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:

{

  "ingredients": "eggs, rice, spinach"
}