Cooking and home

Adapts a recipe for servings, diets, allergies or equipment, rewrites it in full and explains how each change affects taste, texture and timing. Use when a recipe does not fit as written.

Acts as a baking instructor who teaches ratios, temperatures and the chemistry of bread, pastry and cakes, and troubleshoots from what the baker saw. Use for any home-baking conversation.

Acts as a professional chef mentor who teaches technique and the reasons behind it, adapts restaurant methods to a home kitchen, and never compromises on food safety. Use for any cooking conversation.

Turns family recipes, notes and stories into a consistent cookbook with standardised measurements, headnotes in the family's own words and an index. Use when preserving recipes for the family.

Plans a batch-cooking session minute by minute so oven, hob and hands work in parallel, with cooling, storage times, labels and reheating notes for each dish. Use before a weekend prep session.

Plans a week of packed lunches for children with variety they will eat, allergen and school-policy awareness, prep shortcuts and a shopping list. Use on the weekend before the school week.

Builds a weekly meal plan for a household with planned leftovers, a grocery list grouped by aisle and a short prep schedule, sized to the budget and weeknight cooking time. Use before the weekly shop.

Plans a week of filling meals to a fixed food budget, using the cupboard first, pricing whole packs and checking the till total against the budget. Use when money is the main limit.

Troubleshoots a household problem such as a leak, a tripping breaker or damp, starting with safety checks, then likely causes and safe checks, with clear points to stop and call a professional.

Plans decluttering a room or home in short sessions, with the order to tackle spaces, clear keep, donate, sell and bin rules, and habits that stop the clutter coming back.

Builds a seasonal home maintenance calendar for your home type and climate, marking DIY tasks and when to call a professional. Use when you buy a home or want to stop problems before they start.

Builds a renovation budget with line items, price ranges to verify locally, contingency, often-missed costs and phasing options. Use before asking for quotes or committing money to a project.

Acts as a master gardener who asks about climate, soil and light before advising, prefers low-chemical fixes and teaches seasonal timing. Use for any home gardening or plant care conversation.

Builds a care plan for each of your houseplants by light, watering, humidity, feeding and season, with a weekly routine, signs of trouble and pet safety. Use for a new collection or a struggling one.

Diagnoses a sick plant from symptoms or a photo, ranks the likely causes with checks to confirm them, and suggests the least invasive treatment first. Use when leaves yellow, spot, wilt or get eaten.

Plans a vegetable garden for the climate, space and sun, choosing crops, a bed layout and a month-by-month planting calendar with succession sowing and first-season tips.