Many dishes are free, some cost to produce, but other than the snacks they all need ingredients. You can buy these from the grocery store or grow and fish your own. You will need higher skills before some of these recipes are made available to you, but you will also need to learn recipes from the recipe cards available from the bookshop. Some meat dishes have a vegetarian alternative if prepeared by a Sim with the Vegetarian trait.
The Sims 3 Basic Game Foods:
Mac and Cheese | Autumn Salad |
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- Cooking Skill: 0
- Quality: Normal
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Lunch, Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Cheese
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- Cooking Skill: 0
- Quality: Normal
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Lettuce
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Waffles | Hot Dogs |
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- Cooking Skill: 0
- Quality: Normal
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Breakfast, Brunch
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Egg
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- Cooking Skill: 0
- Quality: Normal
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie Alt.: Tofu Dogs
- Serve: Lunch, Dinner
- Single: No
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Links (Sausages)
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Peanut Butter and Jelly | Pancakes |
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- Cooking Skill: 1
- Quality: Normal
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Brunch, Lunch
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Any Fruit
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- Cooking Skill: 1
- Quality: Normal
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Brunch, Lunch
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Any Fruit
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Ratatouille | Grilled Cheese |
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- Cooking Skill: 1
- Quality: Normal
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Lunch, Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Tomato
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- Cooking Skill: 2
- Quality: Normal
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Lunch
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Cheese
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Goopy Carbonara | Cookies |
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- Cooking Skill: 2
- Quality: Normal
- Serve Cost: §11
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Lunch, Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Onion
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- Cooking Skill: 3
- Quality: Nice
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Dessert
- Single: No
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Egg
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Fish and Chips | Fruit Parfait |
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- Cooking Skill: 3
- Quality: Nice
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: No
- Serve: Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Any Fish
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- Cooking Skill: 4
- Quality: Nice
- Serve Cost: §6
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Breakfast, Brunch
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Grapes, Apple
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Spaghetti | Sushi |
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- Cooking Skill: 4
- Quality: Nice
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie Alt.: With Veggie Sauce
- Serve: Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Tomato
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- Cooking Skill: 4
- Quality: Nice
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: No
- Serve: Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Any Fish
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Cheesesteak | Stu Surprise |
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- Cooking Skill: 5
- Quality: Very Nice
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: No
- Serve: Lunch, Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Steak, Cheese
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- Cooking Skill: 5
- Quality: Nice
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Any Ingredient x2
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Cobbler | Hamburger |
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- Cooking Skill: 6
- Quality: Very Nice
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Dessert
- Single: No
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Egg, Any Fruit
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- Cooking Skill: 6
- Quality: Very Nice
- Serve Cost: §11
- Veggie Alt.: Veggie Burger
- Serve: Lunch, Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Onion, Patty (Burger)
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Eggs Machiavellian | Key Lime Pie |
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- Cooking Skill: 7
- Quality: Very Nice
- Serve Cost: §14
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Breakfast, Brunch
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Egg, Watermelon
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- Cooking Skill: 7
- Quality: Very Nice
- Serve Cost: §14
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Dessert
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Egg, Lime
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Tri-Tip Steak | Grilled Salmon |
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- Cooking Skill: 8
- Quality: Very Nice
- Serve Cost: §11
- Veggie: No
- Serve: Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Steak, Potato, Any Vegetable
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- Cooking Skill: 8
- Quality: Very Nice
- Serve Cost: §33
- Veggie: No
- Serve: Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Salmon, Garlic, Potato
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Stuffed Turkey | Dim Sum |
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- Cooking Skill: 9
- Quality: Great
- Serve Cost: §FREE
- Veggie Alt.: Stuffed Tursoykey
- Serve: Dinner
- Single: No
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Roast, Any Vegetable x2
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- Cooking Skill: 9
- Quality: Great
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: No
- Serve: Brunch, Lunch
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Any Fish x3
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French Toast | Baked Angel Food Cake |
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- Cooking Skill: 9
- Quality: Great
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Breakfast, Brunch
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Egg, Apple x2
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- Cooking Skill: 10
- Quality: Great
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: Dessert
- Single: No
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Egg x2, Flame Fruit
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Lobster Thermidor | Ambrosia |
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- Cooking Skill: 10
- Quality: Great
- Cost: §41
- Veggie: No
- Serve: Dinner
- Single: Yes
- Group: Yes
- Requires: Garlic, Lobster, Bell Pepper
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- Cooking Skill: 10
- Quality: Perfect
- Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Serve: All Day
- Single: Yes
- Group: No
- Requires: Deathfish, Life Fruit
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These snacks are available to all Sims:
Cereal | Juice |
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- Cooking Skill: 0
- Quality: Normal
- Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Requires: Nothing
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- Cooking Skill: 0
- Quality: Normal
- Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Requires: Nothing
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Bread and Jam | Ice Cream |
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- Cooking Skill: 0
- Quality: Normal
- Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Requires: Nothing
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- Cooking Skill: 0
- Quality: Normal
- Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Requires: Nothing
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Canned Soup | Microwave Meal |
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- Cooking Skill: 0
- Quality: Normal
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Requires: Nothing
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- Cooking Skill: 0
- Quality: Normal
- Serve Cost: FREE
- Veggie: Yes
- Requires: Nothing
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