I made this mod for myself, for fun and immersion. I use hundreds of mods, so other cooking mods conflict with other mods I have already installed. Besides, they add new food items, while I only needed recipes for fried meat, apple juice and edible wyvern eggs. The closest to what I was looking for was Gastronomic Alchemy, but it conflicts with Gwent Redux, Increased Creature Loot and it adds some unnecessary, bugged new item.

All items are already present in the game, so it's not my fault a grilled chicken adds the same amount of Vitality as a raw chicken. But the recipes are balanced, e.g. Chicken sandwich restores 800 points of Vitality, which is only 50 points more than consuming the ingredients separately.

All recipes can be bought from merchants, they are also added to random loot lists.

Apple juice (800 Vitality regeneration) <- 3*Apple (3*250V) + Empty bottle

Sold by the muscular merchant in Crows' Perch and the sommelier in Beauclair

additem('Cooking recipe apple juice')


Raspberry juice (500V) <- 2*Raspberries (2*250V) + Empty vial
The only difference is 50*10s vs. 2*50*5s

Sold by the Madame at Crippled Kate's and the sommelier in Beauclair

additem('Cooking recipe raspberry juice')

Exquisite honey (800V) <- Honeycomb (500V) + Allspice root + Empty bottle
Herb-infused honey

Sold by Tomira in White Orchard and herbalists around Toussaint

additem('Cooking recipe honey 1')

Exquisite honey (800V) <- Jar of honey (0V)
Jar of honey is a bugged item, it's technically food, but it doesn't restore any health points. As far as I remember, you can loot it from beehouses

Sold by Tomira in White Orchard and herbalists around Toussaint

additem('Cooking recipe honey 2')

8*Baked apple (8*500V) <- 8*Apple (8*250V) + Honeycomb (500V) + Dried fruit (800V)
Unavailable in the No-Script version

Sold in the Nowhere Inn. From 2.1 it can also be bought from the Ducal Cammerlengo.

additem('Cooking recipe baked apple')

Baked potato (800V) <- Potatoes (500V) + Ashes
Ash-roasted potatoes

Sold by the Lindenvale merchant. From 2.1 it can be bought from general merchants around Toussaint (including wandering traders and the guy who sells paintings).

additem('Cooking recipe baked potato')

2*Potato wedges (2*500V) <- Potatoes (500V) + Pepper (250V) + Oil
Unavailable in the 2.0-NoScript version

Sold at the Seven Cats. From 2.1 it can be bought from the Ducal Cammerlengo.
additem('Cooking recipe potato wedges')

Fried meat (800V) <- 2*Raw meat (2*250V)
Unavailable in 2.0-NoEggs version

Sold by Bram in White Orchard and the butcher in Beauclair Port.

additem('Cooking recipe meat 1')

Fried meat (800V) <- Raw meat (250V) + Wolf liver
Unavailable in 2.0-NoEggs version

Sold by innkeepers at the Crossroads, Lindenvale (their inventories are connected) and Toussaint

additem('Cooking recipe meat 2')

Fried meat (800V) <- 2*Wolf liver
Unavailable in 2.0-NoEggs version

Sold in Blackbough by the trader who sells Adalbert Kermith's first map. From 2.1 it can be bought from the Ducal Cammerlengo.

additem('Cooking recipe meat 3')

Dried fish (800V) <- Fish (800V)
Drying a fish takes weeks, but I added these recipes, cause in the game files this item is named "Fried fish"

Sold by the fishmonger in Silverton and innkeepers in Toussaint

additem('Cooking recipe fish 1')

Dried fish (800V) <- Gutted fish (500V)
Drying a fish takes weeks, but I added these recipes, cause in the game files this item is named "Fried fish"

Sold by the fishmonger in Silverton and the butcher in Beauclair Port.

additem('Cooking recipe fish 2')


Eggs restore 250 Vitality. Now edible eggs can be created from monster eggs

Monstrous egg
Unavailable in 2.0-NoEggs version

Sold by innkeepers at the Crossroads and in Lindenvale (their inventories are connected) and by herbalists around Toussaint

additem('Cooking recipe egg 1')


Harpy egg
Unavailable in 2.0-NoEggs version

Sold in Blackbough by the trader who sells Adalbert Kermith's first map. From 2.1 it can be bought from general merchants around Toussaint (including wandering traders and the guy who sells paintings).

