International Food Recipes

Prepare flavorful Mexican soup recipes: green chili recipe, chicken soup recipe, basic flavorful chicken broth, black bean soup, tomatillo soup recipe, curried pumpkin soup, cream of poblano, Mexican soup with lentil, three bean soup and cilantro soup. 

Try one of these recipes with corn from Mexico as in dips served as appetizers, in cornbread or in a salad.

A casserole for chili works well for carry in dinners or buffets; still having that delicious spicy flavor they are easier to serve.

One of the international food recipes people love is the many flan recipes; try my favorite with cinnamon of select one of the others including chocolate flan.

Learn about and make one of the very flavorful salsa recipes from Mexico to use as an appetizer of as a side with entrees.

Learn how to make the best Mexican food.

A hot baked chicken casseroles from Mexico makes a flavorful dish for special lunch or dinner.

Tasty recipes from Mexico are deliciously seasoned with many local spices and peppers like Mexican rice, candy and salsa.

Make a 6 or 7 layer Mexican dips, hot or cold for your next party; always a hit among the international food recipes.

Make simple recipes from Mexico like beef tacos, Mexican chicken soup, buttermilk cornbread, chicken flautas and easy guacamole.

Easy Mexican recipes made in a crockpot makes it easy to cook many flavorful dishes.

Rice recipes from Mexico could be made with beans, chicken, or Mexicali rice or Spanish rice; all tastefully seasoned.

Make delicious bread recipes from Mexico for breakfast starting with the famous tortilla and filling, fried sopapillas or sweet bread.

What is a Mexican lasagna?  Try recipe for this original casserole made with tortillas or what I call “copycat” made with lasagna noodles.

Pork recipes from Mexico like pork chili, pork loin and pork stew are very popular in the central and southern part of the country. Learn how to make ham, red beans with rice, pork quesadillas and pig's feet.

Make the best chimichangas with beef, chicken or pork. Learn to fry or bake them and serve with the best sauce such as piquante, cilantro lime sauce, salsa or guacamole.

Like the other food, cakes from Mexico are usually very moist and always flavorful and delicious; chocolate layer cake, chocolate cake with coffee and cinnamon, filled chocolate bundt, fruit cake and tropical cake recipe.

Making a casserole of tamales or a tamale pie is the perfect dish for super or carry in dinner.

Learn how to make fabulous quesadilla recipes. Watch my video as I demonstrate how to make a simple quesadilla and a dessert one. Recipes here include a spicy chicken, shrimp with yellow pepper sauce, chicken, spinach, yams, a recipe from Baja, cheese, salmon and an onion recipe.

Learn how to make Mexican dessert recipes. Watch my video and learn how to make a tortilla bowl to serve dessert. Make a sweet treat by deep frying piece of tortilla, make a fruit dip, apple tacos, a rich frozen mocha torte recipe, a chocolate mouse with cashews, churros, biscochitos recipe, custard and a strawberry margarita dessert.  

Make delicious nachos recipes: guacamole recipe, hamburger nachos, nachos con huevos, popcorn nachos, shrimp nachos, tuna nachos, easy nachos, canned cheese nachos, chicken nachos, nachos with white cheese and Chipotle bell pepper nachos.  

Egg recipes from Mexico appear in the diet all day long and not just for breakfast; chili con queso, egg casserole, egg salad, pumpkin flan. Mexican cake and huevos rancheros.

Learn how to make delicious fajitas! There are many wonderful fajitas recipes: peppered fajitas, fajitas with shrimp or chicken, fajitas with beef sirloin, fajitas with smoky beef flavor, fajitas with chicken, fajitas with pork, fajitas flavored with coffee and spice, fajitas with plums and beef and fajitas with sausage. 

Make the best enchiladas. Try a recipe for beef, eggs, cheese, a quick recipe, one for breakfast, a green chicken, a simple chicken enchilada and a recipe made in a slow cooker.

Learn how to make homemade burritos! Make burritos with chicken, beef or pork. Try a vegetarian burrito or a breakfast burrito.

Discover wonderful Mexican celebrations foods!

Make the best Mexican sauce recipes.

