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 Import the provided JSON template into your n8n workspace. Configure your AI node to match your local Ollama instance. Trigger the flow by sending a POST request to the webhook:

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