BatchBuddy

BatchBuddy is a mobile app (with a lightweight web dashboard) that turns your real schedule into a realistic batch-cooking plan. You tell it how many meals you need, your kitchen gear, budget, dietary constraints, and the nights you’ll actually have time to cook. It generates a small set of overlapping recipes that share ingredients to reduce waste, then outputs a timed cooking session (what to chop first, what goes in the oven, what can simmer) plus storage labels and reheat instructions. It also creates a consolidated grocery list optimized by store aisle and package sizes, so you’re not forced to buy five bunches of herbs for one tablespoon. It’s a combination traditional + AI app: AI helps with planning and substitutions, but the core value is a strict, constraint-based workflow that prevents over-ambitious meal plans.