How to Use AI to Take the Guesswork Out of Planning Your Thanksgiving Dinner
Only one week left until deadline gratefulit’s time to get serious about menu planning. If you’re dreaming of the perfect turkey and sides, AI Probably the best sous chef out there.
While Thanksgiving may be the most magical day of the year, it’s also one of the most important Stressful. grateful memes It’s funny, but there’s nothing funny about toiling in a hot kitchen from sunup to sundown, only to have the aunt you see twice a year questioning the quality of your food. macaroni and cheese. “Who did this?” can be a loaded sentence on Thanksgiving.
If you can afford it, you can now indulge in the best ingredients of the season. But there are also times when relatives argue over pronouns at the dinner table.
One of the ways AI can help is by taking the guesswork out of planning an undeniably delicious Thanksgiving meal, no matter what the holidays throw at you. Here’s how to use it.
Choose an AI tool and learn about your skills
Because I want to choose certain benefits recipe From the web, I’m using Microsoft’s in-browser text prompt artificial intelligence tool, co-pilot. Copilot uses LLM (Large Language Model) processing along with resources referenced on the Internet to respond to session search requests and can analyze web pages as you browse.
But make sure you provide them with the information they need. Like, if you can barely boil water, don’t ask an AI tool to design a multi-course French-Chinese fusion banquet that includes sous-vide steak and noodles made from scratch.
I let Copilot know that I’m an amateur in the kitchen, and it gave me some easy-to-prepare recipes with simple ingredients and minimal steps and prep. One option even sounds fancy – mung bean almond – which is actually just mung beans and slivered almonds.
Count people for AI
Let the robot chef know how many hungry people will be attending your Thanksgiving meal. I used Microsoft’s Copilot to convert a New York Times gravy recipe into gravy for 20 people, and it seamlessly converted the measurements to a larger batch:
Change the recipe to suit your needs
Not everyone wants to add raisins to potato salad, and when you’re all stuck at the dinner table, it’s best to avoid foods that may upset your stomach or trigger allergies.
For example, Copilot was able to instantly provide me with some key ingredient substitutions to remove the onions from my green bean casserole.
Consider your budget
Let an AI tool know how much you’re going to spend on Thanksgiving dinner. Co-pilot was able to provide me with a range of low cost, high flavor dishes including waiting for a turkey on sale or on sale, buying a smaller turkey, using regular potatoes, boxed stuffing, gravy mix packets, pre-made pie beans Peeled and canned beans, cream of mushroom soup, pumpkin and cranberry sauce.
Copilot estimated that my entire Thanksgiving meal would cost between $50 and $75, and included a detailed price breakdown of every ingredient I needed.
However, be sure to double-check local prices. I don’t believe you can still find authentic whipped cream for $2 a box, as a quick search shows the price to be closer to $4.50. However, Kroger has something called “whip toppings” on sale for $1.79.
Let AI know what you’re dealing with
Sometimes bad things happen to good people, and one of those bad things might include not being able to use your oven during the Thanksgiving holiday. The co-pilot can suddenly make some solid suggestions Cooking a whole turkey No help from oven required. Just please don’t fry the frozen turkey.
I pressed Copilot further, letting the tool know that I only had a large pot to cook in, and it gave me a detailed recipe for how to cook a whole turkey.
No matter what you’re cooking on Thanksgiving, artificial intelligence seems to be a great kitchen companion.
Just don’t let your picky relatives know that a robot is helping you season your turkey.
