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Food & meal planning

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A real meal plan, not a Pinterest meal plan

Use when: weekly meal planning

Plan dinners for our family for the next 7 nights.

Family: [adults, kids, ages, any picky eaters]
Diet stuff: [allergies, dislikes, anything you avoid]
Cooking time available: [weeknights X minutes, weekends maybe more]
Skill level: [honest]
What we already have a lot of: [meat in the freezer, pantry staples, etc.]

Plan rules:
- One brand-new recipe max — the rest should be repeats we'll actually make
- One sheet-pan or slow-cooker night
- One "leftovers reinvented" night
- One easy night (frozen pizza counts)

Output: meal + a shopping list grouped by store section.

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What can I make from what I have?

Use when: end of the week, lazy nights

Here's what's in my fridge/pantry right now:

[list — be loose, just type it]

Suggest 3 dinners I could make tonight without a store run. Rank by:
- Easiest
- Most delicious
- Uses-things-that-are-about-to-go-bad

Repairs & projects

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Diagnose a house problem

Use when: weird noises, leaks, things acting up

Here's what's happening: [describe the problem — what it does, when, where, when it started]

Help me:
1. What are the most likely causes, ranked?
2. What's safe to investigate myself, and how?
3. What's NOT safe — call a pro?
4. What's a fair price range for the likely fix, so I'm not gouged?

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The project I keep putting off

Use when: any half-formed home project

I keep meaning to [project — paint room, organize garage, fix the fence].

Why I'm stuck: [be honest — overwhelmed? don't know how? don't want to start?]

Don't plan the whole thing. Give me:
1. The 90-minute starter version — what could I do this Saturday morning?
2. The cheapest tools/materials I actually need (vs. what Pinterest would tell me)
3. The one thing that, if I do it, makes the rest 10× easier

The schedule & the chaos

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Reset our family schedule

Use when: when everything feels out of control

Our family's week is chaos. Here's what's going on:

- People: [adults + kids and what they each do]
- The pinch points (where it always falls apart): [be specific]
- What's non-negotiable: [bedtime, dinner together, etc.]

Don't suggest 20 changes. Suggest the ONE structural change to our week that would relieve the most pressure — and exactly how to implement it.

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