additem('Cooking recipe egg 2')

Cockatrice egg
Unavailable in 2.0-NoEggs version

Sold by the muscular merchant in Crows' Perch and by Toussaint innkeepers

additem('Cooking recipe egg 3')

Griffin egg
Unavailable in 2.0-NoEggs version

Sold by Bram in White Orchard. From 2.1 the recipe can be bought at the Perfumery in Beauclair.

additem('Cooking recipe egg 4')

Wyvern egg
Unavailable in 2.0-NoEggs version

Sold by the Lindenvale merchant. From 2.1 the recipe can be bought from the Ducal Cammerlengo.

additem('Cooking recipe egg 5')


Dried fruit (800V) <- Grapes (500V) + Blueberries (250V) + Plum (250V) + Berbercane fruit
Restores less Vitality, but weights much less: 0.05 lbs vs (0.05 + 0.1 + 0.08 + 0.1) lbs

Sold by the Madame at Crippled Kate's (I added plums to her inventory) and by herbalists around Toussaint

additem('Cooking recipe fruit 1')


Dried fruit (800V) <- Banana (500V) + Raspberries (250V) + Pear (250V) + Berbercane fruit
Restores less Vitality, but weights much less

Sold by Marquise Serenity at Passiflora. From 2.1 the recipe can be bought at the Perfumery in Beauclair.

additem('Cooking recipe fruit 2')



Dried fruit (800V) <- Raspberries (250V) + Blueberries (250V) + Plum (250V) + Pear (250V)
Restores less Vitality, but weights much less

Sold by the Golden Sturgeon innkeeper (I added pears to his inventory) and the sommelier in Beauclair

additem('Cooking recipe fruit 3')

3*Fondue (3*800V) <- 2*Cheese (2*500V) + Pepper (250V) + Bread (250V) + 3*Mug + Erveluce (250V)
Fondue (800V) <- Cheese (500V) + Mug + Erveluce (250V) [NS Version]

Sold by the trinket seller in Gildorf, Novigrad. I also added cheese (from Aeremas' house) to his inventory. Empty mugs are common junk, they can be found anywhere, you can also buy them from merchants, for example the poorly dressed merchant and the junk dealer from Hierarchs square (the one with glasses). From 2.1 the recipe and mugs can be bought from the Ducal Cammerlengo. I also included am optional "No Junk" version.

additem('Cooking recipe fondue 1')

3*Fondue (3*800V) <- 2*Cheese (2*500V) + Pepper (250V) + Bread (250V) + 3*Mug + Est Est (250V)
Fondue (800V) <- Cheese (500V) + Mug + Est Est (250V) [NS Version]

Sold by the "No need to push" merchant (Tretogor Gate, Novigrad) and the sommelier in Beauclair

additem('Cooking recipe fondue 2')


3*Fondue (3*800V) <- 2*Cheese (2*500V) + Pepper (250V) + Bread (250V) + 3*Mug + Beauclair White (250V)
Fondue (800V) <- Cheese (500V) + Mug + Beauclair White (250V) [NS Version]


Sold by the Madame at Crippled Kate's and the sommelier in Beauclair

additem('Cooking recipe fondue 3')


6*Mutton stew (6*800V) <- 2*Mutton leg (2*800V) + Cows milk (500V) + Pepper (250V) + Potatoes (500V) + 3*Onion (3*250V) + Bottled water (500V) + 6*Platter
Unavailable in 2.0-NoScripts Version

Sold by the Golden Sturgeon innkeeper and at the butcher's in Beauclair Port.

additem('Cooking recipe mutton stew')

Grilled pork (800V) <- Pork (800V)

Sold at the Cunny of the Goose tavern and at the butcher's in Beauclair Port.

additem('Cooking recipe pork')

Roasted chicken (800V) <- Chicken (800V)

Sold at the Cunny of the Goose tavern (south of Novigrad) and at the butcher's in Beauclair Port.

additem('Cooking recipe chicken')


Roasted chicken leg (500V) <- Chicken leg (500V)

Sold in the Nowhere Inn (Novigrad) and at the butcher's in Beauclair Port.

