🌶️ Weekly meal plan

Latin America – Spicy & Vibrant

Mexico, Peru, Brazil and Cuba on your plate. Black beans, corn, avocado, spiced meats and vibrant colours.

2 people 7 days ~€42–55 / week 160 ingredients

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Day	Lunch	Dinner
Monday	Picanha Picanha is the absolute star of Brazilian churrasco and rodizio culture, a beef cut almost unknown under this name in other countries' butchery…	Feijoada Feijoada is Brazil's national dish and the country's most important social meal — a thick black bean and smoked pork stew served every Wednesday and…
Tuesday	Rocoto Relleno Rocoto relleno is considered the signature dish of Arequipa, in southern Peru, where locals are known as "picantones" — lovers of spicy food — for…	Tacos Tacos are the soul of Mexican street food, a tradition far older than the 20th century, traceable to colonial-era silver mines where workers wrapped…
Wednesday	Anticuchos Anticuchos have deep roots in the pre-Columbian period, but the dish as we know it today took shape during the colonial era, when African slaves…	Pozole Pozole is an Aztec ritual soup — the Nahuatl word literally means foamy corn.
Thursday	Ají de Gallina Ají de gallina is one of the most iconic stews in Peruvian cuisine, a perfect example of criollo fusion — the blending of colonial Spanish techniques with native Andean ingredients.	Encebollado Encebollado is Ecuador's most celebrated street food and most cherished hangover remedy — a thick fish stew of fresh albacore tuna, cassava, and red…
Friday	Ropa Vieja Ropa vieja — 'old clothes' in Spanish — is Cuba's national dish: beef braised until it falls into shreds, then cooked in a sofrito of tomatoes,…	Pepian Pepian is a Guatemalan national sauce with pre-Columbian Maya roots — a rich blend of toasted sesame and pumpkin seeds, dried chilies, tomatoes, and…
Saturday	Moqueca Moqueca is a slow-simmered Brazilian fish stew that exists in two distinct regional forms.	Mole Poblano Mole poblano is the great national dish of Mexico, claimed by Puebla nuns who, legend has it, improvised the sauce for an unexpected archbishop in 1681.
Sunday	Chiles en nogada Chiles en nogada is considered Mexico's most patriotic dish — its colours mirror the Mexican flag: green from the parsley, white from the walnut…	Lomo Saltado Lomo saltado is one of Peru's most emblematic stir-fries, born from the chifa tradition — the fusion of Cantonese cooking with Peruvian ingredients…

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160 ingredients

All ingredients for the week, sorted alphabetically. Estimated ~€42–55 for 2 people.

💰 ~€42–55 / week 160 ingredients

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