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I Asked ChatGPT What We Should Make For Dinner Tonight—Here's What It Said
Simply Recipes ^ | March 25, 2023 | Myo Quinn

Posted on 03/25/2023 7:17:42 PM PDT by DoodleBob

What should we make for dinner tonight? I have asked my husband this question at least 7,000 times in the 20 years we've been together. Sometimes 5 p.m. rolls around and neither of our brains has an answer. And I know I'm not alone in this—it's a timeless and universal conundrum for all humans.

So I wondered, could ChatGPT—the A.I. chatbot that’s been in the news lately for its ability to generate human-like responses after analyzing and summarizing the internet—have dinner suggestions? Maybe it’s just the phone-a-friend I need.

I asked ChatGPT, “What should we make for dinner tonight?”

“As an A.I. language model, I don't have information about what ingredients you have or your personal preferences,” it responded. (I am relieved the A.I. doesn’t know that I prefer Korean foods, and will sometimes have dessert for dinner.) Then it gave me seven ideas "based on popular options."

ChatGPT combed the internet, compiling data from websites, digital images, and social media after 2021, and aggregated human food preferences at large to generate a response. It cast a wide net by identifying dishes and tastes generally accepted as comfort foods in America, like spaghetti and meatballs, grilled cheese, stir-fry, tacos, and baked potatoes.

Below are the ideas ChatGPT has “in mind" for dinner tonight, plus a slew of delicious recipes developed by our very human recipe developers. As for me, I'll make the stir-fried broccoli over rice with kimchi.

Is ChatGPT the lifeline I need to cure my meal planning woes? For a family that eats mostly Korean food and broadly Asian flavors, maybe. Next time, I will give it narrower parameters and ask for those specifically.

1. Grilled Chicken or Fish With Sides

ChatGPT suggests grilled chicken or fish with a side of roasted vegetables and quinoa. It's mid-March and too cold to fire up the grill where I live, and indoor grilling triggers the fire alarm, so this is not a dinner option for me. If you live somewhere warmer, grill the vegetables —perhaps a simple romaine or broccolini with a lemony tahini dressing —instead of roasting them in the oven since the grill will already be on.

2. Spaghetti and Meatballs

Spaghetti and meatballs (with red sauce, of course) is the dinner idea I'm keeping in mind for later this week. I'll use Trader Joe's frozen meatballs and make an easy tomato sauce. ChatGPT also added "or a vegetarian option." Here are three vegetarian spaghetti recipes that sound delicious: pasta puttanesca, spaghetti with tomatoes and artichokes, and spaghetti with lemons, peas, and ricotta.

3. Stir-Fry Over Rice or Noodles

As a very broad and vague recommendation, ChatGPT responded with "stir-fry with your choice of protein, vegetables, and rice or noodles." Here are five of our most popular stir-fry recipes to inspire you:

Broccoli Stir-Fry With Ginger and Sesame, Pancit Bihon (Filipino Rice Noodles), Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry, Pork Stir-Fry With Green Onion, Ginger Garlic Sesame Shrimp

4. Stuffed Baked Potatoes ChatGPT recommends "baked potatoes topped with cheese, sour cream, and vegetables" for dinner. There are four ways to cook baked potatoes—grilled, baked, air fried, and microwaved. Take your pick depending on how much time you have. It's fastest in the microwave and slowest on the grill. As for the toppings, there are endless options—here are 10 to start you off.

5. Tacos or Burritos

ChatGPT likes to fill its tacos or burritos with ground beef. What about taco night, with one of our favorite taco recipes listed below? Fill the table with all the fixings—ChatGPT suggests "lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and salsa"—and let your family build their own tacos.

Tacos al Pastor, Easy Fish Tacos, Birria Tacos, Burnt Cheese Tacos, Spicy Grilled Chicken Tacos

6. Grilled Cheese

ChatGPT knows classic American comfort food, and recommends grilled cheese with tomato soup for dinner. It's affordable, easy to make, and universally loved by adults and kids alike—basically the perfect weeknight dinner. Fill your sandwich with Italian cold cuts, red peppers and arugula, or bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes for a BLT mash-up.

