I am finding ChatGPT increasingly helpful, to the point that I use this AI tool almost every day. You have probably seen my post recently where it was valuable in my sourdough bread-making. Today’s example will show you how the process worked to make a Paella for tonight’s dinner.

I had decided to make a mostly-vegetable paella for the meal. Since my wife can’t eat peppers, I needed some guidance to avoid them and still make it flavorful. It began innocently enough with my typing this prompt:

Here was the response:

ChatGPT: If you tell me what you’re putting in the paella—seafood, chicken, vegetables, beans, etc.—I can tune the sofrito and the rest of the paella around it.

ChatGPT:

At this point I considered some changes, and as usual, got back immediate and worthwhile advice:

Now it was time to put in all the details to make the dish properly. My prompt:

The results were very good.