Just Give Me the Recipe, Grandma!(my way to get quick easy readable recipe cards)

There I am. Hungry. Inspired. Determined to make a “simple” banana bread.

I type it in. Click the first result.

"This recipe has been in my family for five generations, starting with my great-grandmother Hilda, who first made it during the Great Depression while..."

Fifteen minutes later, I know more about Hilda’s pantry than my own.

All I wanted was banana bread.

If you've ever found yourself rage-scrolling past 40 paragraphs just to get to the ingredient list, welcome. You are not alone.

So,I hacked the system.

First, I used to draw recipes in my sketchbook — little doodles of flour, arrows, eggs. I liked seeing the whole process on one page. But now?

I’ve got AI in my corner.

Why I Doodled My Way to Deliciousness

Being a visual person, scrolling through a list of ingredients and cooking steps felt like trying to read a novel in a foreign language—confusing and a bit painful! Seriously, it was like hunting for treasure without a map. So, I thought, "Why not turn my recipes into a comic strip?" Now, instead of a boring old list, I can feast my eyes on colourful illustrations that make cooking feel like a fun adventure!

My old illustrated recipes

Game Changer Moment

So I've decided to speed up the process and make my life a little bit easier and asked ChatGBT:

Create an illustrated step by step recipe guide for the following recipe of Zapekanka: 3 bananas, 450g of the polish curd cheese, 1 egg and 2 table spoons of the rice flour. Grate bananas and then mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Put in the casserole dish and bake in the oven for 40 minutes at temperature of 170 degrees celsius .  

After few rounds and perfecting my promts I've got the final result:

ChatGPT generated version of the illustrated recipe

Why This Works for Me (and Might for You)

• I don’t have to scroll

• I get to see the recipe

• I can print it, stick it on my fridge,

• It makes cooking more fun (and less rage-scroll-y)