🍳 Grow a Garden Cooking Recipes

Cooking turns your harvested crops into food — which you can feed to pets, sell, or use in crafting. This page lists all 25 foods, which kinds of crops go into each, and the exact recipes players have found for each tier.

Last verified October 28, 2026 against the Food, Cooking Kit and Cooking Event pages on the Grow a Garden wiki. An earlier version of this page had invented dishes, cooking times, hunger values and Sheckle prices; they've been removed.

🍲 How cooking works

Cooking arrived with the Cooking Event (Update 1.17.0, August 2025). When the event ended on August 16, 2025, it became a permanent part of the game through the Cooking Kit, a Prismatic cosmetic you place in your garden.

1. Get a Cooking Kit. It's a reward for finishing the Common, Rare or Mythical tier of the Achievements, or you can buy it in the Cosmetics Shop for 1,000,000 Sheckles.
2. Put crops in the pot and press Cook. The food you get depends on the kinds of crops you used — a bread crop and a meat crop make a Hot Dog, for example (see the table below).
3. Wait for the timer. Heavier crops, and more of them, add time — but on the event they also earned more points and better rewards.

Two things are worth knowing. First, mutations can carry over: a mutated crop gives the food a chance to inherit it, so a Windstruck Blueberry can become a Windstruck Blueberry Smoothie. Second, you have to cook a food once before it shows up in your Recipe Book.

Food is useful for feeding pets (it refills hunger — pets only age while their hunger bar isn't empty), crafting, selling at Steven's stand, and feeding NPCs on their birthdays for rewards.

📋 All 25 foods and what goes in them

Each food is made from crops in certain groups. Where the wiki lists a group (Sweet, Fruit, Berry, Root, Candy, Vegetable, Woody, Flower), any crop of that type counts. Base time and weight are the wiki's figures before your crops' weight is added.

Soup is the catch-all: any combination that isn't the recipe for another food becomes Soup.

🧾 Exact recipes by tier

Food comes in tiers from Common up to Transcendent, and better crops give a better tier. These are the combinations recorded on the wiki during the Cooking Event — any one line in a tier works. A few foods share a recipe; during the event you had to wait for Chris P. to crave the one you wanted.

Burger — 13 known recipes, 4 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Legendary	1× Pepper + 1× Corn + 1× Tomato 2× Bell Pepper + 1× Violet Corn 1× Corn + 1× Jalapeno + 1× Cauliflower + 1× Ember Lily + 1× Blueberry
Divine	1× Pepper + 1× Corn + 1× Tomato + 1× Bone Blossom + 1× Beanstalk 1× Pepper + 1× Corn + 1× Tomato + 2× Beanstalk 2× Sugar Apple + 1× Pepper + 1× Corn + 1× Tomato 1× Ember Lily + 2× Beanstalk + 1× Corn + 1× Artichoke 1× Corn + 1× Tomato + 1× Elder Strawberry + 2× Bone Blossom 1× Jalapeno + 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Pepper + 1× Burning Bud
Prismatic	1× Sugarglaze + 1× Tomato + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Corn + 1× Grand Tomato + 1× Elder Strawberry + 2× Bone Blossom 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Bamboo + 3× Ember Lily
Transcendent	1× Sugarglaze + 1× Grand Tomato + 3× Bone Blossom

Cake — 25 known recipes, 6 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Rare	2× Corn + 2× Strawberry 2× Blueberry + 1× Corn + 1× Tomato 2× Banana + 2× Strawberry + 1× Pumpkin
Legendary	2× Corn + 2× Watermelon 2× Corn + 2× Banana + 1× Watermelon 1× Blueberry + 1× Grape + 1× Apple + 1× Corn 2× Tomato + 2× Banana 1× Corn + 1× Blueberry + 1× Pineapple + 1× Kiwi + 1× Lumira
Mythical	2× Kiwi + 2× Banana 2× Banana + 1× Blood Banana + 1× Moon Melon + 1× Soft Sunshine 2× Corn + 2× Mango 3× Moon Melon + 2× Corn 1× Cauliflower + 1× Apple + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Corn + 1× Tomato 1× Cauliflower + 2× Blueberry + 2× Beanstalk
Divine	2× Sugar Apple + 2× Corn 1× Sakura Bush + 1× Cacao + 1× Corn + 1× Giant Pinecone + 1× Spiked Mango 1× Sakura Bush + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Corn + 1× Bone Blossom
Prismatic	1× Banana + 1× Kiwi + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Corn + 2× Elder Strawberry + 2× Sugar Apple 1× Corn + 4× Sugar Apple 1× Sugarglaze + 4× Sugar Apple
Transcendent	1× Sugarglaze + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Banana + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Banana + 4× Bone Blossom 1× Banana + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom

