When there are no ingredients, the options are not gray, and only the required amount will be added after serving. The choice of this dish will not appear at all before you go to the bookstore to buy it, let alone turn gray.

The option is grayed out and a prompt appears in the game. There is a lack of necessary things to cook this dish. For example, if there is no microwave oven or the microwave oven is broken, it will prompt that there is no microwave oven to make hot dogs. Sometimes you can't cook without an idle counter, and the game will prompt you to need an idle counter to cook.

Beef stew with cheese and fish steak belong to the dinner menu. If you want to cook these two dishes, you need to cook them at dinner time. 2. At other times, it can be roasted on the outdoor barbecue.

Check whether the things used in the kitchen (especially the counter and oven) are complete, and whether the oven for barbecue dishes is placed outdoors.