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Plan a week of shellfish-free, macro-friendly meals with overlapping ingredients using Grok

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by Casey Whalen (LinkedIn)
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Outcome

A poster asked Grok 4 for a week of meals for someone allergic to shellfish, hitting fitness macros, with 30 minutes max to cook and overlapping ingredients. The poster says that within 10 minutes they had 5 breakfasts, lunches and dinners with portions, one grocery list and a Sunday prep schedule, and after week one reports about 30% less grocery spending and 5+ hours saved, with less produce going to waste.

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Grok

Prompt Original prompt

Exact prompt as published in the source.

Create a week of meals for someone who: -Is allergic to shellfish -Wants to hit fitness macros -Has 30 minutes max to cook -Needs overlapping ingredients
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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 week of meals within my limits, using overlapping ingredients to cut waste.

Fill in before running:
- Allergies and foods to avoid: [LIST]
- Nutrition goals: [MACROS/CALORIES]
- Max cooking time: [MINUTES]
- Number of meals per day: [NUMBER]

Rules:
- Never include anything I'm allergic to; flag ingredients that often contain it.
- Reuse ingredients across meals to reduce waste.
- Give portions, one combined grocery list and a prep schedule.
- Note approximate macros per meal.
- 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.
- Check packaged ingredients for allergen warnings yourself.

Output: A weekly plan with recipes, grocery list and prep schedule.

You'll know it worked when: I cook the full week from one shop with little wasted food.

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://www.linkedin.com/posts/caseywhalen14_5-hours-saved-30-less-grocery-spending-activity-7363932852083687424-otLz

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