Classic meal-prep advice assumes an empty cart and infinite Sunday energy. Real life has half a cabbage and three lonely chicken thighs. Start there. Scan the fridge, generate three batch-cookable recipes, and prep the one that uses the most of what is already aging out.
The scan-first prep stack
- Scan or list everything edible.
- Cook one protein + one grain + one tray of vegetables.
- Save sauces separately so leftovers remix cleanly.
- On day three, regenerate a “use these leftovers” recipe in Suphra.
Pair this with our smarter leftovers workflow so prep becomes waste reduction, not another plastic-container hobby.