A command-line tool to help you decide what to eat today! This program randomly selects an appetizer, main course, and dessert from a variety of options and displays them in a visually appealing format. Perfect for those indecisive moments when you’re unsure what to eat.

• Randomized Meal Selection: The tool picks a random appetizer, main course, and dessert from predefined lists, offering a unique combination each time.
• Calorie-Based Selection: The user specifies a desired daily calorie intake, and the tool will select meals with a total calorie count that is less than or equal to the user’s input.
• Minimum Calorie Notification: If the user enters a calorie value that is too low, the tool notifies them of the minimum required calorie amount to generate a meal.
• Colorful Output: Using the colorama library, the output is formatted with color, making the meal suggestion visually appealing.
• Cross-Platform Compatibility: Works on Windows, Mac, and Linux, thanks to colorama.

========Today's Meal Suggestion========
Appetizer: Garlic Bread - 150 calories
Main Course: Sushi - 300 calories
Dessert: Ice Cream - 250 calories
Total Calories: 700
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           Enjoy your meal!

• Python 3.6 or above
• colorama library

1. Clone the Repository (optional if you want to customize or save locally):

   git clone <repository_url>
   cd meal-selector-cli

2. Install colorama: Install the color library that enables the styled command-line output:

   pip install colorama

3. Download Meal Selector CLI Tool

To run the program, simply execute the script from your terminal:

python meal_selector.py

Each time you run it, the program will generate a new meal suggestion based on your calorie intake.

The program uses the following components:

1. Imports and Initialization:

   • random for selecting random items.
   • colorama for color formatting in the command-line output. The init(autoreset=True) function ensures that styles reset automatically after each print statement, making it platform-compatible.

2. Data:

   • Three lists (appetizers, main_courses, and desserts) store different meal options, each with a corresponding calorie count.
   • The minimum possible calorie intake is calculated from the lowest-calorie items in each category.

3. pick_meal() Function:

   • A simple function that randomly picks an item from each list and checks whether the total calories are within the user's specified limit.

4. Error Handling:

   • If the user enters a calorie count that is too low, the tool will notify them and ask for a new input.

5. Displaying the Output:

   • The program prints each part of the meal (appetizer, main course, dessert) with labels, calories, and total calories, formatted for a visually engaging experience.

Feel free to modify the lists in the code to include your favorite dishes or additional meal options. Simply add more strings to the appetizers, main_courses, and desserts lists to personalize the tool.

Example:

# Adding items to the main_courses list
main_courses = ["Spaghetti Bolognese", "Grilled Chicken", "Vegetable Stir Fry", "Sushi", "Fried Rice", "Paneer Tikka"]

1. Color Not Displaying:

   • Make sure the colorama library is installed. You can check by running:

     pip show colorama

   • If the problem persists, try using a different terminal or command-line tool.

2. Adding More Items:

   • Ensure each item is a string and separated by a comma in the list.

Thanks to the Python community for their continuous support, and to the developers of colorama for providing an easy-to-use library for command-line color formatting.