Cooking items not available to cook!

You can still cook it without the ingredients. If not, just click on the fridge and choose "serve lunch..." > "mac and cheese".

you're right it was a mod problem apparently when i moved all mods one of them didn't move. this must be some problem on my pc because I have linked the folder to another disk and maybe something went wrong but since i have only few it was easy finding which one

KawaiiStacie's Kooma bear was the problem in case anyone has the same

^_^ I feel all better now

you're right it was a mod problem apparently when i moved all mods one of them didn't move. this must be some problem on my pc because I have linked the folder to another disk and maybe something went wrong but i did what you suggested and it helped and since i have only few mods it was easy finding which one

KawaiiStacie's Kooma bear was the problem in case anyone has the same

^_^ I feel all better now

Have you tried actually clicking on it anyway? I know that if I don't have the ingredients, except for a few particular dishes that really do require you to have it, it'll still let me cook it, anyway. Could you get a screenshot to show us what you're talking about?

My first step, whenever I'm having an issue, is to close completely out of the game, right-click on the box art for TS4 in Origin, and choose "Repair Game."

Check to see if your stove is not blocked or broken. The only time options were greyed out like that for me is when I can't use the appliance they are cooked on. Or if I don't have fish. For some reason you can sort of buy other ingredients, but have to actually have fish.

Edit: make sure you have counter space available, too.

Sounds like you might have 'use fresh ingredients' checked. Just uncheck that and you can cook whatever you like.

"NZsimm3r;15068689" wrote:
Sounds like you might have 'use fresh ingredients' checked. Just uncheck that and you can cook whatever you like.

Even with "use fresh ingredients" checked, you can still cook foods that you don't have the ingredients for (again, minus some that actually require the ingredients be in the fridge or your inventory).

Are you using any mods that affect cooking? Some of those may have been broken with the Dine Out patch.

"NZsimm3r;15068689" wrote:
Sounds like you might have 'use fresh ingredients' checked. Just uncheck that and you can cook whatever you like.

You can still cook most items even if you don't have the ingredients - I've found that if you check Use Fresh Ingredients, having those ingredients in your inventory or refrigerator will lower the cost of food preparation a bit. Which makes sense in a way.

"smoothyrus129;15069380" wrote:

"NZsimm3r;15068689" wrote:
Sounds like you might have 'use fresh ingredients' checked. Just uncheck that and you can cook whatever you like.

Even with "use fresh ingredients" checked, you can still cook foods that you don't have the ingredients for (again, minus some that actually require the ingredients be in the fridge or your inventory).

Exactly! So uncheck it and you can cook whatever you like...

Make sure you have an available stove, if you don't then you will not be able to cook certain items. If that doesn't work you might have to repair the game via origin