Stardew Valley has a lot going for it, though you don’t really hear people gush about how many types of food you can make and eat. But hey, there’s a lot of it and most of it’s pretty useful.
Food is your second method of Energy regeneration for when you’re hard at work on the farm and your primary method of Health regeneration when you’re out adventuring. You almost always want to have some sort of food on hand, and the better regeneration the better.
Aside from the Energy and Health regen food provides, many dishes also give stat buffs to make farming or adventuring easier for a set period of time. Here are some of the character stats specific foods can buff:
- Farming – Makes catching fish easier
- Maximum Energy – Increases maximum energy
- Luck – Improves your chances of drops and higher grade crops
- Combat – Improves your attack power
- Foraging – Increases your Foraging level
- Fishing – Increases your Fishing level
- Magnetism – Pulls items to you from further away
- Speed – Increases your movement speed
- Mining – Increases your Mining level
- Defense – Improves your defense power
The foods listed in this guide are separated based on whether they provide stat buffs or not. Food without buffs are listed in the first table and food with buffs are listed in the second. Both tables are in alphabetical order.
Food without stat bonuses
| Dish | Recipe | Energy & Health regen |
|---|---|---|
 Algae Soup | 4 Green Algae | 75 Energy 30 Health |
 Artichoke Dip | 1 Artichoke 1 Milk | 100 Energy 40 Health |
 Baked Fish | 1 Sunfish 1 Bream 1 Wheat Flour | 75 Energy 30 Health |
 Blackberry Cobbler | 2 Blackberry 1 Sugar 1 Wheat Flour | 175 Energy 70 Health |
 Blueberry Tart | 1 Blueberry 1 Wheat Flour 1 Sugar 1 Egg | 125 Energy 50 Health |
 Bread | 1 Wheat Flour | 50 Energy 20 Energy |
 Bruschetta | 1 Bread 1 Oil 1 Tomato | 113 Energy 45 Health |
 Carp Surprise | 4 Carp | 90 Energy 36 Health |
 Cheese Cauliflower | 1 Cauliflower 1 Cheese | 138 Energy 55 Health |
 Chocolate Cake | 1 Wheat Flour 1 Sugar 1 Egg | 150 Energy 60 Health |
 Coleslaw | 1 Red Cabbage 1 Vinegar 1 Mayonnaise | 213 Energy 85 Health |
 Cookie | 1 Wheat Flour 1 Sugar 1 Egg | 90 Energy 36 Health |
 Crab Cakes | 1 Crab 1 Wheat Flour 1 Egg 1 Oil | 225 Energy 90 Health |
 Cranberry Candy | 1 Cranberry 1 Apple 1 Sugar | 125 Energy 50 Health |
 Fiddlehead Risotto | 1 Oil 1 Fiddlehead Fern 1 Garlic | 225 Energy 90 Health |
 Fried Calamari | 1 Squid 1 Wheat Flour 1 Oil | 80 Energy 32 Health |
 Fried Egg | 1 Egg | 50 Energy 50 Health |
 Fruit Salad | 1 Blueberry 1 Melon 1 Apricot | 263 Energy 105 Health |
 Glazed Yams | 1 Yam 1 Sugar | 200 Energy 80 Health |
 Ice Cream | 1 Milk 1 Sugar | 100 Energy 40 Health |
 Maki Roll | 1 Fish 1 Seaweed 1 Rice | 100 Energy 40 Health |
 Maple Bar | 1 Maple Syrup 1 Sugar 1 Wheat Flour | 225 Energy 90 Health |
 Omelet | 1 Egg 1 Milk | 100 Energy 40 Health |
 Pale Broth | 2 White Algae | 125 Energy 5 Health |
 Parsnip Soup | 1 Parsnip 1 Milk 1 Vinegar | 85 Energy 34 Health |
 Pink Cake | 1 Melon 1 Wheat Flour 1 Sugar 1 Egg | 250 Energy 100 Health |
 Pizza | 1 Wheat Flour 1 Tomato 1 Cheese | 150 Energy 60 Health |
 Plum Pudding | 2 Wild Plum 1 Wheat Flour 1 Sugar | 175 Energy 70 Health |
 Poppyseed Muffin | 1 Poppy 1 What Flour 1 Sugar | 150 Energy 60 Health |
 Pumpkin Pie | 1 Pumpkin 1 Wheat Flour 1 Milk 1 Sugar | 225 Energy 90 Health |
 Radish Salad | 1 Oil 1 Vinegar 1 Radish | 200 Energy 80 Health |
 Rhubarb Pie | 1 Rhubarb 1 Wheat Flour 1 Sugar | 215 Energy 86 Health |
 Rice Pudding | 1 Milk 1 Sugar 1 Rice | 115 Energy 46 Health |
 Roasted Hazelnuts | 3 Hazelnuts | 175 Energy 70 Health |
