30+ Sims 4 Custom Food Recipes to Spice Up Your Palette
Looking for some delicious Sims 4 custom food recipes to add to your game?
I think the base game has some great cooking animations, but there’s not quite enough variations if you’re playing for a lot of time – especially if you’re running a restaurant or even just a bakery table. That’s where sims modders come in – they’ve created some stellar recipes that are perfect to download.
Whether you want something fun like whale cookies or delicious like a French onion soup, there’s a creator out there who’s made it for you. These are my favorite Sims 4 custom food recipes that I think you should download today:
Best Sims 4 Custom Food Recipes
1. Editor’s Pick: Basil-Lemon Crab Linguine by BrazenLotus
I LOVE that this Basil-Lemon Crab Linguine combines a few of my favorites – delicious pasta, scrumptious seafood, and a home-made sauce (mix basil and lemon).
This main dish is perfect for those sims that love a fancy home cooked meal and have a decent cooking skill to make it happen. Your sims will absolutely love it, and it’ll look great on your table.
2. Best Dessert: Blackberry Cheesecake by Icemunmun
This Blackberry Cheesecake looks DELICIOUS and should be added to your game ASAP.
Your sims will need level 6 of the gourmet cooking skill but you can use it for weddings, birthdays or serve it at a restaurant.
I love the simplicity of this custom food item, it’ll look great in your sim’s stylish kitchen after they bake it up.
3. Delicious Starter: Caesar Salad by Balkanika
This delicious dish can be served as lunch, dinner or even a snack.
You can download the custom Caesar Salad dish right on CurseForge and start making it today (in game). It’s made to be vegitarian safe (despite the fact that it looks like there’s chicken in it), and doesn’t include milk.
I’ll admit, this is far off from a real homemade salad, but it’s a great dish to add to your game.
Breakfast
4. Chocolate Crepes by LittleBowBub
These Chocolate Crepes are a cute littel breakfast addition to your recipe book. I like that they only require level 2 cooking skill, so you can start making them right away.
You can serve them to your whole family, or simply make a plate for yourself. They look cute AND your sim will think they’re delish.
5. Kitty Pancakes by Icemunmun
These Kitty Pancakes are the CUTEST treat for toddlers and children.
This recipe requires homestyle cooking level 3 to make it, along with a few basic ingredients, including flour, milk, sugar, and other items depending on which flavor you make (there are 3: chocolate, kitty, oatmeal).
6. Brunch Plate by Oni
This Brunch Plate is the perfect breakfast for your sims.
It features toast, eggs and sausage. You’ll need to download the sausage and square bread for this to work, but doesn’t it just look delicious?
It cooks in servings of 1, 4 and 8, and it’s the perfect thing to serve on the weekends.
7. Biscuits & Sausage Gravy by LittleBowBub
This great little Biscuits & Sausage Gravy breakfast is perfect for sims of ALL cooking levels, simply because you can start cooking it at day one!
It’s base game compatible, and you can even download a cute little biscuit recipe that you can use as ingredients.
8. Cheese Pear Tartlets by Icemunmun
I’ll give you that these Cheese Pear Tartlets are an odd breakfast choice, but don’t they sound delish?
Technically, they’re more of a brunch dish, but who’s counting. Your sim will need level 3 of the gourmet cooking skill to whip a batch of these up, but they’ll absolutely love them!
Main Dish
9. Ratatouille by Oni
This complex dish looks amazing. Oni’s Ratatouille is vegetarian safe, lactose free, and perfect for your sim’s date night.
You’ll need tomato, aubergine, herbs and veggies to make this dish – but isn’t it seriously gorgeous? It’s time to clear the counter!
10. Vegan Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca by Robin
This Vegan Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca is the perfect vegan dish for your sims.
This main course is served in 3 sizes, and features Puttanesca is a spaghetti dish made with tomatoes, olive oil, olives, chili peppers, capers, and garlic (don’t worry, you don’t need all of it to serve!).
11. Lasagna by Icemunmun
This Sims 4 custom recipe looks splendidly delicious, and your sims will have a blast cooking it. Who doesn’t love a little homestyle Lasagna?
Your sim will need level 7 of the cooking skill to make it, but it’s compatible with dine out so you can add it to your menu.
12. Lamb Steak by Oni
This Lamb Steak is a fancy dish, perfect for sims that enjoy the finer things in life.
The ingredients list goes up as the servings do, and for the largest one you’ll need meat, potato, carrots and herb.
This is the perfect dish for a high-end restaurant or an at-home date night for your sims. Pair it with some gorgeously-aged nectar and have a foodie-focused meal.
13. Pumpkin Chili by BrazenLotus
This Pumpkin Chili is the perfect fall dish, especially if you’re big on food presentation in your sims game. It’s a fun dish with custom food preparation built right in.
If you’ve also downloaded the pumpkin seed recipe, there’s a chance you’ll get a Pile of Pumpkin Seeds after you’ve finished cooking too.
14. Garlic and Herb Linguine by Robin
This Garlic and Herb Linguinie sounds delicious (maybe I’m just hungry). It’s both vegitarian safe and lactose free, which means that your vegan sims can enjoy it too.
It can be made in all 3 serving sizes, and there are some custom harvestable/ingredients that you can download so you can make it on a Simple Living lot.
