If you have a supply of recipes and ingredients, you can level provisioning in less that an hour. This tome suggests recommendations on leveling recipes, their ingredients, and links to sources of ingredients.

Walkthrough

1. Visit your racial starter town and become certified in Provisioning.  (Optional: experience and a free recipe)
2. Obtain leveling recipes (x5 recipes prefered, e.g. 15, 25, 35, 45)
   See shopping list below.

   Tip: Having problems finding these recipes?  You can obtain recipes for your current provisioning level from the chef and brewer NPC vendors. (Partial list of vendors).  List of Alternative recipes.

3. Obtain leveling recipe ingredients.
   See shopping list below.

   Tip: Search the Guild traders or visit TTC website to locate and obtain ingredients quickly. If you wish to farm your own materials, check out popular farming spots from the community.

4. Make the level 15 recipe until you get to level 20 provisioning (should take a couple less than 90)

   Tip: If you have access to Champion Points, invest 30 points in the The Tower Tree (Green Section) to obtain a 20% crafting inspiration buff.

5. Put a skill point into Recipe Improvement
6. Make the level 25 recipe until you get to level 30 provisioning (should take a few less than 75)
7. Put a skill point into Recipe Improvement
8. Make the level 35 recipe until you get to level 40 provisioning (should take a few less than 85)
9. Put a skill point into Recipe Improvement
10. Make the level 45 recipe until you get to level 50 provisioning (should take a few less than 120)
11. Celebrate!

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LadyJohanna of Reddit offers the following tips:  

Turn on auto-loot and search every single container all over everywhere (especially delves) to find recipes, Provisioning mats, and other goodies. Thieving and laundering is encouraged; just don't get caught.

Use green quality recipes to level. Blue and purple quality will not give more inspiration. The inspiration granted is based on recipe level, not recipe quality. Green is cheapest and most effective. Unless you have more ingredients than you know what to do with and you're cooking for your own alts or friends' characters -- then by all means go as fancy as you want.

Many tri-stat foods sell very well to trial and PvP content players.

Do daily Provisioning writs for a chance at purple-quality ingredients and more recipes.

Shopping List

For convenience, I used an old recipe spreadsheet to quickly paste the information in to this article.  Some event and DLC recipes may be missing.

Tip: Sourcing Provisioning Ingredients

Proficiency 1

Obtain 1 of the recipes below and approximately 90 items of each ingredient.  List of Alternative recipes

For example,  1 Gingerose Tea Recipe, 90 Rose, and 90 Ginger.

Tip: Search the Guild traders or visit TTC website to locate and obtain recipes.  Recommend doing drink recipes as they are less popular and the recipes are usually cheaper.

Red Hipposcras	Brew	1 – Alcoholic Drinks	x			15	Surilie Grapes	Ginger
Tawny Port	Brew	1 – Alcoholic Drinks	x			15	Yeast	Metheglin
Gingerose Tea	Brew	2 – Tea		x		15	Rose	Ginger
Green Scourgut Tea	Brew	2 – Tea		x		15	Bittergreen	Seaweed
Sourflower Tea	Brew	2 – Tea		x		15	Lotus	Lemon
Isinmate Infusion	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	15	Yerba Mate	Isinglass
Kelp Kaveh	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	15	Coffee	Seaweed
Sweetberry Tonic	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	15	Acai Berry	Honey
Rose Lager	Brew	4 – Liqueurs	x	x		15	Wheat	Rose
Acai Dry Mazte	Brew	5 – Tinctures	x		x	15	Rice	Acai Berry
Tsaesci Tea	Brew	6 – Cordial Teas		x	x	15	Lotus	Ginseng
Bitter Kaveh	Brew	6 – Cordial Teas		x	x	15	Bittergreen	Coffee
Comberry Tonic	Brew	6 – Cordial Teas		x	x	15	Comberry	Guarana
Stir-Fried Garlic Beef	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			15	Red Meat	Garlic
Rabbit Millet Pilaf	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			15	Small Game	Millet
Pan-Fried Trout	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			15	Fish	Flour
Deshaan Honeydew Hors D’ouevre	Food	2 – Fruit Dishes		x		15	Melon	Saltrice
Fried Green Tomatoes	Food	2 – Fruit Dishes		x		15	Tomato	Seasoning
Balmora Cabbage Biscuits	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	15	Greens	Flour
Port Hunding Cheese Fries	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	15	Potato	Cheese
Spicy Beet Salad	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	15	Beets	Flour
Monkeypig Cutlets	Food	4 – Savouries	x	x		15	White Meat	Bananas
Rabbit Loin with Bitter Greens	Food	5 – Ragout	x		x	15	Small Game	Greens
Shepherd’s Pie	Food	5 – Ragout	x		x	15	Game	Potato
Melon-Radish Salad	Food	6 – Entremet		x	x	15	Melon	Radish
Tomato Borscht	Food	6 – Entremet		x	x	15	Tomato	Beets

 

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Proficiency 2

Obtain 1 of the recipes below and approximately 75 items of each ingredient. List of Alternative recipes

For example,  1 Mermaid Whiskey Recipe, 75 Barley and 75 Seaweed.

