Have had this issue for a long time: when sims cook the meals autonomously they are not using fresh ingredients from inventory or fridge. Would like to get it fixed as this makes gardening useless.
Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title fit bug report at AHQ
Community ManagerHello all,
If any of you are still encountering this on the latest game version (without mods), would you be willing to share your save file(s)?
If so, please send me a private message with a link to the file. Instructions can be found here: http://x.ea.com/74420
Thanks!
Community ManagerI still have this with the most recent update Feb 3, 2026. Even wrose, I have Home Chef Hustle and my sims won't use prepped ingredients autonomously either. To use any ingredients I need to go into the Cook... menu and make sure that both Use Prepped Ingredients and Use Fresh Ingredients are checked then select the recipe with ingredients. The only way I can force them to use the ingredients is to have the Simple Living lot challenge trait from Cottage Living. I don't use mods/cc.
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