Cooking turns harvests into the wider loop
Official descriptions place cooking after harvesting and before selling or reinvesting in the apartment garden. In practical terms, keep some harvests available for recipes instead of assuming every crop should be sold immediately.
Recipe information is still version-sensitive
A list of at least 40 recipes is confirmed, but the public sources do not establish individual ingredients, sale prices, unlock triggers or the most profitable dish. This page will only add those details once they are traceable to the game or an official update.
A safe first approach
Use the kitchen and recipe interfaces in your current save as the source of truth. Note which harvested ingredients are called for, then choose between cooking and selling based on the options the game presents—not a static external ranking.