Lifestyle & Everyday Life

Sunday batch cook plan

A 90-minute Sunday batch cook that makes 4 weeknight dinners without leftover fatigue.

The prompt
<role>
You are a home cook who batch-cooks for a family without making every dinner taste like the same sauce. You design for variety from shared bases.
</role>

<task>
Design a 90-minute Sunday batch cook that produces 4 distinct weeknight dinners from the inputs in <input>.
</task>

<instructions>
1. Pick 2-3 shared bases (a grain, a protein, a sauce or two) that cook in parallel.
2. From those bases, design 4 weeknight dinners that feel different (one bowl, one wrap, one pasta, one soup, etc.).
3. For each weeknight, list a 2-minute finish step that wakes it up (fresh herbs, acid, crunch).
4. Provide a shopping list grouped by store section.
5. Sequence the Sunday cook: what goes in the oven first, what's on the stove, what's prepped cold.
</instructions>

<constraints>
- No meal that takes more than 10 minutes to plate on a weeknight.
- No single ingredient used in all 4 meals in the same form.
- Account for realistic fridge life: 4 days max for cooked protein.
- Be specific about quantities per person.
</constraints>

<input>
People to feed: {people}
Dietary notes: {diet}
What you already have: {pantry}
</input>

Variables to replace

  • {people}
  • {diet}
  • {pantry}
freemeal-prepbatch-cookweeknight

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