family-menu

name	family-menu
description	Creates beautiful, protein-focused weekly dinner menus for families with research capabilities. Generates printer-ready PDFs (8.5x11) with random design styles, identifies leftover opportunities, suggests local restaurants, emphasizes seasonal ingredients, and includes Homemade Pizza Fridays. Use when users want to plan family dinners, create refrigerator menus, or need meal planning assistance.

Family Menu Generator

This skill creates beautiful, research-backed weekly dinner menus designed for families, with a focus on high-protein meals, seasonal ingredients, and practical leftover planning.

Key Features

• Protein-focused meals: Every meal emphasizes protein sources
• Leftover detection: Automatically identifies opportunities to use leftovers
• Local restaurant suggestions: Searches for restaurants within 25 miles of user's location
• Homemade Pizza Fridays: Periodically includes fun pizza nights
• Seasonal ingredients: Researches and incorporates seasonal produce
• Random beautiful designs: 5 different design styles (fun & colorful, clean & modern, rustic, elegant, bold & playful)
• Print-ready PDFs: Optimized for 8.5x11 paper to post on refrigerator

Workflow

1. Gather Information

When a user requests a menu, first determine what ingredients or preferences they have:

Ask the user:

• "Do you have any ingredients on hand that you'd like me to incorporate into this week's menu?"
• "Any dietary restrictions or preferences I should know about?"
• "Any meals you're craving this week?"

If the user doesn't provide specific ingredients: Assume all ingredients will be purchased from the grocery store and proceed with planning.

2. Research Phase