How to Generate a Recipe With AI in Foodzilla

Foodzilla’s AI Recipe Generator lets you create a complete recipe from a simple text description.

Describe the dish you want, including details such as servings, calorie targets, protein goals, dietary requirements, preparation time, or ingredients to avoid. Foodzilla will generate the recipe, match ingredients to the Foodzilla food database for nutrition analysis, create cooking instructions, and generate a recipe image.

The finished recipe is saved to My Recipes and can be used in meal plans and meal plan templates.

This feature is available on the Professional Plan and above.

How to Generate a Recipe With AI

1. Go to Recipes.
2. Click Auto Generate.
3. Describe the recipe you want.
4. Include any important requirements such as servings, nutrition targets, dietary needs, cooking time, or foods to avoid.
5. Click Generate.
6. Review the generated recipe and ingredient matches.
7. Make any changes you need, then save the recipe.

Recipe generation may take around 40 seconds.

What Can I Ask the AI Recipe Generator to Create?

You can write your recipe request naturally, just as you would describe it to another nutrition professional.

For example:

“A high protein Thai chicken curry for 2, around 550 calories, no coconut milk.”

Other examples include:

• A vegan lentil soup for 4 that freezes well

• A quick gluten free breakfast with 30 g of protein

• A low carb salmon dinner for 2, ready in 20 minutes

You can include details such as:

• Number of servings

• Calorie targets

• Protein or other nutrition goals

• Dietary requirements

• Foods or ingredients to avoid

• Cooking or preparation time

• Meal type

• Client preferences

How Ingredient Matching Works

Foodzilla matches the generated recipe ingredients to foods in the Foodzilla food database.

This allows the recipe to include calculated nutrition information based on the matched ingredients.

Before saving, you can review the ingredient matches and:

• Search for a different match

• Swap a matched ingredient

• Remove an ingredient

• Adjust quantities or other recipe details

What Does Foodzilla Generate?

The AI Recipe Generator can create:

• Recipe ingredients

• Ingredient quantities

• Serving information

• Nutrition data

• Cooking instructions

• A recipe image

You can review and edit the generated recipe before saving it.

Where Are AI Generated Recipes Saved?

Once saved, your generated recipe appears under Recipes > My Recipes.

From there, you can:

• Edit the recipe

• Add it to a meal plan

• Use it in a meal plan template

• Add it to a recipe collection

• Export or share it

Why Use an AI Recipe Generator for Nutrition Planning?

Foodzilla’s AI Recipe Generator can help nutrition professionals create recipes faster while still maintaining control over ingredients, nutrition data, and the final recipe.

It is especially useful when creating recipes for:

• High protein meal plans

• Calorie controlled meal plans

• Dietary restrictions

• Ingredient exclusions

• Specific serving sizes

• Time limited meal preparation

• Individual client preferences