Plates for Hope

Plates for Hope AI Meal Coordinator — the whole Plates for Hope application, live at https://mrjosueayalaperez-dev.github.io/Plates-for-Hope-/ (Meal Coordinator in the navigation). A bilingual meal-planning coordinator that turns ingredients on hand, a grocery budget, a headcount, and dietary needs into a scaled menu, a split grocery list with a budget verdict, and a volunteer checklist in serving order. Problem: community meal organizers plan under three hard constraints at once — donated ingredients, little cash, and guests with real dietary restrictions and allergies. The Coordinator spends on-hand ingredients first, buys only what is missing, refuses to violate a stated restriction silently, flags allergy concerns for organizer review (it never guarantees allergen safety), and tells the truth when the budget cannot feed the headcount. Organizers enter ingredients and quantities, budget and currency (USD/EUR/GBP/MXN/CAD), headcount, restrictions, allergies, and cooking equipment; they can edit inputs, copy the whole plan, or save it on their device. Full English/Spanish parity. Truthful story: Plates for Hope has served approximately 45 meals through the founder's direct community efforts, not coordinated through this app; regular scheduled service is a future goal. Verified results: with chicken thighs and rice already on hand, a $60 budget for 40 people produced a complete plan whose estimated additional grocery purchases total $45.65 (under budget by $14.35); a vegetarian + gluten-free plan with nothing on hand came to $41.25 of a $90 budget; the founder tested the integrated app on his phone in English and Spanish on Oct 27, 2026.