Did you know cooking is a thing in Grow a Garden? If this intrigued you, then you’ll be thrilled to discover that we’ve listed all the Grow a Garden cooking recipes right here. So, no matter if you want to learn how to cook pizza or sushi, everything will be explained shortly.
What is the Cooking Update?
In the Grow a Garden Trading and Cooking Update (launched on August 2, 2025), players gained the ability to prepare food using fruits and vegetables at the cauldron next to Chris P the Pig NPC. Feeding the pig unlocks Gourmet eggs, seed packs, rare pets, Sheckles, and more
The cooking system lets you combine 5 ingredients—essential combos produce specific dishes, and adding extra fruits doesn’t affect the outcome once the crucial ingredients are in.
🍲 Full List: Grow a Garden Cooking Recipes
Below is the complete, accurate recipe list on how to make pizza, salad, hotdog, cake, ice cream and all the other dishes:
| Dish | Cook Time | How to Make | Pot Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soup | ~5 min | Any fruit or veggie | Any pot color |
| Salad | 5:18 | 2 Tomato OR 1 Tomato + 4 Bone Blossom (prismatic) | Red |
| Sandwich | 7:06 | 2 Tomato + 1 Corn | Orange |
| Pie | 7:52 | Pumpkin + Apple OR Corn + Coconut … | Green |
| Burger | 10:32 | Pepper + Corn + Tomato | Red |
| Hotdog | 6:46 | Pepper + Corn or Ember Lily combos | Tan |
| Waffle | 6:15 | Pumpkin + Watermelon or Coconut + Sugar Apple (divine) | — |
| Sushi | 7:21 | 4 Bamboo + 1 Corn | Turquoise |
| Ice Cream | 5:48 | Strawberry + Corn OR Blueberry + Corn | Yellow |
| Donut | 9:37 | Corn, Blueberry, Strawberry OR Strawberry, Tomato, Apple | — |
| Pizza | 7:36 | Banana + Tomato OR Corn + Apple + Pepper | Red‑Maroon |
| Cake | 5:55 | 2 Blueberry + Corn + Tomato | Teal or Lemon Yellow |
Many of these recipes have rare variants at divine or prismatic tier (especially when using Bone Blossoms, Sugar Apples, etc.) that yield better rewards
How to Cook in Grow a Garden
To cook any recipe, you can just go to the center of the Garden. There, you will find a large cooking pot with boiling water. Put the ingredients for the recipe you want inside the pot, and it will start cooking them.
🎯 Tips to Maximize Rewards
- Feed Chris P when he’s craving a specific dish. Matching his thought bubble boosts chances for elite rewards like Gourmet food packs or pet shards
- Use prismatic ingredients such as Bone Blossom, Sugar Apple, or Ember Lily for higher-tier food items and better odds at Gourmet eggs or rare seeds
- Save divine or prismatic variants for when pig cravings match—they yield the highest reward quality.
🎁 Why These Recipes Matter
Cooking isn’t just a mini‑game—it’s a key to unlocking:
- Gourmet Seed Packs and Eggs, including exclusive pets like Bagel Bunny, Sushi Bear, Pancake Mole, Spaghetti Sloth, and French Fry Ferret
- High‑value rare seeds (e.g. Taco Fern prismatic seed) from completing quests with food combos
- Chance to get Mutation sprays and pet mutation shards, including the powerful Fried mutation (8× crop value)
All Cooking Rewards in Grow a Garden
Below we have a complete list of all the cooking rewards you can get from Chris P in Grow a Garden. These include the rarity, so you’ll know right away if you got something amazing or just some Sheckles.
| Image | Name | Rarity |
|---|---|---|
 | Sheckles | Common |
 | 5x Watering Can | Common |
 | Mutation Spray Burnt | Common |
 | Fork Fence | Common |
 | Food Crate | Uncommon |
 | Reclaimer | Uncommon |
 | 3x Corn Seed | Uncommon |
 | Advanced Sprinkler | Rare |
 | Gourmet Seed Pack | Rare |
 | Artichoke | Rare |
 | Gourmet Egg | Legendary |
 | 2x Small Toy | Legendary |
 | 2x Mutation Spray HoneyGlazed | Legendary |
 | Pretzel Cart | Mythical |
 | Medium Toy | Mythical |
 | 2x Gourmet Seed Pack | Mythical |
 | 3x Mutation Spray Fried | Divine |
 | Pet Shard Fried | Divine |
 | 2x Food Crate | Divine |
 | Mochi Mouse | Divine |
 | Taco Fern | Prismatic |
 | 4x Gourmet Seed Pack | Prismatic |
 | 3x Gourmet Egg | Prismatic |
 | Pancake Stack | Prismatic |
Hopefully our Grow a Garden cooking guide comes in handy. With the complete list of recipes and rewards, you’ll now know exactly what kind of rewards you can obtain.