Honey Rye	Brew	1 – Alcoholic Drinks	x			25	Rye	Honey	–
Mermaid Whiskey	Brew	1 – Alcoholic Drinks	x			25	Barley	Seaweed	–
Enlightenment Tea	Brew	2 – Tea		x		25	Lotus	Isinglass	–
Mead de Menthe	Brew	2 – Tea		x		25	Mint	Metheglin	–
Thrassian Chai	Brew	2 – Tea		x		25	Jasmine	Seaweed	–
Athlete’s Guzzle	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	25	Acai Berry	Lemon	–
Busy Bee Brew	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	25	Coffee	Metheglin	–
Ginseng Sling	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	25	Ginseng	Honey	–
Bitter Remorse Ale	Brew	4 – Liqueurs	x	x		25	Wheat	Bittergreen	Ginger
Truth-Glimpse	Brew	4 – Liqueurs	x	x		25	Barley	Mint	Isinglass
Drowned Sailor Ale	Brew	5 – Tinctures	x		x	25	Yeast	Ginseng	Seaweed
Ginger Port	Brew	5 – Tinctures	x		x	25	Surilie Grapes	Yerba Mate	Ginger
Ginkgo Double Brandy	Brew	5 – Tinctures	x		x	25	Rice	Ginkgo	Honey
Azura’s Rose Tea	Brew	6 – Cordial Teas		x	x	25	Rose	Guarana	Isinglass
Celestial Tonic Tea	Brew	6 – Cordial Teas		x	x	25	Jasmine	Acai Berry	Metheglin
Cornerclub Kaveh	Brew	6 – Cordial Teas		x	x	25	Comberry	Coffee	Lemon
Cheese Pork Schnitzel	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			25	White Meat	Cheese	–
Chicken and Biscuits	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			25	Poultry	Millet	–
Salted Cod	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			25	Fish	Seasoning	–
Cantaloupe Bread	Food	2 – Fruit Dishes		x		25	Melon	Flour	–
Cinnamon Gorapples	Food	2 – Fruit Dishes		x		25	Apples	Seasoning	–
Green Bananas with Garlic	Food	2 – Fruit Dishes		x		25	Bananas	Garlic	–
Eidar Radish Salad	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	25	Radish	Cheese	–
Potato Rice Blintzes	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	25	Potato	Saltrice	–
Rihad Beet and Garlic Salad	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	25	Beets	Garlic	–
Baked Sole With Bananas	Food	4 – Savouries	x	x		25	Fish	Bananas	Flour
Colovian Roast Turkey	Food	4 – Savouries	x	x		25	Poultry	Tomato	Millet
Pork and Bitter Melon	Food	4 – Savouries	x	x		25	White Meat	Melon	Saltrice
Hunt-Wife’s Beef Radish Stew	Food	5 – Ragout	x		x	25	Red Meat	Radish	Seasoning
Necrom Beetle-Cheese Poutine	Food	5 – Ragout	x		x	25	Red Meat	Radish	Seasoning
Elseweyr Corn Fritters	Food	6 – Entremet		x	x	25	Jazbay Grapes	Corn	Flour
Hearthfire Vegetable Salad	Food	6 – Entremet		x	x	25	Pumpkin	Beets	Saltrice

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Proficiency 3

Obtain 1 of the recipes below and approximately 85 items of each ingredient. List of Alternative recipes

For example,  1 Nereid Wine Recipe, 85 Surilie Grapes and 85 Seaweed.

