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Dinner from what's in my fridge

List what you've got. Get three dinners you can make tonight.

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I have these ingredients: chicken thighs, half a cabbage, eggs, rice, soy sauce, a lime, spring onions, garlic

I have 30 minutes and I want dinner. Avoid: no dairy

Give me three options I can actually cook tonight. For each one:
- The name, and why it works with what I have
- Anything I am missing, and whether I can skip it or swap it
- How long it really takes, start to finish
- The method in no more than six steps

Assume I have salt, pepper, oil and a basic pan. Do not suggest anything that needs an ingredient I would have to shop for unless you flag it clearly. Put the fastest option first.

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What you get: Three dinners, ranked by speed, each with a missing-ingredients line so there are no surprises halfway through.

Why this works better than asking for a recipe

Ask a model for "a recipe with chicken and cabbage" and you get one recipe, usually with three things you don't have. This asks for three, ranks them by time, and forces it to admit what's missing before you start cooking.

The line about salt, pepper and oil matters more than it looks. Without it you get recipes that quietly assume you own miso paste.

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