This has been a major annoyance for QUITE some time now.
I have plenty of left over in my fridge, I even asked my zoi to “Take out” something out of the fridge
She went and “bought” a Granola meal instead…
It would be nice if the Zois would be a bit more logical in their choice of meal when doing so automatically.
In order as I think it should be, going thru the list one at a time to pick their meal :
1- If Zoi currently has an active urge (eat mango/granola/bibimbap/etc, or drink coffee), pick that.
2- Eat any meal not currently claimed which are lying around (served meals/unfinished served meals) which have not gone bad.
3- Eat from a meal stack lying around (such as a stack of 8 pancakes or how many is left in the stack) which has not gone bad.
4- Eat a leftover from inside the fridge, again as long as it has not gone bad.
5- If Zoi has cooking preference, make a single portion of their favorite food type if they can/ingredients permit. If more than one type of favorite, random choice.
6- If Zoi does NOT have cooking as a preference, eat a quick meal of their preferred food (if any).
Where it is applicable from the above points, Zoi should ALWAYS pick a meal with proper calories to get as close as possible to maximize their hunger bar, like if the zoi gets into eating a quick meal, and they like meat, they should pick the meat-type food with closest calories count to full (either 90% or 110% or whatever). But also prioritize their preferred food if-type you picked any.
Also, you will notice the lack of “Setting the Table” or making GROUP MEALS. The reason why I have not included those, is that they should only be done by the player themselves. I never want Zois to cook group meals unless I ask them to… But I do want them to eat from them when I DO cook them 
I’ve been suggesting variations of this for MONTHS now on the brainstorm, received MUCH support, but nothing was fixed.
Zois still buy new meals over taking leftovers,
They still don’t take portions off of a stored group meal (something Paralives got right early, so it can be done).
or take the group meal and put it on table while not taking portion from it after.
It’s been a long time coming, please fix/rework this.
