What to Cook Tonight: Recipe a Day

Six in the evening, you are back from work, you open the fridge and freeze. The question "what should I cook for dinner?" takes more energy than the cooking itself. The bot "What to cook this evening?" answers it with one command: press /start and get a ready recipe 🍲

A recipe for every day

The main feature is simple. You launch the bot and get a dish idea with a recipe, with no scrolling through sites and no "let's do something easy" arguments. The start command is named exactly that: "What are we cooking today?".

The author promises to free your head for beautiful thoughts. For people who solve the same puzzle daily, that is no joke.

A small kitchen reference

Besides recipes, the bot has a set of short commands for common household questions:

• /calculator: a kitchen calculator for converting measures and rescaling ingredients.
• /porridge: how long to cook porridge so it turns out fluffy rather than glue.
• /eggs: how long to boil eggs, depending on the result you want.
• /fridge: how long foods keep in the refrigerator.

We search for these answers again and again. When they sit in one chat, less time goes by 🥚

Eggs: what to remember

Boiling time depends on the egg's size and on whether it came straight from the fridge. The general rule: the less time in boiling water, the runnier the yolk. A hard-boiled egg usually takes about ten minutes, a soft-boiled one clearly less.

After boiling, drop the eggs in cold water. The shell comes off more easily and the yolk does not get a greenish ring.

Porridge without lumps or surprises

Every grain has its own rules. Buckwheat, rice, millet and oats need different amounts of water and time. It is better to take exact proportions for the particular grain than to cook by eye.

A tip that helps: after cooking, let the porridge rest under the lid for fifteen minutes. It finishes steaming and becomes fluffy.

Fridge storage and how long it lasts

A refrigerator slows spoilage but does not stop it. Raw meat and fish spoil fastest, cooked dishes last a few days. Smell and look are not the only danger: bacteria do not always change either.

1. Use closed containers: foods will not pick up each other's smells.
2. Write dates: a sticker with the day on a container ends doubts.
3. Keep raw apart from cooked: meat on the bottom shelf so juice never drips onto other food.
4. Chill leftovers within a couple of hours: warm food on the table is great for bacteria.

If you doubt freshness, throw it out. Treating food poisoning costs more than buying the product again ⚠️

How not to repeat the same dinner all week

Recipes on demand are handy, but notes help too. Write down what you liked and in a week you will have your own list of proven dishes.

Try one rule: one new dish a week, the other evenings from familiar ones. Cooking stays calm and the menu does not get boring 🍳