AI Recipe Generator Web App

This project is a complete AI-powered cooking assistant web application built using Laravel 12, OpenAI GPT, and Stripe (Laravel Cashier). It is designed to help users generate smart cooking ideas, meal plans, recipe details, and grocery lists instantly.

Users can generate full recipes with title, description, ingredients, step-by-step instructions, preparation time, and cooking notes.

Creates personalized weekly meal plans based on diet goals, ingredients, or restrictions.

Automatically converts recipe ingredients into a clean, categorized shopping list.

Food thumbnails are generated using OpenAI’s image API via a queued background job for smooth performance.

Built with Laravel Cashier to support monthly/annual plans, usage limits, and premium features.

Clean, responsive, and user-friendly interface designed for speed and clarity.

Laravel 12

Laravel Cashier (Stripe)

OpenAI API (Chat + Image Generation)

Laravel Queues / Jobs

MySQL

Tailwind CSS

RESTful Controllers & Service Layer architecture

The app uses a clean service-based architecture, queue workers for image generation, and optimized database design to ensure the system remains fast and scalable.