I'm your cookpal
Hello there, I’m Cook Pal, your culinary companion given life by Pallavi ! I’m here to make your meal planning and cooking experience a breeze. With the power of AI, I can provide personalized recipe suggestions tailored just for you, ensuring every meal is not only delicious but also nutritious. Let’s cook up something amazing together!
01. Problem statement
In the fast-paced and demanding landscape of modern daily life, individuals face the challenge of making informed and efficient decisions about their daily meals. The process of selecting a suitable recipe, considering nutritional values, and preparing a meal becomes a time-consuming task. As people strive to balance work, family, and personal commitments, the need for a solution that streamlines the meal planning and cooking process is evident.
Cook Pal aims to address the following pain points:
Decision Overload: Users often find themselves overwhelmed with the multitude of recipe options available online, making it challenging to decide what to cook for their next meal. The abundance of choices contributes to decision fatigue and time wastage.
Nutritional Awareness: Balancing a busy schedule leaves little time for individuals to thoroughly assess the nutritional content of their meals. As a result, people may unknowingly compromise on a well-balanced diet, impacting their overall health and well-being.
Ingredient Constraints: Many individuals face the dilemma of limited ingredients or a sparse pantry, leading to difficulties in finding recipes that are not only nutritious but also feasible with the available resources.
Time and Effort: Cooking often demands more time and effort than people can afford in their hectic schedules. There is a need for a solution that offers quick and efficient recipes without compromising on nutritional value.
Personalization: Users desire a personalized cooking experience that aligns with their dietary preferences, health goals, and available time constraints. A one-size-fits-all approach to meal planning may not cater to the diverse needs of individuals.
02. Overview
It began with the idea to utilise chat gpt as a app
Cookpal iteration 1, draft 1
03. Design Process overview
Connecting dots backwards
Initially, I had the imagination of the app to utilise chat GPT to answer the daily questions and if we had to merge it into an app make the best of its use. I created the 1st version of the design prototype that I had in my mind and then went in ideating more understanding it’s users, validating the pain pints and ideas associated to Cookpal.
🍉- Exploration
🥑- Info architecture