A quick reference guide for the easiest, money-saving recipes.
Guide to Recipes
Short Intro
I’ve played far too much of this game since it came out, and the main frustrations I’ve had have been maintaining good food and fuel levels (and nails, but hopefully that’ll be fixed sooner rather than later).
This is less of a guide, and more of a reference sheet to pull up so you can see what recipes can be made with limited/no fuel or shop-only items. This should hopefully help you save on money.
Recipes and Requirements
No Purchased Items/Fuel Required:
- Strawberry Bowl (2).
- Apple Bowl (2).
- Citrus Peach Cooler (3).
Fuel Required/No Purchased Items:
- Mint Tea (1).
- Mashed Potato (2).
- Mushroom Soup (3).
- Peach Iced Tea (3).
- Spicy Linden Tea (3).
- Plate of Fries (4).
- Snappy Beet Chips (4).
- Hearty Soup (7) (Note: Requires 7 fuel each).
Fuel/One Purchased Item Required:
- Boiled Egg (2) – (Egg).
- Chamomile Tea (2) – (Sugar).
- Plum Schnaps (2) – (Sugar).
- Corn on the Cob (3) – (Butter).
- Corn Flakes (3) – (Milk).
- Tomato Soup (4) – (Milk).
- Roasted Potato (4) – (Butter).
- Popcorn (4) – (Butter).
- Hashbrowns (5) – (Flour).
- Pepper Pasta (5) – (Pasta).
- Pickled Beet Eggs (5) – (Egg).
- Creamy Baked Cheese (6) – (Cheese).
- Zesty Seared Mushroom (7) – (Butter).
- Pan Fried Spinach (7) – (Butter).
- Bean Stuffed Peppers (8) – (Rice).
- Sous Vide Carrot Stew (8) – (Butter).
Fuel/Two Purchased Items Required:
- Egg Dippy (3) – (Eggs, Bread).
- Grilled Cheese (4) – (Cheese, Bread).
- Microbaked Apple (5) – (Butter, Sugar).
- Grilled Garlic Bread (5) – (Butter, Bread).
- Chilly Mac (6) – (Cheese, Pasta).
- Pasta Aglio e Olio (6) – (Cheese, Pasta).
- Bread Pudding (6) – (Milk, Bread).
- Peach Cobbler (7) – (Sugar, Flour).
- Fried Rice (7) – (Egg, Rice).
- Veggie Lasagna (8) – (Cheese, Flour).
- Mushroom Risotto (10) – (Butter, Rice).
Fuel/Three Purchased Items Required:
- French Onion Soup (6) – (Butter, Cheese, Bread).
- Potato Pierogi (7) – (Butter, Egg, Flour).
- Fluffy Pancakes (8) – (Syrup, Milk, Flour).
- Plum Galette (8) – (Syrup, Flour, Butter).
Fuel/Four Purchased Items Required:
- Butter Croissant (8) – (Milk, Butter, Eggs, Flour).
- Sous Vide Cheesecake (8) – (Sugar, Butter, Egg, Cheese).
Note: Aside from fuel, both require only one foraged ingredient, so if you have money and want quick food score, these are good lazy options.
Forageables Locations
- Apples – Highlake, Pinefall
- Beans – Winterberry Greenhouse
- Beets – Winterberry Greenhouse
- Blackberries – Beachside (Note: The map calls them Blueberries)
- Carrots – Winterberry Greenhouse, Pinefall
- Chamomile – Highlake, Pinefall
- Corn – Highlake, Pinefall
- Garlic – Winterberry Greenhouse, Pinefall
- Ginger – Whitestone Bay
- Herbs – Darkgrove, Highlake, Winterberry Greenhouse, Pinefall
- Honey – Whitestone Bay, Pinefall
- Lemons – Winterberry Greenhouse, Jax’s House
- Linden – Beachside
- Mint – Highlake, Pinefall
- Mushrooms – Darkgrove, Highlake, Pinefall
- Onions – Highlake, Winterberry Greenhouse, Pinefall
- Peach – Whitestone Bay
- Pepper – Winterberry Greenhouse, Pinefall
- Potato – Highlake, Whitestone Bay, Pinefall
- Plum – Whitestone Bay, Pinefall
- Sage – Darkgrove
- Spinach – Pinefall
- Strawberries – Highlake, Winterberry Greenhouse, Pinefall
- Tomatoes – Highlake, Winterberry Greenhouse, Pinefall
Ipswitch’s Wholesale:
- Butter – 45c
- Eggs – 45c
- Milk – 45c
- Sugar – 45c
- Bread – 45c
- Cheese – 90c
- Flour – 90c
- Pasta – 90c
- Rice – 150c
- Syrup – 150c
Notes and Closing
I will mention that you can hire staff later in the game to cook for you without the use of ingredients.
While it saves a ton of hassle, it can also be pretty expensive, which is part of why I made this whole reference.
Also, there are some recipes that produce 2 meals per recipe. As far as I know, there’s no obvious way to check which are without testing each of them, but let me know!
I hope this helps some people save some money/headaches in their playthroughs.
Is anyone else running into an issue with not being able to actually click the cook button?? I’ve verified I have all ingredients correct and cards are correct but I simply cannot press cook for some reason. It worked in the past and I was able to cook a few things. Now whenever I try it won’t work…. Tried restarting, different recipes… everything.
I’m having the exact same issue!!
The plum Schnaps recipe gave me 3 meals per recipe, if I remember right.
Great reference guide. I just took screenshots of the recipes and made a “cookbook” this is SO much better. Thanks!
It seems that the teas and drinks are two for ones. I have not found foods that two for one yet.
This is perfect. And I found it exactly when I got frustrated by all the people complaining I didn’t have enough food variety. Thank you for posting!