Gromits Cooking Recipes - Food - Drink Overhaul
⚪ 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
- 👍 5.1% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #4 of 20 Alchemy mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Cooking Recipes, Food and Drink Overhaul Version 1. 05 The aim here is to create a healthy balance between making cooking a worthwhile addition to the game but ensuring a reasonable gap between cooking and alchemy remains. That said, food was very underwhelming and during several play throughs I never once made use of it. This mod attempts to also make cooking, food and drink far more worthwhile additions to the game, without destroying the balance in the process. This mod adds around 40 new cooking recipes and alters the effects on all existing food and drinks to make them more worthwhile. New soups and stews are added along with two new food types, casserole and omelet. Regeneration effects are used to replace the vanilla retore x amount effect. This allows food to remain useful to any level player. Care is taken to ensure alchemy isn\'t made redundant in the process. Weights are also rebalanced to their actual size in the game, rather than a blanket 0. 5 weight. Version 1. 05 Recipe Changes Hearthfire Version Foods have had their durations increased to better suit the timescale in Skyrim. A good meal will last longer than a quick snack. Some foods have had their effects slightly reduced. Fortify effects will last the longest, with regeneration effects lasting the least. There is also a new level requirement needed to cook the later recipes, these are below with the revised times. Rank 1 = 6-12 minutes Rank 2 = 15-30 minutes Rank 3 = 24-48 minutes (Requires level 10 to create) Rank 4 = 30-60 minutes (Requires level 20 to create) Alcohol has also been rebalanced to offer a better balance between the negative and positive effects. Cooked foods (Rank 2+) are now available at Inns (HF recipes requiring oven not included). The later meals will require the player to be a certain level before becoming available. The requirements are the same as above. One of the comments requested this feature and I agree that it really should be included. The mod alters the \"lvlItemFoodInnCommon\" Leveled List to accomplish this. I\'m unsure of any other mods that alter this but please be sure to comment if you have problems with it. As a side effect of this, these cooked meals can be sold at inns also. Please report any that aren\'t or any other problems so they can be fixed. ==================================================================================================================================== Version 1. 0 Recipe Changes Version 1. 0 brings with it 26 new recipes over the original versions, bringing the total to 51 cooking recipes. There are now also 4 ranks of foods instead of the original 3. Original recipes have been reworked. This includes more ingredients, revised food effects and new resistance effects added to several foods. These are kept to a minimum h
Gromits Cooking Recipes - Food - Drink Overhaul rebalances cooking in Skyrim by adding new recipes and altering existing ones, aiming to make cooking worthwhile while keeping a clear gap between cooking and alchemy. All restore stat effects are affected. With 2,004 endorsements and 39,495 downloads, it's a popular overhaul for players who want more meaningful food and drink.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 2,004 endorsements and nearly 40k downloads.
- Fills a niche for players who want cooking to matter without stepping on alchemy's toes.
- Simple concept—rebalanced recipes—that fits right into a survival or roleplay playthrough.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2013—might not play nice with newer Skyrim versions or DLCs.
- No detailed patch notes or compatibility info, so you're flying blind on what exactly changed.
- Only affects restore stats, so if you wanted more depth like new ingredients or effects, this isn't it.
For Skyrim players who enjoy cooking as part of their survival or roleplay experience and want it to be more useful. Skip if you're looking for a full culinary overhaul with new ingredients or complex mechanics—this is a focused balance tweak.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Since it's an older mod, check if you're using Skyrim Special Edition—you may need to convert the plugin or find an updated version.
- Load order matters: place this mod after other gameplay overhauls to ensure its recipe changes aren't overwritten.
- If you use a mod manager, preview the file structure to confirm it's just a simple ESP before installing.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim LE Mods
- Author
- Gromit
- Version
- 1.05
- Downloads
- 39,495
- Endorsements
- 2,004
- Category
- Alchemy
- Created
- 1/10/2012
- Updated
- 2/24/2013
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