This was fun, I love me a cooking game. The mechanics are quite intuitive and easy to pick up, and each ingredient being able to be optionally processed twice gives a lot of variety for the recipes.
I did struggle finding the right ingredients at first, some of them looked like they'd fit the bill until you actually chopped them. I couldn't find a trash can to get rid of an ingredient I don't actually want, so I sort of resigned myself to failing a bunch of times until I figured it out - then later I learned that you can just put an ingredient on top of the one you want to discard.
I do wish there was a bit more to do when watching the pot, or that it cooled faster when watching. The times when it was too hot and I needed to add a spicy ingredient could drag a bit. It might be nice to have some kind of hint what effect an ingredient will have on temperature before throwing it in, but there is something to be said about chance and organic discovery too.
Overall, good game, I enjoyed myself!