Mealtime - a Food and Recipe Mod
⚪ Last updated 2019⚠️ 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
- 👍 4.3% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #15 of 86 Immersion mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
UPDATE 1. 2: The fruit cake .nif had an improperly named file that was causing crashes for some. Hotfix available. (also, forgot to mention this, but you can plant the fruitcake on your enemies like a poison to damage their stamina/carry weight, like any responsible grandmother)
SE Version here! Thanks, kat1004!
This mod's been almost a year in the making. Originally a holiday food mod I took requests on, I decided to expand it to encompass all the basic food groups (sweet, savory, and, like, two vegetables).
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[]There are over 120+ new unique recipes, all lore-friendly.
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]Many of the recipes make big, bulk items (a whole ham, an entire cake, etc) that split into smaller portions you can eat or decorate with![] You can give the smaller portions of the foods to your children (unless it contains alchohol)
[]You can also buy many of the new foods at inn vendors, but some you have to make yourself.
- The textures for some things (the ceramic and silver bowls and many herbs) remap to your own textures for maximum customization potential.
Compatible with CACO.
If you use this to decorate your home (or anywhere else), I highly recommend using Jaxonz Positioner to move and lock them into place - otherwise you may have trouble with the collision.
Also, if you use many mods that add foods to vendors/ingredients please use wrye bash or mator smash if the new items don't seem to show up often.
I tried to add only items that hadn't been made in any mods before, and to add as few new ingredients as possible (because it's awkward to have 50 different recipe mods adding sugar). Therefor, most of the recipes utilize vanilla Skyrim, Dawnguard, or Solstheim ingredients, which gives you new justification for your ingredient-hoarding habit.
You can use many of these new items in your house mods, but make sure to link back here and also to check the credits and permissions tabs and credit any models there that you use. Many of the new models were ones I made, but the resources I used generally require that you credit them if you use them.
Requires all expansions.
Special Thanks:
EpicCrab for the split slices script.
aulie/Elza for Melt in the Mouth, which I used on all the cakes!
Everyone who make a request for a food item
All the mod/model resource authors in the credits tab!
Mealtime adds over 120 unique food items to Skyrim, letting you eat, gift to children, and decorate your home. A popular immersion mod with 1,113 endorsements, last updated in 2019, so it may require compatibility checks for current setups.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community favorite with 1,113 endorsements and over 26k downloads.
- Huge variety—over 120 items means plenty of new culinary options.
- Multi-purpose: eat, gift, and decorate—great for role-play and home building.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2019—may have compatibility issues with newer Skyrim versions or mods.
- Purely cosmetic/immersion—no gameplay mechanics beyond item usage.
For Skyrim players who love role-playing and want to expand their culinary options. Perfect for parents in-game who want to give their kids treats, or for home decorators seeking unique food displays. Skip if you're looking for gameplay overhauls—this is all about immersion.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex or MO2 to install and manage the mod easily.
- Check the mod's compatibility with your Skyrim version (SE/AE) before installing, as it's from 2019.
- If you use other food mods, consider a compatibility patch to avoid conflicts.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Skyrim LE Mods
- Author
- aviform
- Version
- 1.2
- Downloads
- 26,154
- Endorsements
- 1,113
- Category
- Immersion
- Created
- 1/1/2019
- Updated
- 1/16/2019
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