What’s for Breakfast, Chat? (Part 1)

Where I learn that AI can be helpful—even before coffee.

Breakfast is usually when I’m at my lowest decision-making capacity. I’m barely functioning, someone is asking if we have eggs, and all I know is that I can’t bear the thought of another toasted bagel or bowl of granola.

So I turned to AI and asked:
“Can you help me figure out what to make for breakfast?”

Turns out… it could.

The Great Breakfast Brainstorm

To start the chat, I asked for something healthy, possibly make-ahead, gluten-free, and with ingredients I actually like (dates, oats, nuts, seeds, fruit—basically a hippie pantry in cookie form).

AI gave me ideas like:

• Banana Oat Muffins (eh, boring)
• Pumpkin Spice Oat Bars (let’s talk about this in September!)
• Seed & Date Breakfast Cookies  (👀 now we’re talking, don’t judge me!)

But here’s the moment I realized something big:
I could actually tell AI what I had on hand and what I didn’t want, and it would adapt. I wasn’t locked into a random recipe from Pinterest. This was collaborative cooking.

Modifying the Mix

My new breakfast buddy started rolling out some recipes, but I wasn’t quite a fan just yet, so I asked for a few adjustments:

• Swap out coconut oil (we’re not coconut oil people)
• Add almond butter (yum)
• Make it gluten-free (a must)
• Oh—and let’s throw in some pumpkin seeds and shredded coconut for fun

The result was surprisingly… decent. Not perfect, but definitely something I’d try again.

You Can Say, “Hey, This Sounds Wrong”

By the time I got to the 3rd or 4th moderation of ingredients, I started pushing back on the actual recipe .

“Wait… is this going to mix well together?”
“Isn’t this going to be dry?”

And here’s the beauty: AI didn’t get offended. It recalculated. Adjusted. Explained.
Like a chill sous-chef who’s okay with you questioning its choices (because you  totally should).

What I Learned

• You can start with vague breakfast despair and end up with a tailored recipe.
• You don’t need to have fancy equipment. Tell AI what you have (or don’t have), and it’ll work with it.
• You’re allowed to say, “Sorry friend, this sounds off.” AI will adapt. No apron ruffled.

Up Next

In Part 2, we’ll dive deeper into how I started pushing back on instructions that didn’t feel right, swapped ingredients for dietary needs, and how I got the full picture of AI-created breakfast recipes.

Ready to give it a go yourself?

Try this Prompt.  Modify it to your own dietary needs, ingredients you need to get rid of in your pantry, or even just something you’re hungry for.  If you haven’t figured out yet, my family eats like we’re birds, so really, create your prompt for your preferences! Let me know how it turns out in the comments section!

“I’m looking for recipes for some kind of healthy gluten free breakfast muffins, cookies or bars that include fresh dates, oats, nuts & seeds”