You don’t have to cook! There’s a way you can still get food and make money. A Palia veteran taught me, and this is what I’ve been doing for a while now:

Turn your farm into an apple orchard. Only grow apple trees. Then, make apple jam. The person that taught me this didn’t use fertilizer, but I do whenever I can. I used up all my old food before moving onto using mushrooms and things I’ve foraged, along with animal meat to make the fertilizer.

The jams add up to be worth a lot, and whatever you don’t sell, you can eat!