🍏 Healthy Snack Ideas Generator

Welcome to the Healthy Snack Ideas Generator!
This Flask-based web app helps users generate healthy snack ideas based on the ingredients they have at home. It uses the Groq API to power the AI-driven snack suggestions. Users can save their favorite snacks to a personalized diet plan.

Live Demo: https://hackathon-39uq.onrender.com/

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🚀 Features

• 🧠 AI-Powered Snack Ideas: Generate healthy snack ideas based on ingredients and optional goals (e.g., lose weight, high protein).
• 📋 Save to Diet Plan: Save your favorite snacks to a personalized list.
• 🗑️ Remove Snacks: Easily remove snacks from your plan.
• 💻 Simple and Intuitive UI: Built with Tailwind CSS for a clean, modern experience.

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🧾 Prerequisites

Make sure you have the following installed:

• ✅ Python 3.8+
• ✅ pip (Python package manager)
• ✅ Groq API Key (Get it here)

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/medmahmoudhdaya/hackathon.git
cd hackathon

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2. Set Up a Virtual Environment

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

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3. Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

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4. Set Up Environment Variables

1. Copy the .env.example file to .env:

cp .env.example .env

2. Open the .env file and add your Groq API Key:

GROQ_API_KEY=your_groq_api_key_here

💡 Replace your_groq_api_key_here with your actual key from Groq

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▶️ Run the App Locally

flask run

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🧪 Example .env.example

# Rename this file to .env and add your API key below
GROQ_API_KEY=your_groq_api_key_here