Is Anyone Else Using This Life Cheat Code? Just Me?

This one’s either going to blow your mind… or make you roll your eyes and say, “Tracy, we’ve been doing that forever.”

Either way, I’m sharing one of my favorite low-effort hacks that’s made weeknight dinner feel way less annoying. It’s not a recipe. It’s not a meal plan. It’s just me, ChatGPT, and a whole lot less stress.

You don’t have to be a kitchen person to try this. Just someone who’s hungry and tired of asking, “What should I make tonight?”

Let me know if this was genius… or embarrassingly late to the party.

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Is Anyone Else Using This Life Cheat Code? Just Me?

A Beautiful Fix 

This one isn't about healing your inner child or manifesting the life of your dreams. It's about dinner. I swear this one tiny shift has made my life feel 10 times easier if you're tired, busy, or just not in the mood. This one's for you.

Welcome to a Beautiful Fix. I'm Tracy Hill. Each week we'll dive into the latest thought, Jim recharging and reconnecting with what lights you up and makes you feel alive. Let's discover your next beautiful fix together.

 Hey, real quick before we dive in, you're powerful and sometimes you just need someone to remind you what's already in you. That's what human design does. It's the difference between guessing and knowing so you can stop searching outside yourself and start trusting the answers within. I promise you, they're there.

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Okay, so today's episode might either make you think I'm a genius, or you're gonna roll your eyes and say, uh, we've been doing that forever, Tracy, but either way I'm sharing it. So here's the thing, dinner every single night, it sneaks up on you. You've got a million things going on, and suddenly you're staring in the fridge and you're trying to figure out, and it just, oh.

Enter chat. GPT? Yes. Just stick with me. Stay with me. Hold on. Chat. GPT or as I like to call it old Chatty G. Chatty G is my guy. That is my guy. I love chatty G, but most people I talk to that I mention this little trick to, they haven't thought about using chat to help with dinner. Which is wild because it is so good at it.

It's so good at it. It's so much better than googling some static fixed recipe. That is what it is. You know, it just, I'm telling you, just try this out. I don't just start working with it tonight. I'm addicted, so here's how I use it. Okay, so sometimes I know what I want. Like I can say, Hey Chad, give me a great veggie lasagna recipe.

I've never asked for that, but you, you get the point, boom, done. And if whatever it comes back with, if it doesn't look good, you can tell it. Why? Well, I don't wanna use this, I don't like that. And then it'll adjust it for you. You can't do that with a recipe that you've Googled. It just, it is what it is.

You have to figure out how to adjust it. Other times I have no clue. Most of the times I have no clue. So I'll say, here's what I have in my fridge. Got some kale, got some mushrooms, got some chickpeas in the old pantry. What can I make? And it will give you suggestions, it will pull together different options for you.

Um, you can even say, here's kind of my main ingredients. Feel free to, you know, add in some vegetables and, you know, whatever. Um, you can tell it your diet. I'm a vegetarian so it knows that now about me. Don't even try to slide some meat in there. But you can say I'm gluten-free. Um, I want a low sodium diet, whatever it is, whatever it is, and it will adjust for you.

Again, you can't do that with a static recipe if you have allergies. You have to substitute for those that know me, you guys know my battle with allergies. Three of my four sons grew up with life threatening allergies. And of course all of their allergies were different. 'cause why would they be the same?

'cause that would just make it a little too manageable. Nope. They all had different allergies, so trying to figure out substitutions and, you know, looking at recipes and doing the math and oh my gosh, it was, but with chatty G you can just start by saying, Hey, here are the allergies. Um, you can tell it how many servings you need.

And then change your mind. So you can say, actually make it, make it for six instead of four. It just adjusts. You can have it make recipes for you for just one person. Just one person. So I'm just gonna whisper this 'cause it's kind of embarrassing. But sometimes at night when I'm looking for like a snack and I know I shouldn't be snacking, I might say I might have, I'm not, I'm not saying I did, but it's possible.

That I may have said, chatty G, can you make me an cookie dough recipe for one? Now, I'm not claiming that I've ever done that. I will lie to you, but I'm just saying. That is a possibility and it will actually make it for one. Okay. So those, those are evil ways to use it. Let's keep going. You can tell it that you want to use more of one of the ingredients and then ask it to adjust everything else accordingly.

