Hello! First, I'd like to say that the idea of the game is cute and cozy. I'll point out some issues, yet I think the game has potential.

Inventory:

• After using the banana in a recipe, it didn't disappear from the inventory. I loaded the game again and then the same issue happened with the apple.
• I tried to give the mysterious item to the mother, but the icon item didn't disappear from the cursor; it got stuck during the rest of the game.

Interaction:

• The trash in the inventory didn't work. Every time I clicked the icon, the character would move instead.
• The "make" button didn't work at first; I had to exit and click the cauldron again.

Gameplay:

• I got stuck several times. While being in the kitchen, sometimes it wouldn't let me move the character or open the inventory. I could only click the vegetables book and the cauldron.
• I couldn't pass the first recipe. In the description of the game, the recipes are written (which I appreciate a lot, lol). But while executing the first recipe inside the game, it ended up with a "mysterious item" as the final product. I tried changing the amount and order of the ingredients, but the result was always the same.

Visuals and Graphics:

• I like the graphics, especially how the main character is drawn. But I don't feel all the assets in the game match. I can see the idea of mixing different art styles between the characters and the backgrounds, but I feel they need to blend better with each other.

Great game! Interesting idea and definitely can be expanded upon. Here is some improvement that I can think off the top of my head:

• Maybe a recipe book that you can go inside and fill however you want with your inventory, this can be fun and will probably go well with the theme you are going with
• Other methods or tools that affect food rather than just putting them in a cauldron, this can open much more possibilities, also you can make these methods related to witches as well
• New books to discover along with gameplay possibly with other things than just ingredients, maybe new tools to pick up on books and stuff
• Also some little particle effects and stuff can help making game more cozy

Hope these ideas help. I would love to see an improved game with this cozy art and a very nice theme :)

Wait ...  a beautifully hand-drawn cozy game?! Hold my Banana-Apple-Smoothy!

It's a nice, simple game - perfect for leaning back and having some cozy time! It also  gave me such good memories of one of our Jams where we created some similar  game (if you want to check it out, me was creating the game art: https://flavedogame.itch.io/cook-slap-run)

There are some bugs that made me get stuck. But after some back-and-forth with the Exit/Cauldron button they went by.

Thank you for your entry - really enjoyed it!