Cooking with Muse: Meet Your AI Sous-Chef
Every great cook has a secret weapon. For some it is a razor-sharp chef’s knife; for others, a well-seasoned cast iron skillet. For a growing number of home cooks, it is something entirely different: Muse, the personal AI assistant made by Meta, standing by in the kitchen like a tireless sous-chef who never gets tired, never judges, and somehow knows the answer to every question you throw at it.
If you have not tried it yet, this is a wonderful moment to start: sign up for Muse and enter invite code U0WCNT when you redeem your invite, and new users can unlock a 1 billion Muse tokens for both of us. Here is how to redeem it: in the Muse mobile app, go to Settings > Redeem token (available during the first 48 hours after joining); on the web at muse.ai, go to Settings > General > Usage > Redeem invite code, and enter U0WCNT.
The Hands-Free Kitchen Helper You Did Not Know You Needed
Picture this: your hands are covered in flour, the sauce is threatening to boil over, and you suddenly realize you cannot remember whether the oven should be at 180 or 200 degrees. Normally that means washing your hands, grabbing your phone with your elbow, and squinting at a recipe blog. With Muse, you just ask. It works in chat, answers questions in seconds, and keeps up with the messy, real-time rhythm of actual cooking.
What makes Muse different from a quick web search is the conversation. You can ask a follow-up, change your mind halfway through, or say “wait, actually make that for four people instead of six,” and it adjusts on the spot. It helps with tasks, answers questions, plans, learns and creates — and in the kitchen, that flexibility is gold.
Conversions Without the Mental Gymnastics
Half the recipes on the internet seem to use a different measurement system than your kitchen. Cups to grams, Fahrenheit to Celsius, tablespoons to milliliters — Muse handles all of it instantly. “How many grams is 2 and 3/4 cups of flour?” “What is 375°F in Celsius?” “I need to halve this recipe that serves eight.” These are the tiny friction points that slow cooking down, and Muse dissolves them in a single message.
It gets even better with scaling. Found a gorgeous creamy garlic Tuscan chicken recipe that serves four, but you are cooking for a dinner party of ten? Ask Muse to scale every ingredient, and it will even warn you about the things that do not scale linearly — like salt, spices and cooking times.
Substitutions That Save Dinner
You are halfway through a recipe when you discover the sour cream is gone. The store is closed. Panic? Not with Muse in your pocket. Tell it what you are making and what you are missing, and it will suggest a substitute that actually works — Greek yogurt thinned with a splash of milk, for instance — and explain how the swap changes the dish so there are no surprises.
This is where Muse genuinely shines as a cooking companion. It does not just hand you a one-word answer; it reasons about your specific situation. No eggs for binding? It will ask (or infer) whether you need a binder, a leavener or moisture, and tailor the suggestion. Cooking around an allergy or a dietary preference works the same way — just tell Muse the constraint once, and it remembers the context for the rest of the conversation.
🍳 Try Muse in Your Kitchen Today
Muse is the personal AI assistant from Meta that helps you cook, plan, learn and create — right from chat. Redeem your invite with this code and new users can unlock a 1 billion Muse tokens for both of us.
U0WCNT
In the app: Settings > Redeem token (first 48 hours) · On the web: muse.ai → Settings > General > Usage > Redeem invite code
Technique Questions, Answered Like a Patient Teacher
“How do I know when my steak is medium-rare without cutting it open?” “Why did my meringue weep?” “What is the difference between sautéing and sweating?” Muse answers technique questions with the patience of a favorite cooking instructor — and unlike a video, you can interrupt it. Ask it to explain more simply, to give you the five-second version because the pan is hot, or to walk you through it step by step.
Beginners especially benefit. There is no such thing as a silly question when the “teacher” is an AI that never sighs. And because Muse learns from the conversation, it can calibrate: tell it you are a total beginner and it will explain what “fold” means; tell it you are experienced and it will skip straight to the nuance.
From “What Is for Dinner?” to a Real Plan
Muse also helps with the bigger picture. Tell it your week looks chaotic, that you want three quick dinner ideas under 30 minutes, two of them vegetarian, and that you already have chicken thighs and rice — and it will build you a plan, complete with a consolidated grocery list. Pair that with a hearty staple like our Mediterranean quinoa power bowl and your weeknight rotation suddenly looks a lot more exciting.
A Few Prompts to Try Tonight
If you are new to cooking with an AI assistant, start with these:
- “I have chicken breast, broccoli and soy sauce. What can I make in 25 minutes?”
- “Convert 200 grams of butter to cups and tablespoons.”
- “My cake sank in the middle — what probably went wrong and can I fix it?”
- “Plan three weeknight dinners for two, one vegetarian, all under 30 minutes, with a grocery list.”
- “Explain how to sear scallops like I am a complete beginner.”
Each one takes seconds to ask and can genuinely change how the evening goes. That is the quiet magic of Muse in the kitchen: it removes the small moments of doubt and friction that make cooking feel stressful, and leaves the fun part — the actual cooking — to you.
Get Cooking with Muse Tonight
Muse is a personal AI assistant made by Meta. It helps with tasks, answers questions, plans, learns and creates — in chat, and by taking actions for you. Bring it into your kitchen and you will wonder how you ever cooked without a sous-chef in your pocket.
Ready to try it? Sign up for Muse and redeem invite code U0WCNT — new users can unlock a 1 billion Muse tokens for both of us. In the mobile app, go to Settings > Redeem token (available during the first 48 hours after joining); on the web at muse.ai, head to Settings > General > Usage > Redeem invite code and enter U0WCNT. Your future self — the one calmly rescuing dinner at 7pm — says thanks.