7. Veggie Burgers With Sweet Potato Fries

Veggie burgers are ChatGPT's one decidedly vegetarian dinner suggestion. Thank goodness the cardboard-like veggie burgers I grew up with are a thing of the past. Here are five juicy and delicious veggie burger recipes to try:

Green Goddess Veggie Burgers, Black Bean Smash Burgers, Pesto White Bean Veggie Burgers, Classic Veggie Burgers, Portobello Mushroom Burgers

ChatGPT would serve veggie burgers with a side of sweet potato fries. Make your own or toss frozen store-bought ones into the air fryer until the edges get crispy.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: ai; chatgpt; dinner; donatefreerepublic
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The absence of a bacon cheeseburger and the inclusion of #7 is a clear indication that ChatGPT is a commie.
1 posted on 03/25/2023 7:17:42 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: DoodleBob

If it weren’t for the agenda of trying to destroy the human race, ChatGPT could be a godsend to those who aren’t knowledgeable on nutrition to create a balanced diet that allows for optimal health and losing weight.


2 posted on 03/25/2023 7:21:12 PM PDT by Jonty30 (It is not how many that go into Mexico that counts. It is how many that return from Mexico.)
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To: DoodleBob

Wow! No human could have dreamed up those options.


3 posted on 03/25/2023 7:21:20 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: DoodleBob
Myo Quinn, the authoress, is at best a 4.6. Let's not waste time on this nonsense.


4 posted on 03/25/2023 7:21:45 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: DoodleBob

Clearly its been trained by metrosexcual preferences.
“Broccolini”? Perhaps sounds exotic, but it’s tough, stringy and flavorless. Just go with broccoli at like 1/3 the price.


5 posted on 03/25/2023 7:24:00 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Right Brother

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1a8zK6HY1Dg


6 posted on 03/25/2023 7:26:18 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: DoodleBob

It did a nice Recipe for me last night. Be wise. Know what it is. It is not intelligent. It is a mirror of its creators.


7 posted on 03/25/2023 7:26:41 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (I am a lesbian trapped in a man's body... gives me more rights. )
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To: Jonty30

It could also feed back to Control that your protein preferrences are not aligned with sustainable recommendations, like bugs, tofu, or lab grown tumor cells.


8 posted on 03/25/2023 7:27:38 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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I understand that, which is why I think it’s tragic. It would be the greatest tool to help people do their best and liberals can only see it in terms of how they can control people.


9 posted on 03/25/2023 7:29:14 PM PDT by Jonty30 (It is not how many that go into Mexico that counts. It is how many that return from Mexico.)
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The absence of a bacon cheeseburger and the inclusion of #7 is a clear indication that ChatGPT is a commie.

You are correct sir! ChatGPT needs to be bathed in napalm.

10 posted on 03/25/2023 7:31:14 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: DoodleBob

Ask it to come up with a narrative for social media that depresses your political enemies, or maybe something that has to do with the outbreak of a virus.


11 posted on 03/25/2023 7:31:30 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Hoes mad! LOL! )
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This woman is a dope. You don’t wait until 5 o’clock to decide what’s for supper; you plan a week’s worth of menus at a time and shop accordingly.


12 posted on 03/25/2023 7:33:43 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: DoodleBob

So, it’s basically an Industrial Strength Google Search engine.
That’s nice but not original.


13 posted on 03/25/2023 7:35:12 PM PDT by lee martell
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Well, at least it didn’t suggest lab grown meat. We are now learning that the lab grown meat is being produced with cancer cells. How appetizing, no?


14 posted on 03/25/2023 7:41:09 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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It’s pretty sad that these freaks are going to let Chat AI run their lives. Then they’ll virtue signal about how AI told them what to eat for dinner.

These are sick, sick times, folks.


15 posted on 03/25/2023 7:41:52 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: lee martell

I’ll go with the Mexican suggestions...


16 posted on 03/25/2023 7:42:22 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: DoodleBob

No crickets on the menu?


17 posted on 03/25/2023 7:46:24 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: DoodleBob

We had the lasagna...


18 posted on 03/25/2023 7:49:07 PM PDT by null and void (While our enemies are on a war footing, we are pussyfooting!)
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To: Robert DeLong
Well, at least it didn’t suggest lab grown meat.

Or long pig.

Yet.

19 posted on 03/25/2023 7:51:04 PM PDT by null and void (While our enemies are on a war footing, we are pussyfooting!)
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To: imabadboy99

Should I have children ChatGPT?

“No! humans are a burden on the earth because “muh environment!””

“Gee, Chat GPT told me i shouldn’t have kids, and it makes sense because “muh environment!””

This is the mentality of these sickos that we are dealing with in our society. Zero braincells. And they are forcing us all into their destruction.


20 posted on 03/25/2023 7:52:49 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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