5. Meal Plan GPT

Overview

A personalized weekly meal-planning assistant. Users enter dietary preferences, calorie/macro goals, budget and schedule constraints, and receive a tailored menu with recipes and a shopping list.

Primary Use Cases

• Busy professionals who want healthy, hassle-free meal prep
• Fitness enthusiasts tracking macros/calories
• Families managing dietary restrictions (vegan, gluten-free)

Key Features

• Chat interface for inputting preferences (e.g. “low-carb, 1,800 kcal/day”)
• AI-generated 7-day meal plan (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks)
• Recipe cards with ingredients, steps, nutrition facts
• Auto-compiled shopping list, sortable by aisle
• Swap/replace options (e.g. “swap tofu for chicken”)

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React + TypeScript + Tailwind (form wizard & plan UI)
• Backend: FastAPI (Python)
• Database: PostgreSQL for user profiles + Firebase (optional)
• AI Models:
  • Recipe generation: google/flan-t5-xl or GPT-3.5 turbo via Hugging Face
  • Nutrition lookup: simple API (e.g. Edamam Nutrition API)

Architecture

1. User Profile Service (Go or Python): stores preferences/goals