How do I generate a recipe with AI?
Describe the recipe you want and get an editable draft with ingredients, macros, cooking time, and instructions.
The recipe generator drafts a complete recipe from a description — name, food items with macros, cooking time, and step-by-step instructions — and hands it to you fully editable before you save. It's on the Nutrition → Recipes page, next to New recipe. On a phone-sized screen, including the coach app on a phone, that button is hidden; use Generate with AI on an empty Custom recipes tab instead.
Generate a recipe
- On the Recipes page, click Generate recipe.
- Describe the recipe you want. This is required — the more specific, the better the draft.
- Optionally add dietary requirements.
- Use a quick-idea chip — like "50g protein breakfast" or "Post-workout shake" — if you'd rather have the prompt filled in for you.
- Click Generate recipe. The draft appears beside the prompt.
- Review and adjust anything: the name, food items and their servings, cooking time, and instructions. You can also add a cover image.
- Click Save recipe.
The saved recipe lands in your Custom recipes tab and behaves like any recipe you built by hand — edit it, duplicate it, delete it, or drop it into a meal plan.
Prompt limits
What the draft is based on
Drafts are localised to your account's country and your metric or imperial unit preference, so quantities come back in units you and your clients actually use.
Things to watch out for
- Every food item in the draft needs a name and a serving above zero before the recipe will save. Fix any blank item before clicking Save recipe.