📋 Meal Preferences
Family: David, Molly, Oscar (3yo)
Home: Alameda, CA 94501
Rules
- ~3 meals/week (Mon–Sun, flexible)
- Easy weeknight: ~20–35 min active time, minimal components
- Yields leftovers: at least 1 lunch the next day
- Healthy: balanced protein + veg + starch
- Culturally diverse: no two meals from same cuisine in a week
- Oscar-friendly: plain versions of components work (rice, pasta, chicken strips, salmon)
- Real recipes with links — never invented from scratch. Known go-to sources include Serious Eats, NYT Cooking, Bon Appétit, Food52, but anything with a real recipe link works
What to Avoid
- 3+ separate components cooked independently
- Long marinades/brines on weeknights
- Deep frying
- Inventing recipes from memory
Meal Structure
|| Slot | Type | Vibe | ||------|------|------| || Meal 1 | Easy weeknight | Sheet pan, skillet, or one-pot | || Meal 2 | Easy, contrasting cuisine | Different from Meal 1 | || Meal 3 | Slightly more ambitious | 35–45 min, more components, weekend |