Prepare delicious chiles rellenos recipes: chile rellenos with big Jim, chile rellenos with Anaheim peppers, roasted poblano chiles rellanos, stuffed Cubanell peppers, chile rellenos with canned chiles, southern chiles recipe, southwestern chiles rellenos recipe, baked chiles rellenos and chiles rellenos with eggs.

Appetizers from Ireland are made with typical Irish ingredients; potatoes, turnips, corn beef and sausage.

A hearty stews made with lamb are typical of the Irish cuisine; different ingredients and seasonings change the recipes.

Ireland’s famous Guinness beer is what makes this Irish cake so special; learn about the cake and the beer.

Corn beef and cabbage is thought to be a traditional Irish recipe although it is said to have originated here in this country; still very good. International food recipes all always changed and altered with the migration of the people.

Most foods for St. Patrick's day have become traditional recipes to Americans; they are so flavorful.

Try some great potato recipes from Ireland and learn about how the potato crop became so important to the Irish people.

What is the story behind Mulligan stew? How do you make it?

Desserts for St. Patrick's day can be almost anything good especially if it has “green” in it.

Tasty appetizers, soda breads, salad dressings, lamb chops, potato dishes, wonderful salads and desserts are all part of making a menu for St. Patrick's Day.

Try some of my favorite recipes from Ireland. Cook the best rhubarb, try a forgotten stew, a hearty potatoes and pork chop dish, bannocks or a boxty recipe.

Recipes for colcannon are made with potatoes and greens; try my original one made with mashed potatoes and kale. It is delicious!

Whiskey cake from Ireland is the traditional wedding cake; made with lots of candied fruit. It is very interesting to discover all the international food recipes for wedding.

The most famous bread in Ireland is the soda bread; made without yeast.

Cakes from Ireland can be made colored green or using local popular ingredients of Ireland.

Cookies from Ireland are pretty decorated sugar cookies or green shamrocks but the traditional Irish cookies are ones like lace cookies or ones made with local ingredients like rhubarb bars and mint thumbprints.

Great desserts from Ireland made with fruits like cherries, apples and rhubarb plus some are made with cheese. I love making all the desserts included in the international food recipes.

When I think of Italian cuisine my first thought is the wonderful pasta recipes of Italy. When learning how to make Italian recipes these include my favorites like stuffed manicotti, fettuccini, lasagna and spaghetti. 

Soups are always part of every countries cuisine and the soups of Italy are no different. Inspired by the regions agriculture you will find when learning how to make Italian recipes that Italian soups are based on a meat broth but vary with ingredients such as bean, sausage, barley and much more.

Breakfast foods of Italy may include various recipes for frittata recipes (or omelets), many different pastries and sweetbreads; all made with what is available locally. Breakfast is often eaten while standing so the food could be consistent with finger foods.

The national unification of Italy continued to move on and truly influenced the Italian cooking especially the cakes of Italy.

The cream puffs of Italy are similar to puffs from other countries and the profiteroles of France. The dough is made with an egg pastry and when baked it shapes a rather hollow puff. These are stuffed with many fillings but the best are the rich creamy sweet fillings; sometimes topped with a fruit sauce. 

Finger foods from Italy might also be called antipasto or here in the United States called  appetizers. These small sturdy snacks must be able to be eaten with the hand and while standing. This could be for breakfast, as a snack, at cocktail parties or before a meal as an appetizer. 

A stromboli has the flavor much like Italian pizza but is folded or rolled more like a calzone. Having many of the same ingredients the difference is that a Stromboli does not have a sauce on it; instead a sauce is served alongside for dipping if the diner prefers.

The pizzas of Italy are a favorite food for many of us and most of us have our favorite pizza parlors. Sammy’s in Florida has great authentic pizza. Make your own pizza sauce and create a delicious pizza with a simple recipe the philosophy behind knowing how to make Italian recipes. 

Make the best Italian recipes like a rich chocolate amaretto cheesecake, a coconut cheesecake or a goat cheese appetizer.

Simple Italian foods can be easily prepared by using a crock pot. These slow cooking recipes allow all the flavor from the spices to infuse these wonderful international food recipes. 

