"What's for Dinner?"
Problem: Households waste food and burn decision energy every night on the same question: what can I make with what I already have in my fridge?
What I built: A mobile-first meal planning app where you log what's in your fridge and get recipe suggestions matched to your ingredients, cuisine preferences, meal type, and how much effort you want to put in. Recipes are sourced live via the Spoonacular API rather than a static recipe database, so suggestions stay fresh.
Product decisions: There are two core personas this app needed to satisfy: the Cook, who wants easy, healthy meal options, and the Family, who wants variety and taste — all while focusing on ingredients you already have, instead of sending you to the store for one recipe. The differentiating idea: reducing food waste. The average Canadian household wastes up to 140 kg of food per year, at a cost of $1,300 per family. Most of this food waste is entirely edible, so this felt like a critical problem to tackle, not only to improve convenience for families, but to also make a tangible environmental impact. When users add items to their virtual fridge, the app tracks their freshness and prioritizes recipes using expiring ingredients first. I designed the user flows, recommendation logic, and preference filters, while Claude Code handled the implementation, API integration, and iteration on my direction.