Cooking Expanded
⚪ Last updated 2013⚠️ Install Order · 3 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 3.4% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #58 of 121 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
This mod adds new food items and recipes to the game. Items include: Mushroom Soup (with unique texture) Braised Beef (with unique texture) Hard-boiled Egg Rabbit Stew Seafood Soup Goat Stew (with unique texture) Steamed Clams Smoked Salmon Mammoth Fondue Pheasant Stew Chicken Soup Hunter's Pie Stuffed Gourd Salted Longfin Bread Soup Equine Stew Dogmeat Stew Slaughterfish Meat
Appropriate items have been added to leveled lists, so you will occasionally find some of them for sale at inns or in loot.
New recipes for vanilla items: Baked Potatoes Grilled Leeks Sweet Roll Seared Slaughterfish Honey
Slaughterfish Meat has been added to the Slaughterfish death item list.
Additional items in the Dragonborn patch: Baked Yam, Yam Soup, Sweet Yam Pie, Boar and Apple Stew, Ash Hopper Stew and Pickled Ash Hopper Leg. The patch also adds a recipe for Cooked Boar Meat.
Installation: --- Manual: extract the contents of the archive to your SkyrimData folder and activate CookingExpanded.esp in the launcher or your mod manager. Manual uninstall: Deactivate CookingExpanded.esp, then remove it along with CookingExpanded.bsa from your Data folder.
Wrye: put the archive in your Bash Installers folder and install it normally
NMM: should work through the Nexus "Download with Manager" link, let me know if it doesn't.
This mod will be recognized by BOSS, I recommend using that to sort your load order.
Compatibility Notes: --- Some leveled lists from Skyrim.esm have been edited. If you use other mods that add to the food lists, you will need to use Wrye Bash to create a bashed patch.
I also edited the empty SpitPot containers to give them a 25% chance of having soup or stew inside, this will conflict with other mods that change those. Load whichever mod you want to have priority last.
As of version 1. 2b, this mod has built-in support for Frostfall 2. 0.
Patches for Hearthfire, Dragonborn, Imp's More Complex Needs, Phitt's Alchemy and Food Overhaul and YASH are available in the Optional Files section.
born2bkilled's patch for Realistic Needs and Diseases (unsupported by me) is available here: Cooking Expanded - Realistic Needs and Diseases Compatibility Patch Glorifin's patch for the Dragonborn addon (unsupported by me): Cooking Expanded - Dragonborn - Realistic Needs and Disease Support Patch
AngryToaster's patch for Nord Needs (unsupported by me) is available here: Nord Needs - Cooking Expanded Compatibility patch
Non-English versions (unsupported by me, may not be up to date) --- Czech Translation by Azarian German Translation by
Cooking Expanded adds new recipes and foods to the game, offering more culinary options for players. With over 6,000 endorsements and 175,000 downloads, it's a popular gameplay mod, though it hasn't been updated since 2013.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust (6,016 endorsements)
- Massive download count (175,997) shows it's a go-to for food mods
- Simple concept—just adds more cooking options, no bloat
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2013—likely outdated for current game versions
- May conflict with other gameplay mods that alter recipes
For players who want to expand their cooking repertoire with new recipes and foods. If you're a chef in-game and tired of the same old dishes, this is for you. Skip if you need modern compatibility or detailed documentation.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Check the mod's page for any compatibility notes before installing, as it's old.
- If you're using a mod manager, let it handle the file placement to avoid issues.
- Test in a new save or backup your current one to avoid surprises with new recipes.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim LE Mods
- Author
- cordsnwires
- Version
- 1.2b
- Downloads
- 175,997
- Endorsements
- 6,016
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 11/25/2011
- Updated
- 4/27/2013
🔗 Required By 1 Mod
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