Grow a Garden Cooking Recipes
There are 15 cooking recipes in Grow a Garden. Cook them in the Cooking Kit (unlocked via the Common Achievement in your Garden Guide). The simplest recipe is Candy Apple (3 min), and 11 recipes can reach Prismatic tier with the right ingredients.
Last updated August 2026
How cooking works
Cooking is unlocked by placing a Cooking Kit in your garden (earned from the Common Achievement in the Garden Guide). Walk up to it, add crops from your inventory to the cooking pot, and press the Cook button. You do not see which dish you are making until you cook it — the output depends on the ingredient combination.
Each recipe has multiple rarity tiers(Common → Uncommon → Rare → Legendary → Mythical → Divine → Prismatic). Higher-rarity ingredient combos yield higher-tier dishes that sell for more and satisfy Chris P. Bacon's cravings during the cooking event. Use mutated crops as ingredients — they count as higher-rarity inputs and boost your output tier.
Quick recipe lookup
How to make Ice Cream
A sweet dessert cooked in the Cooking Kit. Higher-rarity ingredient combos yield higher-tier output for Chris P. Bacon's cravings.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Uncommon | 1x Corn + 1x Blueberry | 1x Corn + 1x Strawberry |
| Legendary | 2x Banana | 1x Corn + 1x Mango |
| Mythical | 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Banana | 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Corn |
| Divine | 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Sugarglaze | 3x Sugar Apple + 1x Corn |
| Prismatic | 1x Sugarglaze + 1x Sugar Apple + 3x Bone Blossom | 1x Banana + 1x Sugar Apple + 3x Bone Blossom |
How to make Pizza
A popular cooking recipe. The Prismatic variant gives the best rewards, so save Bone Blossom and Beanstalk for it.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Rare | 1x Banana + 1x Tomato | — |
| Legendary | 2x Corn + 2x Apple + 1x Pepper | 1x Cactus + 1x Corn + 1x Coconut |
| Mythical | 1x Tomato + 1x Corn + 1x Pepper + 2x Sugar Apple | 1x Giant Pinecone + 1x Corn + 1x Apple + 1x Mushroom + 1x Pepper |
| Divine | 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Bone Blossom + 1x Corn | — |
| Prismatic | 1x Beanstalk + 1x Banana + 3x Bone Blossom | — |
How to make Cake
A high-ingredient recipe with strong profit. Requires 4+ ingredients but pays off at higher tiers.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Uncommon | 1x Strawberry + 1x Tomato + 1x Corn + 1x Apple | 2x Watermelon + 2x Corn |
| Rare | 2x Banana + 2x Strawberry + 1x Pumpkin | 1x Blueberry + 1x Grape + 1x Apple + 1x Corn |
| Legendary | 2x Kiwi + 2x Banana | — |
| Mythical | 2x Sugar Apple + 2x Corn | — |
| Divine | 4x Sugar Apple + 1x Corn | 1x Banana + 1x Kiwi + 3x Bone Blossom |
| Prismatic | 3x Bone Blossom + 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Banana | — |
How to make Porridge
One of the easiest mid-tier recipes. Great for beginners transitioning from selling raw crops.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 2x Corn + 1x Blueberry | — |
How to make Sushi
A Bamboo-heavy recipe — stock up on Bamboo before attempting. One of the highest-value Legendary recipes.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 4x Bamboo + 1x Corn | — |
| Legendary | 1x Pepper + 1x Coconut + 1x Bamboo + 1x Corn | — |
| Mythical | 3x Sugar Apple + 1x Bamboo + 1x Corn | 2x Bamboo + 2x Bone Blossom + 1x Corn |
| Divine | 3x Bone Blossom + 1x Bamboo + 1x Corn | — |
How to make Sweet Tea
A very accessible early-game recipe using Common and Uncommon ingredients. Great first cook for beginners.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 2x Strawberry + 1x Blueberry | — |
How to make Salad
A flexible recipe that scales from Common to Prismatic. Tomato is the anchor ingredient across all tiers.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 1x Tomato + 1x Carrot | 2x Tomato |
| Uncommon | 1x Lilac + 1x Pear + 1x Tomato | — |
| Rare | 1x Corn + 1x Tomato | — |
| Legendary | 2x Blood Banana + 2x Tomato | 1x Bamboo + 1x Beanstalk + 1x Strawberry |
| Mythical | 1x Tomato + 1x Pepper + 1x Sugar Apple | — |
| Divine | 4x Sugar Apple + 1x Tomato | 4x Grand Tomato |
| Prismatic | 1x Tomato + 4x Bone Blossom | 1x Bell Pepper + 4x Bone Blossom |
How to make Sandwich
A straightforward recipe with Common to Prismatic tiers. Corn and Tomato are the base ingredients.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 2x Tomato + 1x Corn | — |
| Rare | 3x Artichoke + 1x Tomato + 1x Sugarglaze | — |