15. Spicy Ramen by Oni
This Spicy Ramen dish is lactose-free but does require a meat component. You’ll need cooking level 4 to make it happen and it serves 1, 4, and 8 sims.
I like the unique presentation that you get with this dish, it’s the perfect addition to your restaurant.
16. Sushi Set by Oni
This Sushi Set is gorgeously crafted and perfect for gourmet cooks.
You’ll need fish, rice and meat to make this delectable dish, but it’ll be well worth it based simply on the artwork.
I love the depth you get with this dish, and the cute custom plating.
Appetizers
17. Bruchetta by BrazenLotus
Bruchetta is easy to make IRL, and it makes for a stellar snack for your sims. This dish makes for a great antipasto or quick lunch if you’re feeling lazy.
It’s made with a mixture of tomato and basil, and could be the perfect addition to your fancy restaurant.
18. Moon Cheese and Biscuits by Oni
This Moon Cheese and Biscuit recipe is the perfect teatime snack or appie for your sim. It’s vegetarian safe, but does require cheese and biscuits to make.
It only requires cooking level 1, so it’s perfect for all your sims who don’t know how to cook yet.
19. French Onion Soup by Brazen Lotus
I LOVE me some good French Onion Soup, so why not share it with my sims?
This is an overflowingly delicious soup that features slightly carmelized opinions that have simmered in a thick vegetarian stock. It’s served with bread slices and cheese.
20. Garden Veggies Dipping Platter by LittleBowBub
This delicious little Garden Veggies Dipping Platter is the ideal healthy afternoon snack for your sims. You simply need a few veggies and you’re ready to go.
To be fair, this is actually a party recipe – but make one and store the rest. It’s vegitarian and lactose-free, and you could eat this snack right on the couch!
21. Classic Cheeseball by BrazenLotus
Making a Classic Cheeseball is my go-to move IRL, especially when I’m playing Sims 4.
This is a great custom recipe if you’re looking to dig into BrazenLotus’ custom skill for cheesemaking. To make it, sims mix cream cheese with herbs and walnuts!
22. Pimento Cheese by Robin
This Pimento Cheese dish makes for simple eats for your sims. This is a vegetarian-safe dish, but it does include lactose so it won’t be the right fit for everyone.
This could be a main course (fancy snack!) or an appy, it’s great for those fancy sims that love to cook with cheese.
23. Stuffed Pepper Pumpkins by BrazenLotus
These Stuffed Pepper Pumpkins are super cute and look hella delicious.
The perfect appetizer to serve at your sim’s spooky party, these feature a Jack-o-Lantern style pepper that’s stuffed with veggie hash and served on a spider web plate.
24. Baguette by Oni
I don’t know about you, but I love a good, fresh Baguette. This custom recipe adds a cute and delicious looking one right into your game.
You’ll need flour to make this one correctly, but it is simple living compatible, which makes it great for a homestead-style gameplay and look great on your dining room table!
Treats
25. Whale Cookies by Brazen Lotus
These Whale Cookies are SO CUTE. They’re sugar cookies that are perfect for your next whale-themed party or simply a great addition to your stand.
You’ll need your sims to decorate them to get the cute full version that you see in the image.
26. Strawberry Cheesecake by LittleBowBub
This Strawberry Cheesecake custom food item is adorable.
Honestly, I’m a sucker for anything pasta and/or cheesecake related and this definitely makes one of my top slots. This is another dessert you can add to a restaurant.
The ingredients are optional (so you can just purchase them as you bake), and you need to bake the whole cake.
27. Lemon Sponge Cake by Oni
This Lemon Sponge Cake is gorgeously deisgned and the perfect tea time treat for your sims.
It’s worth noting that you NEED Get to Work to make this cake recipe work, but you don’t need a high cooking skill to get it done. It’s vegetarian safe and serves 8.
28. Fancy Pumpkin Pie by BrazenLotus
These Fancy Pumpkin Pies are perfect for your Harvestfest or Christmas celebration.
There’s not really a lot to pumpkin pie, but this recipe is just so adorable. It’s the ideal fall menu item.
29. Cotton Candy Parfait by Oni
This Cotton Candy Parfait is adorable, and the perfect retro throwback after dinner treat.
You’ll need marshmallow, sugar and milk to make it, and it is a high-calorie food option (so don’t forget your fitness regime).
It requires level 2 of the gourmet cooking skill, and it just a ton of fun with cute, bright colors.
30. Blueberry Cheesecake by Oni
I don’t know about you, but I love a good cheesecake and Oni’s Blueberry Cheesecake is very cute.
You’ll need to have the Get to Work expansion to use this recipe but it’s a great baked good. It serves 8 and looks so cute on the custom plates.
31. Prickly Pear Ice Cream by Icemunmun
I had to throw in at least one custom ice cream recipe, and chose to go with Prickly Pear Ice Cream.
This is a base game compatible ice cream dish, which makes it great even if you don’t have the ice cream pack. Your sim will need homestyle cooking level 7 to make this.
Final Thoughts: Sims 4 Custom Food Recipes
There are SO MANY Sims 4 custom food recipies out there that you can download to use in your game. I love the idea of living vicariously through my sims, but for me that means cooking fun foods and creating amazing menus.
Whether you want fun pasta dishes or delicious cakes, there’s plenty to choose from. There are a TON of creators out there that make custom food recipes for the Sims 4, so your imagination really is your only limit.