Candy Apple — 12 known recipes, 4 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Mythical	1× Sugar Apple + 1× Apple
Divine	1× Sugar Apple + 1× Sugarglaze 2× Jalapeno + 2× Sugar Apple 1× Tomato + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Bone Blossom 1× Bone Blossom + 1× Elder Strawberry + 1× Carrot + 1× Sugar Apple
Prismatic	3× Sugar Apple + 2× Kiwi
Transcendent	1× Banana + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Sugarglaze + 3× Bone Blossom 4× Sugar Apple 2× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Hive Fruit + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Sugar Apple + 4× Bone Blossom

Corndog — 3 known recipes, 3 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Rare	1× Pepper + 1× Corn + 1× Rhubarb
Mythical	1× Pepper + 1× Corn + 1× Giant Pinecone
Transcendent	1× Violet Corn + 1× Giant Pinecone + 3× Bone Blossom

Donut — 22 known recipes, 6 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Rare	2× Corn + 1× Watermelon 1× Corn + 1× Blueberry + 1× Apple
Legendary	1× Tomato + 1× Banana + 2× Corn 2× Tomato + 1× Sugarglaze + 2× Rose 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Cactus + 1× Banana 1× Sugar Apple + 2× Corn
Mythical	2× Mango + 2× Corn 2× Sugar Apple + 1× Corn 2× Cacao + 1× Sugarglaze 2× Grape + 1× Sugarglaze
Divine	1× Cauliflower + 4× Candy Blossom 1× Violet Corn + 2× Sugar Apple
Prismatic	3× Sugar Apple + 1× Taco Fern + 1× Sugarglaze 4× Sugar Apple + 1× Sugarglaze 1× Sugarglaze + 2× Bone Blossom 3× Bone Blossom + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Corn
Transcendent	1× Sugar Apple + 1× Sugarglaze + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Taco Fern + 1× Sugarglaze + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Banana + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Banana + 4× Bone Blossom 1× Beanstalk + 1× Sugarglaze + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Sugarglaze + 4× Bone Blossom

Hot Dog — 19 known recipes, 5 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Legendary	1× Pepper + 1× Corn 1× Banana + 1× Pepper + 1× Horsetail
Mythical	2× Violet Corn + 2× Lucky Bamboo + 1× Bone Blossom 1× Ember Lily + 1× Corn 1× Corn + 1× Bone Blossom
Divine	1× Ember Lily + 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Sugar Apple
Prismatic	4× Ember Lily + 1× Corn 2× Bone Blossom + 2× Beanstalk + 1× Corn 3× Bone Blossom + 1× Banana + 1× Blood Banana 3× Bone Blossom + 1× Lucky Bamboo + 1× Violet Corn 3× Bone Blossom + 1× Lucky Bamboo + 1× Corn 3× Beanstalk + 1× Pepper + 1× Corn 1× Ember Lily + 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Beanstalk 1× Violet Corn + 1× Lucky Bamboo + 3× Bone Blossom
Transcendent	1× Corn + 4× Bone Blossom 1× Violet Corn + 1× Beanstalk + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Violet Corn + 1× Elder Strawberry + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Violet Corn + 4× Bone Blossom 1× Cauliflower + 4× Bone Blossom

