Easy Spanish Recipes

Easy Spanish recipes - reading them and trying to make them - can be a very useful way of practicing the language you've learned - as long as you use the original recipe in Spanish, of course. They can also be extremely delicious! And there are many different dishes and recipes from all the diverse areas of Spain and Latin America. So, let's begin our search for those easy Spanish recipes.

Spanish Recipes on the Web

Our favorite page of recipes is Recetas Favoritas de España (Favorite Recipes from Spain). You'll find recipes for the following popular Spanish dishes (you can choose whether to read them in English or Spanish):

• Paella
• Spanish omelet
• Crème Caramel
• Mayonnaise
• Etc.

Other useful pages with easy Spanish recipes are usually only to be found in Spanish, and can be quite confusing - it's often difficult to tell the difference between real traditional Spanish dishes and more international-type recipes. However, Recetas - Tapas, Recetas, Historia (Recipes - Tapas, Recipes, History) has a very well chosen selection of Spanish recipes. One of my favorites is "callos a la madrileña", or tripe, Madrid style.

Another good website is Hispanic and Spanish Recipes Directory. The advantage of this site is that it includes recipes from other Spanish-speaking countries as well as from Spain.

One other site with Spanish recipes is Traditional Spanish Recipes in Spanish, also written in Spanish. It contains different paella recipes, delicious salads, recipes from some of Spain's best restaurants, Spanish desserts, tapas, regional dishes and even vegetarian recipes, with suggestions for diets.

If you prefer to see a site with a majority of Spanish American recipes, try Spanish Recipes. You'll find recipes for soups, desserts, accompaniments, salads, confectionery, main dishes, drinks and appetizers - a very complete list.

Spanish Recipes in Books

The best book I've found is Cocina de la familia (200 authentic Mexican recipes). The book is written in Spanish, but, rather than a collection of recipes from Mexico, it is more a compendium of dishes eaten by Mexican families in the USA.

Another very good recipe book is La Cocina Hispano-Americana: Traditional & Modern Recipes in English & Spanish. The big advantage of this book is the fact that it is bilingual - if you're not completely sure of the Spanish, you can just check the English!

If you're more interested in Spanish recipes as food, rather than in using them to practice your Spanish, I can recommend this book, written in English: Clarita's Cocina: Great Traditional Recipes from a Spanish Kitchen. You'll find easy recipes for tapas, appetizers and dips, soups and potages, salads and dressings, fish, poultry and game, meats and roasts, vegetables, etc.