Weekly Meal Plan – Latin America – Spicy & Vibrant

📅 Full weekly plan

Day	Lunch	Dinner
Monday	Empanadas Empanadas arrived in Argentina with Spanish colonists in the sixteenth century — the name comes from 'empanar,' to wrap in dough — but the Argentine…	Pupusa Pupusa is El Salvador's national dish — a thick, hand-shaped corn flatbread filled with cheese, beans, or chicharrón, cooked on a clay comal or cast-iron griddle.
Tuesday	Causa Limeña Causa limeña is a pressed terrine of yellow Peruvian potatoes seasoned with ají amarillo and lime juice, layered with a creamy filling of tuna or…	Ceviche Ceviche is Peru's national dish, with a history extending back to pre-Columbian coastal cultures.
Wednesday	Arepa The arepa is a cornerstone of Venezuelan and Colombian daily life — a thick round of pre-cooked white cornmeal, patted flat and cooked on a griddle…	Chili con carne Chili con carne is more Texan than Mexican — the dish was popularized in San Antonio in the nineteenth century by street vendors known as the chili…
Thursday	Pozole Pozole is an Aztec ritual soup — the Nahuatl word literally means foamy corn.	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…
Friday	Pastel de Choclo Pastel de choclo is Chile's national corn pie — a clay pot in which boiled chicken with onion, olives, hard-boiled eggs, and raisins hides under a…	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…
Saturday	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…	Moqueca Moqueca is a slow-simmered Brazilian fish stew that exists in two distinct regional forms.
Sunday	Guacamole Guacamole is rooted in the Aztec kitchens of pre-Columbian Mexico, where the Nahuatl word 'ahuacamolli' — roughly translated as avocado sauce —…	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,…