Project Overview
CookiMate is a playful meal planning app for Thermomix® users that integrates intermittent fasting and calorie goals.
It automatically generates personalized daily menus based on a user’s fasting window, desired weight, and timeframe — using Cookidoo® recipes.
The project was built as a fast MVP to validate user interest and concept feasibility, focusing on CTA conversion, email collection, and onboarding flow rather than full app functionality.
Problems
User
- Fragmented experience - Thermomix users jump between Cookidoo, calorie calculators, and fasting apps — no single place brings these elements together.
- Decision fatigue - People spend more time deciding what to eat than actually cooking.
Business
- Validation-first constraint - The idea needed to be tested quickly before investing in app development.
- No-code limits - The MVP had to rely on a low-cost, no-code stack, while still feeling polished and “real.”
- Engagement uncertainty - We needed to see if people would sign up just for the idea before investing in recipe scraping or integrations.
Solutions
User
- Personalized fasting-based plans - Generated daily menus tailored to fasting window, calorie goal, and timeline .
- Thermomix-first recipes - All meals reference Cookidoo recipes, maintaining brand familiarity and user trust.
Business
- Onboarding app MVP - A short quiz that generates sample meal plans instantly, simulating full app behavior.

No-code Stack
- Lovable - front-end (vibe-coded MVP)
- Supabase - storing emails, leads, recipes and user preferences
- ChatGPT - powering user flow logic, daily calorie calculations (based on BMI), and logo creation
Costs
Lovable + Supababse — $20/month
Results & Impact
- Proof of concept validated before coding: The MVP provided enough signal (conversion at ~6%) to justify further development (meal planner app + Cookidoo® data scraping).
- Low costs and Fast build: First live version shipped in under one weeks with $20 total spend.
- Emotional engagement: Feedback emphasized how “needed” the concept is.
Blockers for further developemnt
Cookidoo® Terms and Conditions prohibit reuse or reproduction of their recipe content in any form, limiting future integrations.