additem('Cooking recipe chicken leg')

Chicken sandwich (800V) <- Bread (250V) + Chicken leg (500V)

Sold in the Nowhere Inn (Novigrad). From 2.1 it can be bought from general merchants around Toussaint (including wandering traders and the guy who sells paintings).

additem('Cooking recipe sandwich 1')

Grilled chicken sandwich (800V) <- Bread (250V) + Roasted chicken leg (500V)

Sold at the Cunny of the Goose tavern and all taverns in Toussaint

additem('Cooking recipe sandwich 2')

2*Ham sandwich (2*800V) <- Bread (250V) + Roasted ham (800V) + Butter (500 V)
Unavailable in 2.0-NS Version.

Sold at the Seven Cats tavern, now the innkeeper also sells Roasted ham. Can also be bought from the butcher in Beauclair Port.

additem('Cooking recipe sandwich 3')

4*Ratatouille = 2*Cucumber (2*250V) + Onion (250V) + Tomato (250V) + Allspice root + Vinegar (250V) + Oil + 4* Platter
Unavailable in 2.0-NS Version.

Sold by Marquise Serenity at Passiflora and by innkeepers around Toussaint

additem('Cooking recipe ratatouille')

14*Onion soup (14*250V) = Chicken leg (500V) + 2*Bottled water (2*500V) + 4*Onion (3*250V) + Pepper (250V) + 14*Mug
Unavailable in 2.0-NS Version.

Sold by the "No need to push" merchant (Tretogor Gate, Novigrad) and Toussaint innkeepers

additem('Cooking recipe onion soup')

8*Herb toasts (8*250V) = 4*Bread (4*250V) + Cheese (250V) + Nazairi basil
Unavailable in 2.0-NS Version.

Exclusive to Toussaint, can be bought from innkeepers. Requires Nazairi basil, which can be harvested at Corvo Bianco, I also added it to Toussaint herbalists.

additem('Cooking recipe herb toasts')

To remove a recipe, use Forgetful Geralt. Example: forgetr('Cooking recipe chicken leg')


Version 2.1
With version 2.1, I added all recipes to merchants in Toussaint and to another lootlist (same places where you can find transmutation formulas), to make sure everyone who installs the mod late in the game can obtain all recipes without going back to Velen. Toussaint vendors at least partially share inventory so some formulas can be bought from merchants I didn't include in the description.

Bonus
I added some ingredients to some merchants, see the changelog for details. The Downwarren trader sells no recipes, but I added milk and eggs to his inventory just to match his dialogue.

Optional files
2.0 includes a No-Script version, just to make sure the mod is compatible with other mods that edit alchemyManager.ws and alchemyTypes.ws. It includes fewer recipes and some formulas are less efficient, it's because in vanilla game recipes can produce only 1 unit of cooked item. However, I tested the main version with Geralt the Master Cook and it solves the bug, so in order to use both mods together, just install the main version and delete the modBasicCookingRecipes folder.

2.0-NoEggs version was made for a request, it doesn't include recipes for fried meat and eggs

2.1-NoJunk version: recipes don't require bottles, mugs or plates. You still need oil for potato wedges.


Compatibility with the Next-Gen Update

Thanks to ElementaryLewis, there is now a Next Gen version of the mod since the affected script alchemyManager.ws is different than the Classic 1.32.
So you only need one of the main mod, depending if you are on Classic or Next-Gen. The same apply to the optional "No Egg" or "No Junk". 
As for the optional Acquired Tolerance fix, it has separate versions for 1.32 and 4.04.

Acquired Tolerance skill fix

I didn't realize all recipes count towards maximum toxicity bonus for the Acquired Tolerance ability. 33 recipes can make the skill unbalanced. Thankfully, crthdr pointed this out and even provided me with a fix for the Next Gen update (as I use 1.32 classic version). 1.32-Vanilla Fix only excludes recipes for edibles from counting towards the limit, but for those 1.32 users who added more recipes with other mods (eg. my other mod), I made a version that nerfs the skill even further: decreases the value from 1 to 0.5 (like in the Next Gen version) and excludes bomb formulas too (8 bombs*3 tiers plus 5*3 if you use Ard Bombs, one of must-have mods).

Recommended mods: Forgetful Geralt, Preparations