Japanese AI meal prep planner
Cook Japanese home food, not restaurant sushi. Joeys plans donburi, bento, and ichiju-sansai weeks in minutes.
The problem
- Online 'Japanese' recipes are sushi rolls and ramen, not real home food
- Bento prep takes forever without a system
- Japanese ingredients feel hard to source
- Family meals don't always fit the style
- You miss simple ichiju-sansai but don't know how to plan it
Your 3-day sample plan
Mon
Breakfast: Tamagoyaki + rice + miso soup + pickled veg
Lunch: Salmon shio bento — rice, salmon, broccoli, egg
Dinner: Chicken katsudon with miso soup and side salad
Wed
Breakfast: Onigiri (umeboshi, salmon) + miso soup
Lunch: Soba noodle bowl with tempura veg and dipping sauce
Dinner: Mapo tofu (Japanese-style) with rice and pickles
Fri
Breakfast: Natto + rice + nori + tamago
Lunch: Gyudon (beef-and-onion rice bowl)
Dinner: Yakizakana — grilled fish with rice, miso, and pickles
Questions
- Do I need to live near a Japanese grocery?
- No. Joeys keeps a core list of staples (soy sauce, mirin, miso, dashi) and suggests workable substitutes for harder-to-find ingredients.
- Will this teach me Japanese cooking?
- Not directly, but you'll cook more of it. Each recipe explains technique in plain language.
- Is it healthy?
- Japanese home food is naturally fish-heavy, vegetable-heavy, and portion-controlled. Joeys leans on that style.
- Can I plan bentos for school or work?
- Yes. Tell Joeys 'daily bento' and it builds Sunday-prep meals that hold safely until lunch.
- Does it support vegetarian Japanese?
- Yes — tofu, edamame, nori, eggs, and fermented veg cover most plans. Just set vegetarian in preferences.