Hola and Welcome to My Colombian Recipes. I hope you enjoy your visit!
My name is Erica and I was born and raised in Medellin, Colombia. I moved to the United States in 2000. I live in Connecticut with my husband and our two boys. 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.
I published my first cookbook “I Cook Latin Food: The Best Recipes from 5 Popular Hispanic Cooking Blogs (Spanish Edition)” in 2021 with Penguin Random House.
Growing up in Colombia, cooking was always important in our family. We gathered at mamita’s house every weekend where she cooked traditional Colombian dishes that have remained family favorites years later.
For more facts about me click here.
About the blog
This blog was created in February 2009 and was inspired by my maternal grandmother, who was a very important person in my life and 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.
This site is also available in Spanish (en español en este enlance)
Patricia
Hola, me encanta tu pagina. Muchas gracias por mostrar algo positivo de nuestro pais.Tus fotos son muy lindas, deberias de publicar un libro.
Erica
Patricia- Muchas gracias por tu comentario y por visitar mi blog!
mery anne
Hello Erica
Dear Erica
Im glad to found ur site, its just amazing,,makes me feel so comfortable,
Reminds me my home, im from Medellin too. Im living in England, im engaged with a Irish guy he is a professional cook, and just todavia i found a easy way to show him all the tasty food that we got, today i cooked antioque;os beans, he is delighted, thanks god in March we are going to visit Medellin and He is very excited about it! He loves latin Food! your site its amazing, makes me feel homesick 🙂 and After tried all this European food i had just realized that Our Food its the best food ever. 🙂
Erica
Mary Anne- Thank you so much for your lovely comment! Glad you like the site 🙂
Spencer
I am so excited that I found this site. I served a religious mission in Colombia (1998-2000)and loved every second of it. I was up on the cost (Cartegena, Barranquilla, Monteria, and Santa Marta). I have missed the flavors of the food. I am excited to try your recipes. Can't wait to make the perro caliente. I have not been able to find a good hot dog since I have been home. Thank you for your efforts in keeping this site going! I can't wait to see what other recipes you have. Thanks for taking me down memory lane as I looked at the recipes and remembered eating them.
Erica
Spencer- Thank you so much for the wonderful comment 🙂
Stephanie
Hello Erica,
I would like to thank you for all of your recipes. I am a Chicana in Phoenix enamored with a Columbiano. He talks about the comfort food back home,so I went in search for recipes thinking, "Shoot I can cook ANYTHING!" Uh-oh, I don't recognize some of the ingredients, so thank you for the links. He has a big sweet tooth and I made the Traditional Flan. Score! I am going to try the Pollo Suado this weekend. What is the difference between sazon Goya azafran and the con culantro y achiote? Can I subsitute? I purchased the sazon Goya con culantro y achiote and love the color, but can't yet put my finger on the flavor. I just know I love it!
Thanks again, Stephanie
Erica
Stephanie- Thank you for the comment! I like sazon Goya with azafran, because I love The color. You can use your favorite Goya seasoning.
Paula
Felicitaciones, por tu pagina soy de Cali y vivo en California hace 12 anos tambien casada con un americano que no habla espanol y como tu esposo goza con mi acento. En fin estaba buscando receta para la torta negra ya que tengo un antojo. Felices fiestas para ti y tu familia.
Gloria Chizmar
Hola Erica,
Me encanta tu pagina. I was surfing the web for Hojuelas recipe and i found this page. I'm also from Medellin living in USA. I have been here for almost 20 yr. Hard to believe. Love..love your recipes, They bring me great memories. I can't wait to make the perros calientes!! sorry for the spanglish!
Feliz Navidad y prospero año!!
Milena
Hola Erika me encanta tu blog te felicito por el buen trabajo que haces y el esfuerzo que pones en este proyecto. Yo soy de villavicencio -meta y vivo en estados desde el 99 me case con un americano tambien y tengo dos ninos. Definitivamente una exelente idea lo del blog muchas cosas super ricas que me hacen acordar de nuestra tierrita. Gracias.
Erica
Milena- Gracias por to comentario!
Nats
Yo tambien soy una Paisa en los Estados Unidos =)
Liz
Hola Erica,
I was also born in Medellin, Colombia and I came to the United States when I was 3 yrs old and now I am 32 yrs old. Finding your site has made me so happy and has inspired me to try these recipes just like your grandmother my mother never ever used or uses a recipe to cook from. All her delicious meals are in her head and I have tried to learn but the only thing I have really tried to make are her empanadas which came out pretty good. Anyway I just wanted to say muchas muchas gracias for creating this site, sending you a huge hug.
Erica
Liz- Thank you so much for your lovely comment!
Erica
Adriana and Clandia,
Thank you so much for the wonderful comments!
claudia
HOLA ERIKA, FELICITACIONES A TI Y A TU ESPOSO POR EL BLOG QUE HAN CREADO... MAGINFICO...ES UNA GRAN AYUDA PARA PERSONAS COMO YO QUE NOS ENCONTRAMOS TAN LEJOS.... Y QUEREMOS PREPARAR ALGO QUE NOS ACERQUE A NUESTA TIERRA...!!! SOBRE TODO EN ESTA EPOCA NAVIDENA. CUANDO ESCRIBES LOS INGREDIENTES Y SUS CANTIDADES POR EJE: 1 "CUP" ME GUSTARIA SABER LA MEDIDA EXACTA EN GRAMOS PORQUE ACA EN ITALIA DONDE YO VIVO NO EXISTE CUP NI LIBRAS SINO KILO O GRAMOS OK . TE AGRADEZCO DE CORAZON SI ME PUEDES AYUDAR. PREPARARE LA NATILLA Y TE DIER COMO ME QUEDO. GRACIAS MIL.
Adrianna
Aloha Erica! I'm so happy I found your recipe site. I live in Hawaii and it is very difficult to find tasty and authentic Latin food. So - I make my own. I'm Colombian but came to the US when I was very young. Last night I made chicharrones using the recipe on your site - it was a big hit with my family! I can't wait to try more of your recipes. Thank you. It brings back good childhood memories.
Ana
Hola Erica, Que chevere que esta tu pagina, no habia podido leerla con mas tiempo, pero hoy me sorprendo ver la cantidad de recetas que ya tienes.
Voy a empezar a imprimir algunas para ver si me quedan tan ricas como se ven las tuyas un abrazo Ana.
Rachel Kay
he just returned from Afghanistan in October. So it has been hard and I wquld like to make it special for him. Thank you
Rachel Kay
Erica,
My daughters boyfriend is in the Marines and stationed in Hawaii and misses Bandeja Paisa most of all. I am trying to find a way to have it shipped to him for christmas. Do you know of anyway? Please let me know.
Erica
Hi Rachel,
I don't know any Colombian restaurants in Hawaii, but maybe one of my readers can help you. I am going to check online and let you know 🙂
Christina
Erica,
I love the recipes. They are so close to my Aubuela's. I have only been able to make a handful of Colombian foods, but your site filled with these great recipes will help me to make more, and even make my Aubuela proud. 🙂 Thank you!
I 'd like to share a site with you that my Tio Fabio created to help children in Colombia affected by poverty. He is just getting started, but I know that this cause is close to your heart, and maybe you can help spread the word. It is called POR LA SONRISA DE UN NIÑO! /FOR THE SMILE OF A CHILD!
The web address is: fabioamari.webs
Erica
Christina- thank you so much for the comment and for the link!