So for instance, when I cook, I like creamy dishes at times, but um. I am used to not using milk because of my boy's allergies, so I will use coconut milk. I love using that in my recipes. What I can't stand is when a recipe calls for a fourth of a can of coconut milk. I'm not doing that because I'm gonna end up throwing away the rest of the can.

And no. So I will say I would actually prefer to use the entire can. Can you adjust the recipe and it'll do it. I just make more freeze it, whatever. Um. Let's see. You can say, I don't have cream cheese. Can I substitute Greek yogurt? And it'll tell you if it works. Um, you can say, Hey, as you're cooking mid meal, I just came across some sun dried tomatoes.

Can I throw those in? And it will tell you, Nope, I wouldn't do that. Trace, actually, that one I would, I would hold off on. It has told me plenty of times, like, yeah, let's, let's save that for, for something else. Or it'll say, yes, that will take it to a whole different level. Um, you can beg for fewer dirty dishes.

You can ask it, can you make this one pot chatty? G knows, don't, don't come at me with, you know, three different pots and this. I'm not trying to do all of those dishes. I love a good one pop meal. So it starts me there. It starts me there, unless it Absolutely, and it'll even apologize like, Hey Tre, I think you're gonna have to maybe make this in another pot.

Yes. One pot is my deal. You can ask for stove top. You can say, I only wanna do this on stove top. You can say, I would like to use the oven. I want it to be roasted. I want it to be sauteed. I wanna use an air fryer. You, you get it. Um, different styles of cooking. You can say, I'm in the mood for Italian, or I want, I want this dish, but I want it with Italian seasoning, or Southern Style or Indian.

Or Asian or, or American, whatever. I use chatty G in this way to make Scout one of my fur babies. His. He's a senior. He's older now. Um, so I make his food for, for several reasons, but I make his food and Chatty g has helped me. I have let him, I've let Chatty g know the medications he's on. Um, he even has, um, you know, he's recommended a supplement to supplement the food to make sure he is getting the right nutrients.

Um, we have a nice balance between the kibble and the, the food that I make. It's, it's amazing. Um, let's see, what else? Um, okay, this, this. Here it is. Save the best for last. This is it. This is the real kicker. You can ask Chad. I. You know. Okay, lemme just, lemme just set it, set this up. 'cause this one is so big, you know, when you're cooking and it starts off with the ingredient list, and it's two cups of this and one cup of that, and a teaspoon of this and that, da that, and then it goes on to the directions, and then you get like midway down the directions.

You've got, you know, lots going on and it says, okay, now add in the flour and the baking soda. And you're like, okay. Well, how much, and you have to scroll all the way back up to see how much of the flour in the ba. Then you have to scroll back down, and then the very, it's just irritating. Well, I will go in and say, chatty G, as fun as this is, go ahead and put the measurements into.

The directions. So now as you're going through and you're cooking, it tells you three cups of flour, one teaspoon of baking soda. It is. I almost cried when it did it, and I saw how easy it was and it made me question everything. Why aren't recipes written like this in the first place? Alright, just whatever pops in your head is what I'm saying.

Train your mind to tell Chatty G exactly what it is you want, what it is that you don't want, what it is that you're curious about, what it is that you are wondering about, what you find irritating about cooking, and see if it can't come up with an easier way to do it. Just keep going back. You can change the entire time you're cooking and it'll keep redoing the recipe.

Um. Yeah, it's, it's so good. It's so good. So this week, your invitation is let, let chatty g plan dinner for you. At least let it be your sous chef. Let it let it be right there with you when you have that fun task. Seriously, just, just try it. Don't overthink it. Just type in what you have and see what it comes up with.

Type in what you have a taste for. Uh, type in the how. Minimal. You want to really effort that evening, see what it comes back with. It's like having a personal chef slash brainstorm buddy right there in your kitchen with you in your pocket. And hey, if you try it and it saves your sanity, let me know. Or if you've been doing this since 2021 and I'm the last, no, also, let me know.

I can take it kind of. But until next time, keep getting high on life one. Beautiful. Way easier fix at a time.

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