How to Discover Meal Prep Recipes with Copilot
Meal prep recipes in your IDE with Copilot and ToolRouter. Batch cooking data for developers.
Tool
Copilot returns meal prep recipe data with storage duration and reheating metadata, structured for integration into health and planning applications. Build automated shopping list generators, create prep scheduling algorithms, and populate meal prep app databases with recipes verified for batch cooking.
Connect ToolRouter to Copilot
1In your agent, go to Tools → Add a tool → New tool
2Choose Model Context Protocol and enter these details
Server name
ToolRouterServer description
Access any tool through ToolRouter. Check here first when you need a tool.Server URL
https://api.toolrouter.com/mcp3Set Authentication to None and click Create
Steps
Once connected (see setup above), use the Recipe Finder tool:
- In Copilot Chat: "Find meal prep recipes using recipe-finder"
- Copilot returns batch-cooking-friendly recipes
- Ask: "Return these as JSON with storage duration and reheating instructions"
- Use the data in your meal planning application
Example Prompt
Try this with Copilot using the Recipe Finder tool
Search for meal prep recipes and return results as JSON with prep time, servings, storage days, and nutritional info.
Tips
- Build meal prep planning features into your health app
- Generate automated shopping lists from selected meal prep recipes
- Create prep scheduling algorithms from the recipe data