About
Hola and Welcome to My Colombian Recipes and International Flavors. I hope you enjoy your visit!
About me
My name is Erica and I am from Medellin, Colombia. I came to the United States in 2000 to visit family and in early 2001, I met a man who soon after became my husband. My English wasn’t so good then and he didn’t speak much Spanish, but we managed just fine. However, he does still occasionally make fun of my accent and my sometimes misuse use of the English language while referencing an “I Love Lucy” episode Anyway, I have been in this country ever since. We live in the northeastern United States with our family. I enjoy watching cooking shows, reading recipe books and I absolutely love to cook! I am not a professional chef however. My educational background is in Tourism and Hotel Management and Marketing.
Although Spanish is my first language, this site is written in English, so please excuse any grammatical errors…I do my best. The beautiful header photo is that of a coffee plant, one of Colombia’s prime exports.
About the site
This blog was created in February 2009 and was inspired by my grandmother, Mamita, who was an amazing traditional Colombian cook. I never saw Mamita cooking from a recipe. She made dinner from whatever ingredients she found in the kitchen. My hope is that people from other countries discover Colombian food and learn more about our culture and traditions. Cooking traditional Colombian food connects me to my culture and allows me to share my heritage with my American family.
My recipes are not limited to traditional Colombian food. I have many other recipes for dishes representing other countries that I enjoy cooking for my family and friends, which I will also share with you. The sources of most of my recipes are my family, friends and my own creations and experiments, but if I cook a dish from a magazine, cookbook or TV show, I will list the source. All of the pictures and writing are done by me. The webmaster of My Colombian Recipes is my husband, who doesn’t get a lot credit, but he handles all the technical stuff for the site.
Comments and e-mails
I appreciate all of your comments, feedback and e-mails. I read every single one of them! I am not always able to reply to them all but I will do my best to answer your questions as quickly as possible. Although I appreciate constructive criticism, rude comments will be deleted and not published. Remember, you can also subscribe to My Colombian Recipes by email or feed reader and never miss a post! Thank you for visiting.
Erica
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hi! i was also born in colombia! my name is maria-camila and i lived in cali till i was 5 and now im 12 years old! well im glad ur talking abount colombia! im coco colombian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Erika… tu sitio esta super!!! Porque nunca cocinaste nada para mi??? Espero que cuando vengas a Colombia lo hagas!!! Gracias por compartir tus recetas. Tienes cositas faciles de hacer con niños??? yo no soy muy buena pero Alejandra seguira los pasos de su tia Erika. Te mando un abrazo, cuidate. TQM. Monica Gonzalez.
Hola Monica,
Muchas Gracias por visitar mi blog…..Te prometo que en la proxima visita a Colombia te hago una de mis recetas favoritas
Voy a publicar algunas recetas para que las hagas con Alejandra y me cuentas como te fue….
Un Abrazo.
Erica.
HOLA AMIGA. FELICITACIONES POR TU SITIO. CREO QUE LO NECESITARE MUCHO PUES ESTOY UN POCO ENCARTADA CON MI NUEVA LABOR DE AMA DE CASA PUES NO SE COCINAR MUCHO, ME DEFIENDO PERO ESTAS RECETAS ESTAN SUPER RICAS…..
TE DESEO LO MEJOR.
Hola amiga estoy muy feliz de leer todas tus recetas…Alex ya a puesto en pracrica algunas de tus recetas y no le salen tan masl…amiga te pido un favor si tienes la receta de torta negra publicala estoy loca por comerla y no tengo ni idea de cuales con los ongredientes..
Bueno amiga te felicito y te envio un abrazote desde madrid.
Gracias Natty…Mi mamá tiene la mejor receta para la torta negra, pronto la publico.
Gracias Anny….
Hola Erica, felicitaciones en tu web.Me encontre con Ana ayer y me conto. Todo se ve muy rico, pronto comenzare a usarlas.
Gracias Juliana!
Hola!
My husband and I adopted our beautiful children, as infants, from Bucaramanga and Cali; they are now 20 and 17 years old. I am excited about finding your website and am anxious to try the recipes; they bring back memories of the delicious meals we ate while in Colombia! Gracias!
Hi Cindy,
Thank you for visiting my blog and for the nice comment!
hola Erica,
Solo quiero decirte: muchas felicidades por tu blog, es el primero que encuentro sobre cocina Colombiana de la cual no se mucho (si, lo se, que pena). Sigue adelante, las recetas se ven muy muy autenticas.
Felicitaciones, que pagina tan buena…. me encanta !!! la encontre por casualidad… y aqui me quedo !! jeje
Gracias Dorita,
Rico que te guste el blog!!!
