Explore all The Sims 3 recipes, from Spaghetti to Ambrosia. Learn ingredients, cooking skills, costs, and when to serve each dish.
This guide details various recipes available in The Sims 3, including their required ingredients, cooking skill level, cost, serving size, base quality, when they can be cooked, their cooking method, and how the recipe is obtained.
Spaghetti
- Ingredients Required: Tomato
- Cost Alternative: §5
- When to Cook: Dinner
- Cooking Method: Stove
- Source of Recipe: Level Progression
Sushi
- Cooking Skill: 4
- Serving Size: Single or Group
- Base Quality: Nice
- Ingredients Required: Any Fish
- Cost Alternative: §5
- When to Cook: Dinner
- Cooking Method: No Cooking Required
- Source of Recipe: Level Progression
Cheesesteak
- Cooking Skill: 5
- Serving Size: Single or Group
- Base Quality: Nice
- Ingredients Required: Cheese, Steak
- Cost Alternative: §38
- When to Cook: Lunch, Dinner
- Cooking Method: Grill
- Source of Recipe: Recipe Book
Stu Surprise
- Cooking Skill: 5
- Serving Size: Single or Group
- Base Quality: Nice
- Ingredients Required: Any Two Ingredients
- Cost Alternative: §10
- When to Cook: Dinner
- Cooking Method: Stove
- Source of Recipe: Level Progression
Cobbler
- Cooking Skill: 6
- Serving Size: Group
- Base Quality: Very Nice
- Ingredients Required: Any Fruit, Egg
- Cost Alternative: §17
- When to Cook: Dessert
- Cooking Method: Oven
- Source of Recipe: Recipe Book
Hamburger (Veggie Burger)
- Cooking Skill: 6
- Serving Size: Single or Group
- Base Quality: Very Nice
- Ingredients Required: Onion, Patty
- Cost Alternative: §35
- When to Cook: Lunch, Dinner
- Cooking Method: Grill
- Source of Recipe: Level Progression
Eggs Machiavellian
- Cooking Skill: 7
- Serving Size: Single or Group
- Base Quality: Very Nice
- Ingredients Required: Egg, Watermelon
- Cost Alternative: §25
- When to Cook: Breakfast, Brunch
- Cooking Method: Stove
- Source of Recipe: Recipe Book
Key Lime Pie
- Cooking Skill: 7
- Serving Size: Group
- Base Quality: Very Nice
- Ingredients Required: Egg, Lime
- Cost Alternative: §25
- When to Cook: Dessert
- Cooking Method: Oven
- Source of Recipe: Level Progression
Grilled Salmon
- Cooking Skill: 8
- Serving Size: Single or Group
- Base Quality: Very Nice
- Ingredients Required: Garlic, Potato, Salmon
- Cost Alternative: §48
- When to Cook: Dinner
- Cooking Method: Grill
- Source of Recipe: Level Progression
Tri-Tip Steak
- Cooking Skill: 8
- Serving Size: Single or Group
- Base Quality: Very Nice
- Ingredients Required: Any Vegetable, Potato, Steak
- Cost Alternative: §46
- When to Cook: Dinner
- Cooking Method: Grill
- Source of Recipe: Recipe Book
Dim Sum
- Cooking Skill: 9
- Serving Size: Single or Group
- Base Quality: Great
- Ingredients Required: Any Three Fish
- Cost Alternative: §15
- When to Cook: Brunch, Lunch
- Cooking Method: Stove
- Source of Recipe: Level Progression
French Toast
- Cooking Skill: 9
- Serving Size: Single or Group
- Base Quality: Great
- Ingredients Required: 2 Apples, Eggs
- Cost Alternative: §23
- When to Cook: Breakfast, Brunch
- Cooking Method: Oven
- Source of Recipe: Level Progression
Stuffed Turkey
- Cooking Skill: 9
- Serving Size: Group
- Base Quality: Great
- Ingredients Required: Any Two Vegatables, Roast
- Cost Alternative: §40
- When to Cook: Dinner
- Cooking Method: Oven
- Source of Recipe: Recipe Book
Ambrosia
- Cooking Skill: 10
- Serving Size: Single
- Base Quality: Perfect
- Ingredients Required: Deathfish, Lifefruit
- Cost Alternative: Cannot be Bought
- When to Cook: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
- Cooking Method: Stove
- Source of Recipe: Recipe Book
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