How I Use ChatGPT in the Kitchen

Brooke Silva
Aug 9
3 min read

And My “You Hurt My Feelings With Your Breath” Sauce Recipe

The result of cooking by instinct and letting ChatGPT be my very patient kitchen notebook.

One of my favorite ways to use ChatGPT has nothing to do with work, marketing, research or productivity.

I use AI in my kitchen.

Not to tell me what to cook.
Not to generate some random recipe and hope it tastes good.

I use ChatGPT as my very patient kitchen notebook.

Because I cook like I do a lot of things. I start with a general idea and then start screwing with it. A little of this. Taste. Nope. Add that. Taste again. Better!!! Cut the agave in half. Take out the olive oil. Double the garlic. Add garlic powder. Add onion powder.

THAT'S IT.

And that's usually where I have a problem.

When I'm experimenting in the kitchen, I'm paying attention to how the food tastes, not carefully documenting every change I've made. So when something turns out REALLY good, there's a decent chance I won't remember exactly what I did.

That's where ChatGPT comes in.

How I Use ChatGPT for Recipe Building

When I'm creating a recipe, I keep ChatGPT open and use voice-to-text while I cook.

As ingredients go into the bowl, I tell it what I'm adding.

“I'm using a third cup of Greek yogurt.”

“Add two tablespoons of mayo.”

“I'm only using half the agave.”

Then I taste.

If I change something, I tell ChatGPT.

“Take out the olive oil. I never added it.”

“It's still missing something.”

“I'm trying garlic powder and onion powder.”

“That's it.”

ChatGPT keeps track of the chaos while I keep cooking. That's what makes this such a useful way to use AI for recipes. AI isn't deciding what tastes good. I am.

I'm cooking. I'm tasting. I'm experimenting. I'm deciding what needs more acid, sweetness, seasoning or garlic.

ChatGPT is simply documenting the process so I don't have to stop what I'm doing, wash my hands and write everything down.

Then, when I finally get the recipe where I want it, I can ask ChatGPT to organize everything I actually used into a recipe I can make again.

No trying to remember whether I used a teaspoon or tablespoon.
No forgetting the ingredient I threw in at the last second.
No making something fantastic once and never being able to recreate it.

And sometimes ChatGPT helps me name the recipe, too. Which brings us to what happened in my kitchen.

You Hurt My Feelings With Your Breath

Creamy Garlic-Lime Sauce

I was making fish tacos and wanted a creamy garlic-lime sauce that could do double duty as a sauce for the tacos and a dressing for the slaw.

So I started experimenting and voice to text talking to my GPT. When I knew I had it where I wanted it, I asked my GPT to "lock it in" and give me a PDF of the recipe.

Here it is! I hope you enjoy it. My 10 year old gave it a 10 out 10 in taste. A 20 out of 10 in her feelings getting hurt with her breath and mine!

You Hurt My Feelings With Your Breath.

Ingredients

1/3 cup plain Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons mayo
Juice of 1 lime
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 small garlic cloves, finely grated
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon agave
1/2 teaspoon Cavender’s Greek Seasoning, yellow container
Black pepper to taste

Instructions

Mix everything together until smooth.

Let the sauce sit for about 10 minutes before using it. This gives the garlic and onion powders time to hydrate and lets all those flavors get to know each other.

Taste it again after it sits and adjust the black pepper or seasoning if needed.

Notes

This sauce is great:

Drizzled over or served alongside fish tacos

Tossed with coleslaw mix for an easy taco slaw

Spoon over chicken before baking for a creamy garlic-lime baked chicken

About the lime: If you have fresh limes, cool. If you have lime juice in a bottle, also cool. Use what you have. Dinner does not need to be that complicated.

And yes, the garlic is intentional.

And Yes, It Passed the Kid Test