Five Latin Vegetarian Recipes for You This Lenten Season
Now that the Lenten Season has finally started, for many Catholics, it's a solemn time for reflection and renewal punctuated with meatless days or fasting. It is especially hard given that staples you grew up with seem to have meat.
During this season, the majority of Latinos around the world will be observing meatless Fridays for the next six weeks.
Here are five scrumptious Latin recipes for carnivores and vegetarians alike to get you through the season:
Ingrid Hoffman's South of the Border Bouillabaisse
The Latin Kitchen offers you The Food Network's Simply Delicioso's star's take on a seafood bouillabaisse. It's a seafood heaven of salmon, shrimp, scallops, and calamari simmered in a savory-sweet broth of coconut milk, fish broth, garlic and sofrito and served alongside crusty bread.
This only takes a little over 25 minutes to cook.
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Pan Seared Snapper with Corn Salsa
The Latin Kitchen offers you another simple to prepare recipe. Miguel Aguilar, the executive chef of Wynwood Kitchen and Bar in Miami, Florida, gives you this recipe for tropical pan-seared snapper topped with a smoky grilled corn and fresh tomato salsa from will delight your taste buds.
This typical Brazilian dish flavored with lime, chile and coconut milk is sprinkled with colorful peppers and cilantro giving it a confetti-like adornment. It is best served over rice and topped with dendê, Brazilian palm oil, for an authentic Brazilian experience.
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Green Enchiladas with Shrimp and Veggies
Enchiladas have been a Latin staple dish. Latin Kitchen offers you a delicious and hearty meal made of shrimp, squash, and potatoes with a twist: the addition of seasonal Hatch chiles. If Hatch chiles aren't in season, you can substitute another chile of your liking. Make the enchiladas as hot as you would like.
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Veggie Fajita Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Chipotle Drizzle
Traditional sour cream and chives have nothing on this stuffed sweet potato recipe. PopSugar offers you a new version of fajita: veggies inside and a chipotle drizzle on top. This typical side dish is already a meal on its own.
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PopSugar gives you a soup to enjoy while fasting. Grab your vegetable stock and try this Mexican soup recipe. The vegetables include carrots, onion, green chilies and corn. The many vegetables make it hearty and filling and with the perfect amount of spice.
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