What gives the best xp?
Novice Chef: Soypro, 10 cereal, 10 vegetable, 80 xp (84 in practice mode). Desserts I: Pastebread, 20 wheat, 10 oats, 10 water, 160 xp (168 in practice mode). Entrees I: Synthsteak: 20 vegetables, 20 cereal, 5 hide, 180 xp (189 in practice mode). Desserts III: Kiwik Clusjo Swirl: 40 berries, 20 fruits, 20 water, 260 xp (278 in practice mode). One trick to get faster xp at Novice is to actually create the soypro (don’t use practice mode), then after you’ve made up a bunch, eat them all. Soypro is a component, so it has 0 filling, and you get UXP for eating the last dose of your own food. So instead of getting 84 xp by grinding in practice mode, you’ll get 120 by crafting and eating it. The simplest grind path is Soypro -> Pastebread -> Kiwik Swirl. I just threw in the synthsteak in case you happen to have a bunch of hides lying around and already have Entrees I.