Ice Cream — 27 known recipes, 7 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Uncommon	1× Corn + 1× Blueberry 1× Corn + 1× Strawberry
Rare	1× Corn + 1× Raspberry
Legendary	2× Banana 1× Banana + 1× Lingonberry 1× Corn + 1× Mango 1× Corn + 1× Spiked Mango 1× Banana + 1× Coconut 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Soft Sunshine 1× Corn + 1× Blueberry + 1× Pineapple + 1× Kiwi + 1× Lumira
Mythical	1× Sugar Apple + 1× Banana 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Corn 1× Mango + 1× Sugarglaze
Divine	1× Sugar Apple + 1× Sugarglaze 1× Mango + 1× Cacao + 1× Grape + 1× Corn
Prismatic	2× Sugar Apple + 1× Banana + 1× Tranquil Bloom + 1× Bone Blossom 1× Banana + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Ember Lily 1× Banana + 1× Apple + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Sugarglaze + 2× Bone Blossom 3× Sugar Apple + 1× Corn 3× Sugar Apple + 1× Sugarglaze 3× Bone Blossom + 1× Corn + 1× Sugar Apple
Transcendent	1× Sugarglaze + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Banana + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Banana + 4× Bone Blossom 1× Sugarglaze + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Sugarglaze + 4× Bone Blossom

Pie — 21 known recipes, 5 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Legendary	1× Pumpkin + 1× Pineapple 2× Pumpkin + 1× Pepper
Mythical	1× Jalapeno + 1× Taco Fern + 1× Tall Asparagus + 1× Crown Melon + 1× Twisted Tangle 1× Coconut + 1× Pepper + 1× Dragon Fruit + 1× Strawberry 1× Pumpkin + 1× Beanstalk 1× Pumpkin + 1× Ember Lily 1× Pumpkin + 1× Giant Pinecone + 1× Corn + 1× Apple
Divine	1× Beanstalk + 3× Coconut 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Beanstalk
Prismatic	1× Pepper + 1× Coconut + 2× Elder Strawberry + 1× Celestiberry 1× Pepper + 1× Coconut + 2× Elder Strawberry + 1× Firefly Fern 1× Burning Bud + 1× Prickly Pear + 1× Bone Blossom + 1× Giant Pinecone + 1× Coconut 1× Bone Blossom + 1× Crown Melon + 1× Fossilight + 2× Sugar Apple 2× Bone Blossom + 1× Coconut 1× Sugarglaze + 2× Ember Lily + 2× Beanstalk
Transcendent	4× Bone Blossom + 1× Pumpkin 3× Bone Blossom + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Coconut 3× Bone Blossom + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Sugarglaze 1× Pumpkin + 4× Bone Blossom 1× Coconut + 4× Bone Blossom 2× Bone Blossom + 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Sugar Apple

Pizza — 15 known recipes, 5 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Legendary	1× Strawberry + 1× Pepper + 1× Corn + 1× Tomato
Mythical	1× Giant Pinecone + 1× Corn + 1× Apple + 1× Pepper + 1× Strawberry 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Pepper + 1× Banana 2× Corn + 2× Apple + 1× Pepper
Divine	1× Pepper + 1× Tomato + 1× Corn + 2× Sugar Apple 1× Giant Pinecone + 1× Apple + 1× Pepper + 1× Banana + 1× Mushroom 2× Sugar Apple + 1× Corn + 1× Tomato + 1× Bell Pepper 1× Corn + 1× Kiwi + 2× Bone Blossom + 1× Carrot
Prismatic	1× Sugar Apple + 1× Corn + 3× Bone Blossom 3× Sugar Apple + 1× Corn + 1× Pepper 1× Pepper + 1× Corn + 1× Sugar Apple + 2× Giant Pinecone
Transcendent	1× Violet Corn + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Grand Tomato + 1× Sugarglaze + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Beanstalk + 1× Sugarglaze + 2× Bone Blossom 1× Beanstalk + 1× Banana + 3× Bone Blossom

Porridge — 7 known recipes, 2 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Prismatic	1× Corn + 4× Sugar Apple 3× Bone Blossom + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Corn 2× Bone Blossom + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Banana 1× Corn + 1× Grand Volcania + 1× Rosy Delight + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Bone Blossom 1× Sugarglaze + 4× Sugar Apple
Transcendent	1× Sugarglaze + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Banana + 4× Bone Blossom

