Turn a recipe photo into a tap-off ingredient checklist
A Hacker News commenter says his mom photographs a recipe and asks ChatGPT to turn it into a simple checklist to tick off ingredients as she bakes, because she often forgets one. He says she loves it.
What they did
She uploads a picture of the recipe and asks ChatGPT for a small checklist tool she can use while adding ingredients.
How it went
According to her son, it's a simple one-off tool that solves her exact problem, with no app to install.
Worth knowing
Double-check amounts against the original recipe. AI can misread handwriting, fractions, and oven temperatures.
Try it yourself
Copy this into ChatGPT (or any AI assistant). Replace the parts in [brackets] with your own details.
Here's a photo of a recipe. Read it carefully and turn it into a step-by-step checklist I can tick off while baking: every ingredient with its exact amount, in the order I'll add it, in large simple text. If any amount or word is hard to read, mark it [check] instead of guessing.
Source: Hacker News commenter Workaccount2, Hacker News, Dec 4, 2025. Read the original →
First-hand account by the person who did it. Summarized in our own words. Spotted a mistake or want this removed? Tell us.