the result, a spaghetti squash with spicy veggie-packed beef sauce and a two-ingredient pineapple coconut sorbet, and says the dinner delivered.

Agent

Grok

Prompt Original prompt

Exact prompt as published in the source.

Make this healthy. Make it SAVORY. Give it a little kick. Use as many vegetables, herbs and seasonings as possible. And make it actually taste freaking good.
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Our rewrite with extra checks. The poster didn't test it.

Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Create a healthy, flavourful dinner and dessert from the ingredients I list.

Fill in before running:
- Ingredients in my fridge and pantry: [LIST]
- Number of people: [NUMBER]
- Heat level and dietary needs: [DETAILS]

Rules:
- Use as many vegetables, herbs and spices from my list as makes sense.
- Keep processed foods and refined carbs low.
- Give quantities, steps and total time.
- Suggest a very simple dessert from what I have.
- If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me.
- Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- Adjust the heat for anyone who doesn't like spicy food and say which step to change.

Output: A full main-course recipe and a simple dessert recipe.

You'll know it worked when: we cook both dishes using only what's on hand.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Source

https://x.com/MistyTripoli/status/2104402035680452656

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