Todas las recetas estan para lamberse los dedos. que rico ser Colombiano. y disfrutar de tanta variedad,
Hola Maria
Muchas Gracias por tu lindo mensaje!
I am so excited to find your blog…I lived in Columbia when I was a little girl and I enjoyed eating the food so much… We had a lady come in an cooked for us every day. Blessings, Kay
rcastellanos@keiseruniversity(dot)edu
this is our professor’s e-mail, he has a family member in the hospital with a Almost heart attack. Instead of the usual sorry hope your relative gets better I thought it would be a lot nicer if I could locate some Heart Healthy receipes from the columbian culture for him to pass on to his family member.
Hi Kay,
Thank you very much for your nice comment!
I am so happy to have found this site!! I lived in Santander for a year and fell in love with all things Colombian… one of the things I miss the most is the food…. I look forward to preparing many of your recipes!!!
Hi Anna, Thank you so much for the lovely comment!
Thank’s Erica for putting together this little piece of our culture.
Me encanta la sencillez de tu estilo literario.
Great recipes!
Hi Viviana,
Thank you very much for your comment! I am glad you like my Colombian recipes
Hello Erica!
I think we share the same passion for food and cultures. I want to congratulate you on a fabulous job in introducing your readers to your country through the palate. I have been enjoying all your recipes and believe me I will try them because I love to cook. It is my dream to visit Colombia one day, but for now I comfort myself with videos on the internet and yes, off course, the great “novelas”. I have friends from Colombia and I have always being interested in the culture, as well as its music. Well Erica, keep up the great work. Best of luck and may God bless you.
Odalis
Odalis,
Thank you so much, I truly appreciate your comments
It’s nice to see who does all that fabulous cooking! My sister-inlaw is from Colombia and her family are great cooks. So, when I see your posts I can relate to many of them. Thank you for sharing your ethnic cuisine. It’s fantastic. Nice picture of Mamita too. Great blog!
Smiles,
Carmen of Baking is my Zen
Thank you Carmen!
Hi Erica,
THanks for publishing these wonderful recipes..Stumbled upon your site looking for avena fria recipes as my boyfriend loves it..He is from Colombia and is very proud of his country and food.He however cant cook..I am the cook and enjoy it.Have no clue really about how to make colombian food although I tried ajiaco one time and got good reviews from him and his family..I just finished making the avena fria and the lentil soup recipe..tastes soooooo yummmy..thank you erica…buen parecho…i think the spelling is wrong but you got the drift..
love jason
Hi Jason,
Thank you so much for your comment and your feedback!
Hello,i am doing research for afro columbians and came across your site.Can you help me further,any recipes or cook books you suggest?I hope to travel their in the future for the experience.Thanks and God Bless.
Hi Erica, can’t tell you how delighted I am to find your site. I too am from Colombia and I also enjoy cooking not only our “platos Tipicos” but also recipes from all over the world. You made me remember dishes I have not thought about in years and I will be preparing them soon. MIL y MIL Gracias for sharing your knowledge and for your desire to promote our culture….and of course it took a “Paisa” to make it happen…
No soy Paisa pero si admiro y respesto el espiritu emprendedor de los Antioquenos !
Hi Jorge,
Thank you so much for your wonderful comment!
Erica,
Qué emoción me dio encontrar tu sitio. Great job!
Nací en Cali, pero vivo en Chicago.
Bea,
Gracias por tu mensaje tan lindo. Me alegra que te guste la pagina
Erica, I just love your site and everything that you share about your culture and country! Your families recipes are amazing!
Erica,
Thank you so much for sharing your story & all your great recipes. I love opening your emails everyday, reading the recipes & the little stories that go along with them. I love that you are sharing your culture with us and helping us to learn about Colombia. My grandmother was from Venezuela so alot of your recipes & stories bring back memories to me also. I’m so glad that I found your site and I hope you continue it for a long time!!
Con Mucho Carino,
Mistli
I really appreciate you taking the time to post your recipes. I love how you have a picture to go along with every single recipe you post. Me and my colombian husband (and daughter) enjoy the food I make from your recipes. I am on Facebook as one of your fans. Stop by sometime
Gracias por todas las recetas!
Thank you guys for the wonderful comments!
@Mistli, Diana and Felisha,
Thank you so much for the lovely comments! I really appreciate it
You’re doing a great job Erica. It’s had to believe English is a second language for you (and a fairly new one at that). I really enjoy your blog.
Dear Erica
what a pretty lady you are! For someone who did not know much english you do a fabulous job.. I don’t think anyone reading your blog could say that you did not grow up knowing the language all thru out. I love