Generate Recipes from Ingredients with Ollama AI Chef Agent

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Built by Clown Mutiny Clown Mutiny
Created on June 16, 2026

Description

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"
}

Nodes Used (4)

AI Agent
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.agent
Ollama Chat Model
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatOllama
Simple Memory
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.memoryBufferWindow
Think Tool
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolThink