Captures the non-obvious bits of Mealie's REST API: two-step create+patch
flow, food/unit id resolution (parser returns id:null for unknown names),
locale seeding to stop the parser fuzzy-matching teaspoon→tablespoon,
required ingredientReferences:[] on instructions, and the family
meal-type tagging convention (Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner/Dessert).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Donavan Fritz