The latest event in Grow a Garden introduces something new and fun: cooking food items. These aren’t just decorative as they play a major role in helping you earn new rewards like Gourmet Seed Packs, Gourmet Eggs, and much more.
If you’re wondering how to cook or what to cook, this Grow a Garden guide will break it all down.
All Food Recipes and Ingredients in Grow a Garden
Here’s a list of all the current dishes you can make, the ingredients needed, and how long they take to cook:
| Food Item | Ingredients | Cooking Time |
|---|---|---|
| Soup | Any random mix of fruits/veggies | 5 minutes |
| Sandwich | 2 Tomatoes, 1 Corn | 7 minutes 6 seconds |
| Pie | 1 Pumpkin + 1 Apple or 1 Corn + 1 Coconut | 7 minutes 52 seconds |
| Burger | 1 Pepper, 1 Corn, 1 Tomato | 6 minutes 7 seconds |
| Hotdog | 1 Pepper, 1 Corn or 1 Banana | 6 minutes 46 seconds |
| Waffle | 1 Pumpkin + 1 Watermelon or 1 Pumpkin + 1 Sugar Apple | 6 minutes 15 seconds |
| Salad | 2 Tomatoes | 5 minutes 18 seconds |
| Sushi | 4 Bamboo, 1 Corn | Time not confirmed |
| Ice Cream | 1 Blueberry or Pineapple, 1 Corn | 5 minutes 48 seconds |
| Donut | 1 Corn, 1 Blueberry, 1 Strawberry or 1 Strawberry, 1 Tomato, 1 Apple | 9 minutes 37 seconds |
| Pizza | 1 Corn, 1 Tomato, 1 Pepper | Time not confirmed |
| Cake | 1 Watermelon, 2 Corn | Time not confirmed |
How To Cook in Grow a Garden
Cooking is a new feature that lets you turn your fruits and veggies into dishes like sandwiches, burgers, pies, and even sushi. Each dish has a specific recipe made from ingredients you’ve been growing. Once you’ve cooked something, you can feed it to Chris P who is a hungry pig who rewards you based on what you serve.
To start cooking, gather the ingredients you need for a recipe (you only need the key ones). Then head to the cooking station in the main lobby and follow these steps:
- Hold an ingredient in your hand and walk up to the pot.
- Press E to add it in. Do this until you’ve added the required ingredients (usually two or three).
- Once the needed items are in, a timer will pop up showing how long it will take to cook.
- Click the Cook button to start.
- Wait for the timer to finish, then go back to the pot and press E again to collect your food.
Tip: You don’t need to add more than the required ingredients. Adding extra fruits won’t change the food or improve the results, so don’t waste your crops.
Feeding the Pig NPC (Chris P)
Once you’ve cooked a dish, you can take it to the Pig NPC named Chris P. He’s not just standing around. Every hour, he changes what food he wants. There’s a speech bubble above his head that will tell you what he’s in the mood for.
Here’s how you feed him:
- Walk up to Chris P and press E to open his menu.
- Hold the food item he’s craving.
- Choose the option that says something like “Try this food I cooked up!”
- He’ll taste it, judge it, and then give you a reward.
Helpful Tip: Feeding Chris P the exact food he wants gives you a better chance at getting rare rewards.
What Rewards Can You Get?
Cooking wouldn’t be worth the effort if there were no good prizes, right? Luckily, there’s a big list of possible rewards based on the quality and rarity of the food you give him.
Here are the rewards, grouped by rarity:
Common:
- Sheckles (currency)
- Watering Cans
- Burnt Mutation Spray
- Fork Fence (decoration)
Uncommon:
- Food Crate
- Reclaimer
- 3 Corn Seeds
Rare:
- Advanced Sprinkler
- Gourmet Seed Pack
- Artichoke
Legendary:
- Gourmet Egg
- 2 Small Toys
- HoneyGlazed Mutation Spray
Mythical:
- Pretzel Cart
- Medium Toy
- 2 Gourmet Seed Packs
Divine:
- Fried Mutation Spray
- Pet Shard Fried
- Divine Food Crate
- Mochi Mouse
Prismatic:
- Taco Fern
- 4 Gourmet Seed Packs
- 3 Gourmet Eggs
- Pancake Stack
Some of these rewards are cosmetic, while others actually help you progress in the game by giving you seeds or powerful items.
