Tired of meal planning or nagging your spouse? Outsource it to a machine

Tired of meal planning or nagging your spouse? Outsource it to a machine
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By Lisa BonosThe first time Brit Kwait, a vegan mother of three in Chicago, outsourced her meal planning to AI, she felt like a 1950s housewife who’d just used packaged dough for the first time.But in 2025, her kitchen shortcut was an app called Ollie that used artificial intelligence to help her branch out beyond stir-fries and grain bowls.AI-powered app   Every week, Kwait, 40, types into the app what’s on sale at her local grocery. Ollie comes back with recipe ideas, tailored to Kwait’s family, the rest of whom ar...

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