Salad — 34 known recipes, 7 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Uncommon	1× Tomato + 1× Carrot 1× Onion + 1× Pear 1× Tomato + 1× Onion
Rare	2× Tomato 2× Tomato + 2× Strawberry + 1× Raspberry 1× Tomato + 1× Carrot + 1× Strawberry + 1× Bell Pepper 1× Lilac + 1× Pear + 1× Tomato 2× Tomato + 1× Hinomai
Legendary	5× Tomato 1× Liberty Lily + 1× Mango + 3× Tomato 1× Bamboo + 1× Beanstalk + 1× Strawberry 1× Mango + 1× Tomato 1× Artichoke + 1× Sugar Apple 1× Tomato + 2× Jalapeno + 2× Bell Pepper
Mythical	2× Blood Banana + 2× Tomato 1× Bamboo + 1× Mango + 1× Pineapple + 1× Tomato + 1× Beanstalk 1× Tomato + 2× Pepper 1× Bamboo + 1× Pepper 1× Tomato + 1× Pepper + 1× Sugar Apple 1× Tomato + 1× Bone Blossom
Divine	1× Bamboo + 1× Sugar Apple + 2× Bamboo + 1× Beanstalk 1× Beanstalk + 1× Pineapple
Prismatic	4× Grand Tomato 2× Tomato + 3× Bone Blossom 2× Mango + 2× Bone Blossom + 1× Bell Pepper 1× Tomato + 1× Legacy Sunflower + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Grand Tomato + 1× Bone Blossom 4× Beanstalk + 1× Jalapeno 5× Grand Tomato
Transcendent	1× Bamboo + 1× Beanstalk + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Grand Tomato + 4× Bone Blossom 1× Tomato + 4× Bone Blossom 2× Giant Pinecone + 2× Bone Blossom + 1× Bell Pepper 1× Bell Pepper + 4× Bone Blossom

Sandwich — 11 known recipes, 5 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Rare	2× Tomato + 1× Corn 3× Artichoke + 1× Tomato + 1× Sugarglaze
Legendary	1× Tomato + 1× Corn + 1× Cacao 1× Tomato + 1× Corn + 1× Elder Strawberry
Divine	2× Giant Pinecone + 1× Tomato + 1× Corn 3× Giant Pinecone + 1× Tomato + 1× Corn 1× Tomato + 1× Corn + 1× Elder Strawberry + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Ember Lily
Prismatic	3× Bone Blossom + 1× Tomato + 1× Corn 3× Bone Blossom + 1× Tomato + 1× Violet Corn 3× Bone Blossom + 1× Tomato + 1× Sugarglaze
Transcendent	3× Bone Blossom + 1× Grand Tomato + 1× Sugarglaze

Smoothie — 28 known recipes, 7 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Uncommon	5× Traveler's Fruit
Rare	1× Orange Tulip + 1× Daffodil + 1× Glowshroom + 1× Strawberry + 1× Cantaloupe 1× Traveler's Fruit + 1× Blood Banana + 1× Cranberry + 1× Strawberry + 1× Blueberry
Legendary	1× Corn + 1× Spiked Mango 4× Tomato + 1× Green Apple 2× Tomato + 2× Apple + 2× Green Apple 2× Cranberry
Mythical	1× Jalapeno + 1× Crown Melon + 1× Lingonberry + 1× Bell Pepper 5× Apple 1× Coconut + 1× Carrot + 1× Mushroom + 1× Watermelon 2× Spiked Mango
Divine	5× Mango 1× Maple Apple + 1× Watermelon + 1× Moon Mango + 1× Hive Fruit + 1× Grape 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Taco Fern + 1× Elder Strawberry
Prismatic	1× Maple Apple + 1× Coconut + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Elder Strawberry 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Grand Tomato + 1× Pepper + 1× Elder Strawberry 5× Maple Apple 2× Sugar Apple 5× Grape 2× Cacao + 2× Sugar Apple + 1× Pepper 2× Pepper + 2× Sugar Apple + 1× Giant Pinecone 1× Giant Pinecone + 1× Bitter Melon + 1× Sugar Apple + 2× Beanstalk
Transcendent	1× Sugar Apple + 1× Coconut + 3× Bone Blossom 4× Sugar Apple 4× Bone Blossom + 1× Moon Melon + 1× Elder Strawberry 4× Elder Strawberry + 1× Sugar Apple 5× Sugar Apple 2× Sugar Apple + 2× Elder Strawberry + 1× Beanstalk

Spaghetti — 6 known recipes, 3 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Legendary	1× Tomato + 1× Corn + 1× Bell Pepper + 1× Jalapeno 1× Tomato + 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Artichoke + 1× Bell Pepper
Mythical	1× Tomato + 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Bell Pepper + 1× Jalapeno
Prismatic	1× Corn + 1× Tomato + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Violet Corn + 1× Tomato + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Tomato + 3× Bone Blossom