An Italian Easter is celebrated by the rich traditions of celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Rituals, parades and masses and lots of good food like Easter pie recipe, the rice cake and various special breakfast recipes are all part of this celebration. 

The food of Italy has a rich history it is traced back to ancient Rome when the diet was very simple and plain. Like all international food recipes the cuisine evolves with the culture.  It was based on bread and locally grown ingredients like beans, lentils, turnips, beets, cabbage, lettuce and fruits. 

Plan your Italian food menu! Try these fabulous recipes: bruschetta, an antipasta platter, Italian lasagna, fish pie, veal piccata, fettuccine with shrimp and tomatoes, chicken bacci bacci, tortellini and fresh basil salad, an Italian cheese bread, tiramisu recipe and an Italian wine custard recipe.

Learn how to make homemade gnocchi. There are so many delicious gnocchi recipes: gnocchi with Provolone and Parmesan cheese,  herb potato gnocchi, gnocchi recipe, cheese spinach gnocchi, potato dumplings recipe, herb butter recipe, pesto sauce recipes and Italian tomato sauce for serving! 

Prepare traditional Italian foods: creamy fettuccini alfredo, Italian herb bread, Sicilian caponata, risotto cabrillo, Italian baked oyster,  gnocchi, Italian sausage, peach tart, strawberry zabaglione, garlic pork roast and rosemary potatoes!    

Italian cannolis are found in almost every Italian restaurant in the United States; very much of favorite of diners. Thinly rolled dough is wrapped around metal tubes to form and baked; then they are stuffed with a thick ricotta sweet filling. So delicious! 

The puttanesca is a fairly new addition to the Italian cuisine. The fragrance of cooking this spicy sauce was developed to entice the “men clients” in for the “ladies of the night”. 

Authentic breads of Italy vary from region to region. Italy is a country of twenty regions but when you are learning how to make Italian recipes it is easier to narrow it down to find an authentic Italian bread recipe, I am dividing it into three regions; Northern, Southern and Central Italy plus Sicily.

Desserts of Italy are known around the world for their rich creamy taste and texture; much like the French desserts. These recipes like the cream puffs, tiramisu, cheesecakes and others are made possible by the local production of milks, creams and cheeses. 

Panatone (or Panettone recipe ) is for an Italian sweet bread made traditionally at Christmas. What was once a dome or bowl shaped bread is now generally baked in a tower. Many variations have it being made with fruits and nuts; usually it is served with a cheese spread. 

Tiramisu is one of the favorite Italian dessert recipes. Creamy cheeses are added to original custard recipes to make a most delicious creamy dessert. Strong coffee sets it apart from other Italian desserts.

The wonderful cheesecakes of Italy are a favorite around the world. They are made with a variety of local cheese plus other rich creams from the area. Often these recipes will include fruit or be served with fruit. 

Christmas cookies of Italy, like many international food recipes are traditional ones that have been passed down through the generations. These are made with locally produced ingredients especially the eggs, butter, creams, cheeses and often fruits. 

Cookie recipes of Italy traditionally used easily accessible local ingredients. Now like here in the United States and other countries we have more access to more ingredients to bake with. This has opened the door to newer and a wider variety of cookie recipes. 

Chocolate biscottis has made itself a reputation around the world for the best coffee dunking cookie. Although this cookie can be made with only one baking, it is traditionally a cookie which is baked twice.

Learn to make the best spicy Chinese recipes: Hunan beef steak, slow cooker sesame pork ribs, Sichuan beef noodles, shrimp and peas, chicken sate, Kung boa sauce, shrimp stir fry, Asian beef round steak, stir fried chicken and vegetables and pork and vegetable crusty noodle cake. 

Make tasty Chinese appetizers. Try a recipe for chicken wings, ginger shrimp, Oriental nuts, fried beef bundles, corkscrew shrimp, wontons, meatballs, Mongolian beef sticks and fish rolls.

Learn how to cook Chinese chicken. Try a recipe with almonds, orange flavor, Kung Pao, cashew, spicy peanut, hot and sour, or a Peking recipe.

