Family Recipes
Simple, delicious dishes for everyday family meals
490 recipes
Lao Pork Larb
A vibrant Lao salad with tender minced pork, toasted sticky rice, lime, fish sauce, and fresh herbs.
Latvian Sauerkraut Soup
A hearty winter Latvian soup made with sauerkraut, smoked meat, pearl barley and vegetables, with a fresh tang and a fragrant hint of caraway.
Latvian Cold Beet Soup (aukstā zupa)
A refreshing Latvian summer soup made with pickled beets, kefir, crisp cucumber, and hard-boiled eggs.
Lahanodolmades with avgolemono
Tender Greek stuffed cabbage rolls with a juicy meat-and-rice filling, dill and parsley, served with a velvety lemon-egg avgolemono sauce.
Leberkäse with Egg
A hearty Bavarian dish: browned leberkäse, crispy potatoes and a tender egg with a runny yolk.
Potato Lezhni
A tender roll of potato dough with a juicy filling of stewed cabbage or mushrooms — an authentic dish from the Vinnytsia region, served hot with sour cream.
Lemishka
Lemishka is an old peasant dish made from toasted buckwheat flour: a thick, aromatic porridge baked with onion and cracklings until golden-crusted, served hot with sour cream.
South Indian Lemon Rice (Chitranna)
Fluffy rice with a bright lemon flavor, crunchy peanuts, and a spiced tempering of mustard seeds and curry leaves.
Lithuanian Beet Salad with White Beans and Pickles
A hearty Lithuanian salad with sweet beets, tender white beans, crunchy pickles, and a fragrant sunflower oil dressing.
Lebanese Chickpea Fatteh
Layers of crispy pita, warm chickpeas and silky garlic-tahini yogurt come together in this hearty Levantine dish, finished with toasted pine nuts.
Liptauer
A tangy Austrian cheese spread with paprika, caraway, capers and crunchy add-ins, served on rye bread.
Red Kidney Bean Lobio
A thick Georgian lobio with tender red kidney beans, walnuts, garlic, cilantro, and fragrant khmeli-suneli.
Loubieh bi Zeit
Tender green beans slow-braised in olive oil with tomatoes, onion and garlic — a classic Lebanese mezze that's delicious served warm or at room temperature.
Lubia Polo
Fragrant Persian rice with beef, green beans and tomato sauce, layered and steamed to perfection.
Louvi with Leafy Greens
A Cypriot home-style dish of tender black-eyed peas and soft chard, served with lemon juice and good olive oil.
Chicken Mafé
A hearty Senegalese stew with tender chicken, unsweetened peanut butter, tomatoes and vegetables, served over rice.
Macaronia tou Fournou
A Cypriot baked pasta dish with a spiced pork filling, a smooth béchamel and salty halloumi, baked into a golden festive casserole.
Chicken Maqluba
Palestinian maqluba is a festive dish of spiced rice, juicy chicken and golden vegetables, dramatically flipped onto a large platter before serving.
Maqluba with Cauliflower and Chicken
A festive Palestinian maqluba, in which tender chicken, browned vegetables and fragrant spiced rice come together in a beautiful dish that's served upside down.
Maqmoura
A festive North Jordanian dish — succulent chicken with caramelized onions, sumac and spices, baked between thin layers of olive oil dough.
Malfouf Mahshi (Lebanese Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Thin rolls of tender cabbage leaves filled with beef and short-grain rice, slowly simmered in a fragrant lemon-garlic broth with dried mint.
Palestinian Malfouf (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Tender cabbage leaf rolls filled with rice and ground beef, plenty of garlic, and a bright squeeze of lemon juice.
Malfouf (Lebanese Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Tender cabbage leaf rolls stuffed with rice and beef, and simmered in a lemon-garlic broth.
Mansaf with Lamb and Jameed
A festive Jordanian dish of tender lamb in a tangy fermented jameed sauce, served with rice, shrak bread and toasted nuts.
Marmitako
A hearty Basque fishermen's stew, in which the potatoes soak up the flavor of peppers, tomatoes and tender tuna.
Moroccan Couscous with Vegetables
Fluffy couscous, vegetables in a spiced broth, chickpeas and sweet raisins come together in this colorful Moroccan dish, meant to be shared.
Moroccan Couscous with Vegetables
Fluffy couscous soaked in a spiced broth, served with tender chickpeas and seven vegetables — carrots, turnips, zucchini, pumpkin, cabbage, eggplant and tomatoes.
Beef Martabak Telur
Crispy Indonesian martabak telur with thin, stretchy dough, spiced beef, eggs and scallions.
Iraqi-Style Masgouf
A whole carp, split open along the backbone and slow-grilled beside the embers with a tangy tamarind sauce, takes on a smoky aroma and juicy flesh.
Mast-o Khiar
A refreshing Persian appetizer of thick yogurt, crisp cucumber, mint, sweet raisins and walnuts — a classic accompaniment to Iranian dishes.