Generate Recipes from Ingredients with Ollama AI Chef Agent
## What It Does The Chef Agent is your AI-powered kitchen companion—ready to turn leftover ingredients into meal inspiration. It's a simple, fun n8n automation that: - Accepts a list of ingredients via webhook - Uses Ollama AI to suggest 5 creative recipes or food ideas - Recommends up to 3 missing ingredients to improve the dish - Returns a fallback message if the AI is unavailable - Includes setup notes for beginners ## Requirements - An active n8n instance (local or hosted) - Ollama AI running locally (or another LLM via HTTP request) - A webhook endpoint (defaults to `/lets-cook`) ## Why You'll Love It - Fully customizable for your use case or favorite LLM - Great intro to AI + workflow automation - Comes with playful Clown Mutiny flair: > "Powered by Clown Mutiny's taste-bud liberation division." ## Installation 1. Import the provided JSON template into your n8n workspace. 2. Configure your AI node to match your local Ollama instance. 3. Trigger the flow by sending a `POST` request to the webhook: ```json { "ingredients": "eggs, rice, spinach" } ```
What It Does
The Chef Agent is your AI-powered kitchen companion—ready to turn leftover ingredients into meal inspiration. It's a simple, fun n8n automation that:
- Accepts a list of ingredients via webhook
- Uses Ollama AI to suggest 5 creative recipes or food ideas
- Recommends up to 3 missing ingredients to improve the dish
- Returns a fallback message if the AI is unavailable
- Includes setup notes for beginners
Requirements
- An active n8n instance (local or hosted)
- Ollama AI running locally (or another LLM via HTTP request)
- A webhook endpoint (defaults to
/lets-cook)
Why You'll Love It
- Fully customizable for your use case or favorite LLM
- Great intro to AI + workflow automation
- Comes with playful Clown Mutiny flair:
"Powered by Clown Mutiny's taste-bud liberation division."
Installation
- Import the provided JSON template into your n8n workspace.
- Configure your AI node to match your local Ollama instance.
- Trigger the flow by sending a
POSTrequest to the webhook:
{ "ingredients": "eggs, rice, spinach" }
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How to import this workflow into n8n
- 1Purchase or download the workflow to get the n8n workflow JSON file.
- 2In your n8n instance, open Workflows and choose "Import from File" (or paste the JSON with Ctrl+V on the canvas).
- 3Open each node marked with a credential warning and connect your own accounts and API keys.
- 4Run the workflow once manually to verify the data flow, then toggle it to Active.
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