Nereid Wine	Brew	1 – Alcoholic Drinks	x			35	Surilie Grapes	Seaweed	–	–
Rye-in-Your-Eye	Brew	1 – Alcoholic Drinks	x			35	Rye	Metheglin	–	–
Sorry, Honey Lager	Brew	1 – Alcoholic Drinks	x			35	Wheat	Honey	–	–
Pink Profundity	Brew	2 – Tea		x		35	Jasmine	Isinglass	–	–
Puckermint Tea	Brew	2 – Tea		x		35	Mint	Lemon	–	–
Winter Rose Tea	Brew	2 – Tea		x		35	Rose	Isinglass	–	–
Crystal Clarity	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	35	Ginseng	Isinglass	–	–
Rihad Qishr	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	35	Coffee	Ginger	–	–
Seaberry Tonic	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	35	Acai Berry	Seaweed	–	–
Night-Grog	Brew	4 – Liqueurs	x	x		35	Yeast	Comberry	Ginger	–
Pyandonea Merlot	Brew	5 – Tinctures	x		x	35	Surilie Grapes	Ginseng	Seaweed	–
Vigilance Gold Ale	Brew	5 – Tinctures	x		x	35	Wheat	Coffee	Lemon	–
Jasminkgo Tonic	Brew	6 – Cordial Teas		x	x	35	Jasmine	Ginko	Honey	–
Monkeypants Mazte	Brew	7 – Distillates	x	x	x	35	Rice	Jasmine	Yerba Mate	Bevez Juice
Bruma Jugged Rabbit	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			35	Small Game	Seasoning	–	–
Camlorn Pork Sausage	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			35	White Meat	Garlic	–	–
Crispy Cheddar Chicken	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			35	Poultry	Cheese	–	–
Apple Cobbler Supreme	Food	2 – Fruit Dishes		x		35	Apples	Flour	–	–
Clan Mother’s Banana Pilaf	Food	2 – Fruit Dishes		x		35	Bananas	Saltrice	–	–
Rimmen Raisin Cookies	Food	2 – Fruit Dishes		x		35	Jazbay Grapes	Flour	–	–
Indoril Radish Tartlets	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	35	Radish	Flour	–	–
Roasted Beet and Millet Salad	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	35	Beets	Millet	–	–
Twice-Baked Potatoes	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	35	Potato	Seasoning	–	–
Minotaur Slumgullion	Food	4 – Savouries	x	x		35	Red Meat	Pumpkin	Millet	–
Forge-Wife’s Spudmelon Pie	Food	6 – Entremet		x	x	35	Melon	Potato	Flour	–
Blackwood Stuffed Banana Leaves	Food	6 – Entremet		x	x	35	Bananas	Greens	Millet	–

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Proficiency 4

Obtain 1 of the recipes below and approximately 120 items of each ingredient. List of Alternative recipes

For example,  1 Dreugh Spit Recipe, 120 Ginseng and 120 Seaweed.

Sweet Scamp Mazte	Brew	1 – Alcoholic Drinks	x			45	Rice	Honey	–
Sour Gin Fizz	Brew	1 – Alcoholic Drinks	x			45	Yeast	Lemon	–
Whiskey Sour	Brew	1 – Alcoholic Drinks	x			45	Rye	Lemon	–
Camlorn Mint Tea	Brew	2 – Tea		x		45	Mint	Isinglass	–
Jasminger Tea	Brew	2 – Tea		x		45	Jasmine	Ginger	–
Sweet Dreams Tea	Brew	2 – Tea		x		45	Lotus	Honey	–
Lemonic Invigoration	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	45	Guarana	Lemon	–
Shimmerene Tonic	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	45	Acai Berry	Isinglass	–
Dreugh Spit	Brew	3 – Tonics			x	45	Ginseng	Seaweed	–
Anequina Stout	Brew	4 – Liqueurs	x	x		45	Barley	Bittergreen	Lemon
Black Night Cordial	Brew	4 – Liqueurs	x	x		45	Rice	Comberry	Seaweed
Sylph Gin	Brew	4 – Liqueurs	x	x		45	Yeast	Lotus	Honey
Narsis Wickwheat Ale	Brew	5 – Tinctures	x		x	45	Wheat	Yerba Mate	Isinglass
Centurion’s Friend Kaveh	Brew	6 – Cordial Teas		x	x	45	Jasmine	Coffee	Seaweed
Akaviri Pork Fried Rice	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			45	White Meat	Saltrice	–
Blacklight Oxen Meatballs	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			45	Red Meat	Saltrice	–
Solstheim Elk and Scuttle	Food	1 – Meat Dishes	x			45	Game	Cheese	–
Mage’s Gorapple Porridge	Food	2 – Fruit Dishes		x		45	Apples	Millet	–
Melon-Chevre Salad	Food	2 – Fruit Dishes		x		45	Melon	Cheese	–
Mistral Banana Bread	Food	2 – Fruit Dishes		x		45	Bananas	Flour	–
Dragonstar Radish Kebabs	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	45	Radish	Seasoning	–
Savory Thorn Cornbread	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	45	Corn	Saltrice	–
Vvardenfell Ash Yam Loaf	Food	3 – Vegetable Dishes			x	45	Potato	Flour	–
Oyster Tomato Orzo	Food	4 – Savouries	x	x		45	Fish	Tomato	Saltrice
Sun-Dried Caravan Provisions	Food	6 – Entremet		x	x	45	Apples	Beets	Seasoning
Drunken Goat Cheese	Food	6 – Entremet		x	x	45	Jazbay Grapes	Radish	Cheese

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Note: Wondering what the columns with x's are? They indicate if the recipe provides Health, Magicka, or Stamina (in that order)

References

1. Official ESO Forums, bbritton8883525_ESO