 Salad | 1 Leek 1 Dandelion 1 Vinegar | 113 Energy 45 Health |
 Salmon Dinner | 1 Salmon 1 Amaranth 1 Kale | 125 Energy 50 Health |
 Spaghetti | 1 Wheat Flour 1 Tomato | 75 Energy 30 Health |
 Stir Fry | 1 Cave Carrot 1 Common Mushroom 1 Kale 1 Oil | 200 Energy 80 Health |
 Strange Bun | 1 Wheat Flour 1 Periwinkle 1 Oak Resin | 50 Energy 20 Health |
 Tortilla | 1 Corn | 50 Energy 20 Health |
 Vegetable Stew | 1 Tomato 1 Beet | 165 Energy 66 Health |
Food with stat bonuses
| Dish | Recipe | Energy & Health regen | Stat buffs |
|---|---|---|---|
 Autumn’s Bounty | 1 Yam 1 Pumpkin | 220 Energy 88 Health | +2 Foraging +2 Defense |
 Bean Hotpot | 2 Green Bean | 125 Energy 50 Health | +2 Max Energy |
 Chowder | 1 Clam 1 Milk | 225 Energy 90 Health | +1 Fishing |
 Complete Breakfast | 1 Fried Egg 1 Milk 1 Hashbrowns 1 Pancake | 200 Energy 80 Energy | +2 Farming +50 Max Energy |
 Cranberry Sauce | 1 Cranberries 1 Sugar | 125 Energy 50 Health | +2 Mining |
 Crispy Bass | 1 Largemouth Bass 1 Wheat Flour 1 Flour | 90 Energy 36 Health | +64 Magnetism |
 Dish O’ The Sea | 2 Sardine 1 Hashbrowns | 125 Energy 50 Health | +3 Fishing |
 Eggplant Parmesan | 1 Eggplant 1 Tomato | 175 Energy 70 Health | +1 Mining +3 Defense |
 Escargot | 1 Snail 1 Garlic | 225 Energy 90 Health | +2 Fishing |
 Farmer’s Lunch | 1 Omelet 1 Parsnip | 200 Energy 80 Health | +3 Farming |
 Fish Stew | 1 Crayfish 1 Mussel 1 Periwinkle 1 Tomato | 225 Energy 90 Health | +3 Fishing |
 Fish Taco | 1 Tuna 1 Tortilla 1 Red Cabbage 1 Mayonnaise | 165 Energy 66 Health | +2 Fishing |
 Fried Eel | 1 Eel 1 Oil | 75 Energy 30 Health | +1 Luck |
 Fried Mushroom | 1 Common Mushroom 1 Morel 1 Oil | 135 Energy 54 Health | +2 Combat |
 Hashbrowns | 1 Potato 1 Oil | 90 Energy 36 Health | +1 Farming |
 Lobster Bisque | 1 Lobster 1 Milk | 225 Energy 90 Health | +3 Fishing +50 Max Energy |
 Lucky Lunch | 1 Sea Cucumber 1 Tortilla 1 Blue Jazz | 100 Energy 40 Health | +3 Luck |
 Miner’s Treat | 2 Cave Carrots 1 Sugar 1 Milk | 125 Energy 50 Health | +3 Mining +32 Magnetism |
 Pancakes | 1 Wheat Flour 1 Egg | 90 Energy 36 Health | +2 Foraging |
 Pepper Poppers | 1 Hot Pepper 1 Cheese | 130 Energy 52 Health | +2 Farming +1 Speed |
 Pumpkin Soup | 1 Pumpkin Soup 1 Milk | 200 Energy 80 Health | +2 Luck +2 Defense |
 Red Plate | 1 Red Cabbage 1 Radish | 240 Energy 96 Health | +50 Max Energy |
 Roots Platter | 1 Cave Carrot 1 Winter Root | 125 Energy 50 Health | +3 Combat |
 Sashimi | 1 Fish | +75 Energy +30 Health | +1 Mining |
 Spicy Eel | 1 Eel 1 Oil | 115 Energy 46 Health | +1 Luck +1 Speed |
 Stuffing | 1 Bread 1 Cranberries 1 Hazelnut | 170 Energy 68 Health | +2 Defense |
 Super Meal | 1 Bok Choy 1 Cranberries 1 Hazelnut | 160 Energy 64 Health | +40 Max Energy +1 Speed |
 Survival Burger | 1 Bread 1 Cave Carrot 1 Eggplant | 125 Energy 50 Health | +3 Foraging |
 Tom Kha Soup | 1 Coconut 1 Shrimp 1 Common Mushroom | 175 Energy 70 Health | +2 Farming +30 Max Energy |
 Trout Soup | 1 Rainbow Trout 1 Green Algae | 100 Energy 40 Health | +1 Fishing |
…and that’s all the food in Stardew Valley. Each tasty dish has its use — some are best just eaten for regeneration and buffs, while others are best used to make more complicated dishes or are ideally given to villagers you want to befriend or marry.
If you’re interested in more Stardew Valley guides, feel free to take a look at my similar guides on befriending villagers, wooing the spouse of your farmer dreams, crop maturation times and prices, and unlockable hats. Remember to have fun with the game and don’t let the subtle stress of farming life get to you!
Published: Feb 29, 2016 01:52 pm