Originally posted by Vexov:

Skip veggies. By the time you're finally harvesting them to upkeep the amount being consumed then you should be on better food already.

Meats are easy and the best food in game.

I pretty much only play with carrot soup, turnip stew and something else i can easily make, easy to obtain materials and even in the plains you don't need anything else. I was using other stuff only when facing bosses.