Cooking Off the Grid with Sims in Seasons - Sims 4

Sims that want to live off the grid can refer back to my earlier post about Living Off the Grid. But, in the Seasons pack, it becomes even harder with no heat in the Winter season, and gardening with enough plants to sustain health and avoid those quick meals that are stored in the refrigerator.

While a Sims can be sustained with Happy Moodlets by eating fresh fruits and vegetables from the garden. Also, with a refrigerator and a counter, the Sims can cook and serve Garden Salads, which is perfect for those athletic Sims that want to stay in top shape. Thankfully, at this point, Cooking skills do continue to improve on only "cooking" salads.

As mentioned in the earlier post, Sims can cook two meals with one of the two stoves, but is it really worth the price of a stove to only cook grilled cheese or egg meals?

Any social events that require serving gourmet meals while living off grid is off the list. However serving garden salads will still be a serving option.

Sims can also grill, but those "meat" meals are not considered to be "serving a group" type of meal, even though there are eight servings per grilling. The grilled meals can be stored in the refrigerator for about a week before it goes bad. These grilled meals will also put Meat on your Sims frame.

However, when the Seasons Sims celebrate some holidays, there is a Grand Meal tradition that Sims living off the grid cannot accomplish (unless that Sims has an "Always Welcome" reward through Aspirations). Always Welcome Sims can cook up a Grand Meal at a neighbor's house.

On the other hand, if you also have the Island Living pack, you can purchase a BBQ Pit in Build Mode, and add that to your Sims Lot.  The Volcanic BBQ Searer will allow Sims to cook a Grand Meal during the Seasons' holiday events. Word of caution though, if cooking something with fish that your Sims caught, make certain that the fish is fresh (and making certain that the "Use Fresh Ingredients" option is checked) or the meal may turn out horrible.

So that pretty much sums up the hardship of cooking while living off the grid for Sims.

Build Mode's Description of BBQ Pit