| Legendary | 2x Giant Pinecone + 1x Tomato + 1x Corn | 1x Tomato + 1x Corn + 1x Cacao |
| Mythical | 1x Tomato + 1x Corn + 1x Elder Strawberry + 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Ember Lily | — |
| Divine | 3x Bone Blossom + 1x Tomato + 1x Corn | — |
| Prismatic | 1x Sugarglaze + 4x Grand Tomato | — |
How to make Pie
A higher-weight recipe (3kg base). Pumpkin and Apple are recurring ingredients across tiers.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Rare | 1x Pumpkin + 1x Apple | — |
| Legendary | 1x Corn + 1x Coconut | — |
| Mythical | 1x Apple + 1x Pumpkin | — |
| Divine | 1x Coconut + 1x Beanstalk | 4x Bone Blossom + 1x Pumpkin |
| Prismatic | 4x Bone Blossom + 1x Pumpkin | — |
How to make Burger
The longest-cooking recipe (10 min) with the highest-tier ceiling. Prismatic requires Violet Corn and Bone Blossom.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Rare | 1x Pepper + 1x Corn + 1x Tomato | — |
| Legendary | 1x Corn + 2x Tomato + 2x Ember Lily | — |
| Mythical | 1x Pepper + 1x Corn + 1x Tomato + 1x Bone Blossom + 1x Beanstalk | — |
| Divine | 3x Bone Blossom + 1x Corn + 1x Tomato | — |
| Prismatic | 1x Violet Corn + 1x Tomato + 3x Bone Blossom | — |
How to make Waffle
A mid-tier recipe. Coconut is the common thread across most tiers.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 1x Strawberry + 1x Coconut | — |
| Legendary | 1x Coconut + 1x Apple + 1x Dragon Fruit + 1x Mango | 2x Raspberry + 3x Coconut |
| Mythical | 1x Grape + 1x Coconut + 1x Dragon Fruit + 1x Cactus + 1x Peach | — |
| Divine | 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Coconut | — |
| Prismatic | 3x Bone Blossom + 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Coconut | — |
How to make Hot Dog
A Corn-based recipe with a wide rarity range. Watermelon appears in the Common tier.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 2x Corn + 1x Watermelon | — |
| Legendary | 2x Violet Corn + 2x Lucky Bamboo + 1x Bone Blossom | 1x Pepper + 1x Corn |
| Mythical | 1x Ember Lily + 1x Corn | 4x Ember Lily + 1x Corn |
| Divine | 2x Bone Blossom + 2x Beanstalk + 1x Corn | 1x Violet Corn + 3x Bone Blossom |
| Prismatic | 1x Corn + 4x Bone Blossom | 1x Violet Corn + 4x Bone Blossom |
How to make Candy Apple
A quick mid-tier recipe. Apple is Legendary but reasonably priced for the ROI.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Uncommon | 1x Apple + 2x Strawberry | — |
How to make Soup
The simplest recipe in the game — a single Carrot is enough for the Common tier.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 1x Carrot | — |
| Uncommon | 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Watermelon | — |
How to make Donut
A quick sweet recipe (3 min). Prismatic requires Sugarglaze and Bone Blossom.
| Rarity tier | Ingredients | Alternative combo |
|---|---|---|
| Uncommon | 1x Corn + 1x Blueberry + 1x Strawberry | — |
| Mythical | 1x Corn + 1x Sugar Apple | — |
| Divine | 1x Bone Blossom + 1x Sugar Apple + 1x Banana | — |
| Prismatic | 4x Bone Blossom + 1x Sugarglaze | — |
Cooking FAQ
How do I unlock cooking in Grow a Garden?
Cooking unlocks via the Cooking Kit. Complete the Common Achievement in your Garden Guide to unlock the Cooking Kit, then place it in your garden as a cooking station. Walk up to it, select crops from your inventory as ingredients, and press the Cook button to create a dish.
How does cooking work in Grow a Garden?
Add crops to the Cooking Kit's cooking pot, then press Cook. The rarity of the finished dish depends on which ingredients you used — higher-rarity ingredient combinations produce higher-tier dishes (up to Prismatic). Chris P. Bacon requests specific dishes during the cooking event; fulfilling his craving upgrades the dish tier further.
What is the easiest recipe to make?
Candy Apple is the quickest — it cooks in 3 minutes using 1x Apple + 2x Strawberry. Soup is even simpler (1x Carrot for Common tier). These are ideal first cooks for beginners.
What is the highest-value recipe?
Prismatic-tier recipes give the best rewards. 11 recipes can reach Prismatic tier, including Pizza, Cake, Burger, Salad, Sandwich, Pie, Waffle, Hot Dog, Donut and Ice Cream. Prismatic variants usually require Bone Blossom, Sugarglaze, Sugar Apple or Beanstalk — save these rare crops for high-tier cooks.
How many cooking recipes are there?
There are 15 cooking recipes in the current Grow a Garden catalogue, ranging from 3-minute quick cooks to 10-minute recipes like Burger. Each recipe can be cooked at multiple rarity tiers depending on the ingredients used.