MenuRoulette
Why This is an Opportunity
Meal planning apps are either way too complex or way too basic. The card-shuffle mechanic makes this delightful to use and trivially simple to build — just a deck of user-created cards with smart randomization.
Key Pain Points
- •You eat the same 5 meals on rotation because planning new ones feels like a chore
- •Existing meal planning apps want you to input full recipes with ingredients and macros — you just want to decide WHAT to cook
- •You buy a cookbook, make 2 recipes, and it collects dust — you need a system that resurfaces things you forgot you love
- •Decision fatigue hits hardest at 5pm when someone asks 'what's for dinner' and your brain is empty
Original Discovery
Meal planning sucks because you're staring at a blank page trying to remember what you even like to cook. MenuRoulette flips it — you build a personal recipe deck (just names and tags, not full recipes), and it deals you a randomized weekly menu based on your constraints (no repeats within 2 weeks, max 2 pasta nights, at least 1 fish). Hit reshuffle on any day you don't like. It's meal planning that actually feels fun.
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