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
	Cooking Skill: 0 Quality: Normal Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Lunch, Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Cheese		Cooking Skill: 0 Quality: Normal Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Brunch, Lunch, Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Lettuce
Waffles		Hot Dogs
	Cooking Skill: 0 Quality: Normal Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Breakfast, Brunch Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Egg		Cooking Skill: 0 Quality: Normal Serve Cost: FREE Veggie Alt.: Tofu Dogs Serve: Lunch, Dinner Single: No Group: Yes Requires: Links (Sausages)
Peanut Butter and Jelly		Pancakes
	Cooking Skill: 1 Quality: Normal Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Brunch, Lunch Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Any Fruit		Cooking Skill: 1 Quality: Normal Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Brunch, Lunch Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Any Fruit
Ratatouille		Grilled Cheese
	Cooking Skill: 1 Quality: Normal Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Lunch, Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Tomato		Cooking Skill: 2 Quality: Normal Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Lunch Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Cheese
Goopy Carbonara		Cookies
	Cooking Skill: 2 Quality: Normal Serve Cost: §11 Veggie: Yes Serve: Lunch, Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Onion		Cooking Skill: 3 Quality: Nice Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Dessert Single: No Group: Yes Requires: Egg
Fish and Chips		Fruit Parfait
	Cooking Skill: 3 Quality: Nice Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: No Serve: Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Any Fish		Cooking Skill: 4 Quality: Nice Serve Cost: §6 Veggie: Yes Serve: Breakfast, Brunch Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Grapes, Apple
Spaghetti		Sushi
	Cooking Skill: 4 Quality: Nice Serve Cost: FREE Veggie Alt.: With Veggie Sauce Serve: Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Tomato		Cooking Skill: 4 Quality: Nice Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: No Serve: Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Any Fish
Cheesesteak		Stu Surprise
	Cooking Skill: 5 Quality: Very Nice Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: No Serve: Lunch, Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Steak, Cheese		Cooking Skill: 5 Quality: Nice Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Any Ingredient x2
Cobbler		Hamburger
	Cooking Skill: 6 Quality: Very Nice Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Dessert Single: No Group: Yes Requires: Egg, Any Fruit		Cooking Skill: 6 Quality: Very Nice Serve Cost: §11 Veggie Alt.: Veggie Burger Serve: Lunch, Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Onion, Patty (Burger)
Eggs Machiavellian		Key Lime Pie
	Cooking Skill: 7 Quality: Very Nice Serve Cost: §14 Veggie: Yes Serve: Breakfast, Brunch Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Egg, Watermelon		Cooking Skill: 7 Quality: Very Nice Serve Cost: §14 Veggie: Yes Serve: Dessert Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Egg, Lime
Tri-Tip Steak		Grilled Salmon
	Cooking Skill: 8 Quality: Very Nice Serve Cost: §11 Veggie: No Serve: Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Steak, Potato, Any Vegetable		Cooking Skill: 8 Quality: Very Nice Serve Cost: §33 Veggie: No Serve: Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Salmon, Garlic, Potato
Stuffed Turkey		Dim Sum
	Cooking Skill: 9 Quality: Great Serve Cost: §FREE Veggie Alt.: Stuffed Tursoykey Serve: Dinner Single: No Group: Yes Requires: Roast, Any Vegetable x2		Cooking Skill: 9 Quality: Great Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: No Serve: Brunch, Lunch Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Any Fish x3
French Toast		Baked Angel Food Cake
	Cooking Skill: 9 Quality: Great Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Breakfast, Brunch Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Egg, Apple x2		Cooking Skill: 10 Quality: Great Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: Dessert Single: No Group: Yes Requires: Egg x2, Flame Fruit
Lobster Thermidor		Ambrosia
	Cooking Skill: 10 Quality: Great Cost: §41 Veggie: No Serve: Dinner Single: Yes Group: Yes Requires: Garlic, Lobster, Bell Pepper		Cooking Skill: 10 Quality: Perfect Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Serve: All Day Single: Yes Group: No Requires: Deathfish, Life Fruit

These snacks are available to all Sims:

Cereal		Juice
	Cooking Skill: 0 Quality: Normal Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Requires: Nothing		Cooking Skill: 0 Quality: Normal Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Requires: Nothing
Bread and Jam		Ice Cream
	Cooking Skill: 0 Quality: Normal Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Requires: Nothing		Cooking Skill: 0 Quality: Normal Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Requires: Nothing
Canned Soup		Microwave Meal
	Cooking Skill: 0 Quality: Normal Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Requires: Nothing		Cooking Skill: 0 Quality: Normal Serve Cost: FREE Veggie: Yes Requires: Nothing