Make a healthier version of my favorite recipe
Rewrites a recipe you love with smart swaps that keep the flavor while cutting what you want less of.
The prompt
Help me make a healthier version of a recipe I love, without ruining it.
Recipe: [PASTE INGREDIENTS AND STEPS]
Servings it makes: [NUMBER]
What I want to change: [e.g. "less saturated fat", "less sugar", "more vegetables", "more protein", "lower sodium"]
What must not change: [e.g. "it has to stay crispy", "my kids must still eat it"]
Kitchen and budget limits: [EQUIPMENT, INGREDIENTS I CAN GET]
Allergies or foods to avoid: [LIST or "none"]
Steps:
1. Identify the 3-5 ingredients or techniques that contribute most to what I want to change.
2. Suggest swaps for each, rated "barely noticeable", "slight change", or "noticeable change", and explain how each affects taste, texture, and cooking (e.g. baking chemistry, browning, moisture).
3. Avoid swapping everything at once - recommend which 2-3 changes to try first.
Return:
1. A swap table: original | swap | why | effect on taste/texture.
2. The full rewritten recipe with updated steps and timings.
3. A rough before/after comparison of the nutrients I care about, labeled as an estimate.
4. A "if it didn't turn out right" troubleshooting list.
Don't invent exact nutrition figures; label all numbers as approximate. If I'm changing this recipe for a medical condition (e.g. diabetes, kidney disease, a heart condition), follow my doctor's or registered dietitian's specific targets over these general swaps.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- PASTE INGREDIENTS AND STEPS
- NUMBER
- e.g. "it has to stay crispy", "my kids must still eat it"
- EQUIPMENT, INGREDIENTS I CAN GET
- LIST or "none"
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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