Sushi — 14 known recipes, 4 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Legendary	4× Bamboo + 1× Corn 1× Bamboo + 2× Corn + 1× Spiked Mango 1× Corn + 2× Tomato + 1× Bamboo
Mythical	3× Bamboo + 1× Corn + 1× Maple Apple 3× Bamboo + 1× Hive Fruit + 1× Corn 1× Bamboo + 1× Lilac + 1× Lucky Bamboo + 1× Mango + 1× Violet Corn
Divine	2× Bamboo + 1× Corn + 2× Bone Blossom 3× Sugar Apple + 1× Bamboo + 1× Corn 1× Corn + 1× Bamboo + 3× Elder Strawberry 1× Bamboo + 1× Corn + 2× Bone Blossom 1× Bamboo + 1× Corn + 3× Dragon Pepper
Prismatic	1× Corn + 1× Bamboo + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Violet Corn + 1× Bamboo + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Violet Corn + 1× Bamboo + 1× Legacy Sunflower + 2× Bone Blossom

Sweet Tea — 8 known recipes, 3 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Divine	1× Burning Bud + 1× Sugarglaze
Prismatic	1× Ember Lily + 1× Sugar Apple + 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Beanstalk
Transcendent	1× Burning Bud + 4× Sugar Apple 2× Moon Blossom + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Burning Bud + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom 1× Ember Lily + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom 4× Sugar Apple + 1× Ember Lily 4× Sugar Apple + 1× Burning Bud

Waffle — 10 known recipes, 4 tiers

Tier	Ingredients (any one line works)
Mythical	1× Coconut + 1× Sugarglaze
Divine	1× Grape + 1× Coconut + 1× Dragon Fruit + 1× Cactus + 1× Peach 2× Coconut + 2× Mango 1× Corn + 1× Crown Melon + 3× Sugar Apple 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Sugar Apple 1× Sugarglaze + 2× Sugar Apple
Prismatic	1× Sugar Apple + 1× Blood Banana + 1× Sugarglaze + 1× Grape + 1× Bone Blossom 1× Sugarglaze + 3× Sugar Apple 1× Coconut + 4× Sugar Apple
Transcendent	1× Sugarglaze + 1× Sugar Apple + 3× Bone Blossom

🐷 The Cooking Event: Chris P., cravings and the Kitchen Storm

From August 2 to 16, 2025 the Cooking Event ran on an event island. Players cooked for the chef Chris P.: the better the food (more points), the better his rewards. If you served him the food he was craving, it was upgraded a full tier — a Divine Ice Cream counted as Prismatic.

Feeding Chris P. also filled the Kitchen Storm meter. At 40 points a 10-minute Kitchen Storm started, doubling cooking speed, raising the chance for mutations to carry over to food, and applying the Aromatic mutation to fruit in players' gardens. Every further 40 points raised its level, up to 3.5× cooking speed. Mutated food could also be handed to the Rat Connoisseur for a choice of rewards.

Cooking quests gave the Gourmet Egg (no longer obtainable), which hatches the Bagel Bunny (50%), Pancake Mole (38%), Sushi Bear (7%), Spaghetti Sloth (4%) and French Fry Ferret (1%).

❓ FAQ

How do you cook in Grow a Garden?

Place a Cooking Kit in your garden, add harvested crops to the pot and press Cook. What you make depends on which kinds of crops you put in — for example bread crops plus meat crops make a Hot Dog. Heavier crops add more cooking time.

How do you get the Cooking Kit?

It is a reward for completing the Common, Rare or Mythical tier of the Achievements, and it is sold in the Cosmetics Shop for 1,000,000 Sheckles.

What is food used for?

Feeding pets to refill their hunger, crafting recipes that need food, selling at Steven's Sell Stuff stand, and feeding NPCs on their birthdays for rewards.

Does cooking with mutated crops help?

Yes. A mutated crop gives the food a chance to inherit that mutation — a Windstruck Blueberry can make a Windstruck Blueberry Smoothie.

Is Chris P. still taking cravings?

The cravings were part of the Cooking Event (August 2–16, 2025). During it, serving Chris P. the food he was craving upgraded it one tier. Cooking itself stayed in the game through the Cooking Kit.

What is Soup?

Soup is what you get from any combination that isn't the recipe for another food.