Make delicious Asians wontons. These can be steamed or fried. They are stuffed with pork, beef, chicken, seafood and vegetables. 

Make delicious egg rolls and springs rolls. Make your own wraps and fill with some tasty recipes. Serve with some of these yummy sauces. 

Make tasty Chinese pork recipes. Make a sweet and sour recipes, orange Szechuan pork, Oriental pork chops, pork and chicken, sausage wonton, spicy pork strips, Yu-Shiango pork, stir fry, cashew and Chinese barbeque pork ribs.  

Learn how to make delicious Chinese beef recipes like the following: teriyaki stir fry, orange beef stir fry, Oriental flank steak, sukiyaki for a crowd and a family, Szechuan beef and snow peas, spicy Chow Mein, Oriental ribs and a dried beef recipe. 

Make the best Chinese salad recipes. Try making my favorite Chinese chicken salad, a shrimp salad, Thai beef salad, cucumber salad, cashew chicken salad, Oriental broccoli salad, Chinese coleslaw, Thai pasta salad, rice salad and Daikon salad. 

Yummy Chinese soup recipes; Oriental vegetable, egg drop, kung Pao wonton soup, Asian curry, gingered Chinese noodle, egg flower corn, pearl tapioca and abalone and mustard greens soup.

Make Chinese dessert recipes. Make festive fortune cookies, pineapple pastries, orange sesame seed cookies, coconut papaya rice, fried banana fritters and a macadamia nut torte recipe. 

Knishes are one of my favorite Jewish recipes. Knishes are made with dough and have various fillings such as potatoes, chicken, beef and cheese. They can be served as  meal or an appetizer. 

Learn how to make delicious strudel. Try a fruit walnut strudel, apple rice filling, apple strudel, a savory beef and cheese, a cherry cheese filled strudel and my favorite cabbage and ham strudel. 

Learn how to make the Jewish pastry of rugelach. Try making one with an apricot almond filling, a Hungarian cream cheese raspberry filling, a kifli dough recipe with walnut filling and a recipe with poppy seed filling.

Make tasty recipes from Spain. Try a classic recipe of flan, cod and potatoes, crema espanola, paella, chocolate cream, soup from Valencia and Spanish bean soup.  

Learn how to make stuffed grape leaves. Make them meatless, with lamb, pork or beef. Serve them with a homemade tzadziki sauce, egg lemon sauce, or an avgolemono sauce.

Make delicious international food recipes like Greek foods. Make cheese and olive hat appetizers, a Greek salad, recipe for saganaki, dolmathes, tiropitakia, lamb stew with spinach, endive with lemon sauce, Greek honey walnut balls and pita bread.

I enjoy the good food of Germany at Hollerbacks Willow Tree Café in Sanford Florida.

Making traditional German Piggy Pudding (VIDEO) and Scrapple.

I have always enjoyed the wonderful food from my Dad’s German recipes.

Cooking with beer is part of my German heritage. You will find many delicious recipes with beer: onion rings, Frankfurter fritters, Jiffy beer bread, beef and beer stew, biscuits, dill bread, chicken wings, beerwurst soup, chicken and rice, pecan breaded pork chops, beer and spice brunch cake and beer barbeque sauce. 

In Weaverville North Carolina you can find fabulous German Food at the Bavarian Dining Restaurant. I share some of the international food recipes I enjoy there like potato cakes. I also share some of my own recipes like sauerbraten, hamburger gravy and fish cakes.

Discover Ecuador living and their delicious cuisine. Make a tasty savory herb quinoa pudding and a corn pudding both are served with a rich cheese sauce. 

Prepare delicious pierogy recipes. Pierogis are made with a multitude of fillings such as cheese, meat, fruit, potato and many more.

Prepare delicious pine nut recipes like the following: pine nut pumpkin bread, eggplant appetizer recipe, pine nut basil butter, lemon chicken recipe, herbed cream cheese round, pine nuts and rice tomatoes, roasted pepper pasta sauce, quinoa pilaf recipe, kibbeh, bulgur and potato pie pine nuts recipe and pesto sauce recipe.