Recipe API

Skills / Pantry Cook

Dinner from what's already in your kitchen.

List what's in your fridge and pantry; Claude ranks what you can cook right now, shows near-misses that need one or two cheap items, and suggests honest substitutions — prioritising whatever's about to expire.

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What you get

COOK TONIGHT
1. Coconut-Lemongrass Chicken (35 min) — uses the spinach before it
   turns; everything on hand.
2. Quick Chicken Laksa-ish Soup (25 min) — staples assumed.

ONE ITEM AWAY
3. Thai Green Curry — missing: green curry paste (£1.20).
   Honest sub: harissa + lime gets you somewhere different but good.

Things to ask

“I have chicken thighs, coconut milk, lemongrass, and wilting spinach — what can I make tonight?”

“What can I cook from: eggs, feta, a courgette, stale bread, and half a jar of harissa?”

“Use up the salmon before it turns — 30 minutes max”

Install

Claude Code
One plugin installs all four skills plus the MCP connector.
/plugin marketplace add recipe-api/claude-skills
/plugin install recipe-api@recipe-api

Authorize the connector on first use — free account, no card.

claude.ai / Desktop
Two minutes: connect the MCP server, then upload this skill.
  1. Connect the Recipe API connector (Settings → Connectors)
  2. Download pantry-cook.zip
  3. Upload it via Settings → Features (Pro/Max)

Skill source on GitHub — no credentials inside, just instructions for Claude.

Related

Guide: build a meal planner

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