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)
Michele
Erica,
Mucho Gracias! I am the white girl who married the colombian. 🙂
My husband of 10 years was raised in Colombia & he shares stories about his favorites dishes. I was happy to see they are all on the front page! With the growth in cooking (overall culture) we now are able to find yucca, plantains & other items in Ohio that were hard to come by when we first met. Thank you for sharing & thanks to your mamita! My husband & I will both be trying your recipes together.
Nikki
Hola Erica! I too am Colombian, but US born and raised. My mother however never taught me to cook! Actually, I suspect she herself doesn't know how to cook authentic Colombian food either. She grew up in a house with a muchacha at all times, needless to say she seldom lifted a finger. Anyway, I am now married to a white boy, just like you 🙂 and I was searching the internet for a good empanada recipe. You see, mi tia makes them but whenever I ask for the recipe, she just mouthes it.."a little of this a lot of that"..NO MEASUREMENTS..she's a real cook. I am so glad I stumbled on your blog! I can't wait to try these recipes for my family.
Buen Provecho y que VIVA COLOMBIA!
Pilar
Hola Erica,
Acabo de descubrir tu blog y estoy fascinada- Haz hecho un trabajo excelente y muy inspirador. Yo tambien llegue a este pais hace 10 años y estoy casada con un americano que adora la comida colombiana, asi que no veo la hora de poner en practica tus recetas que se ven deliciosas.. hoy empiezo con el pollo sudado!
Feliz año y como dicen aca: keep up the good work!
Pili
Erica
Muchas Gracias !!!! Thank you so much all for your support 🙂
Andrea
I LOVE your blog! Seriously, I am addicted!
Paula
A friend just shared one of your recipes with me. It was the arroz con pollo. I went to your website to find it and now will definitely try many more of your recipes. Everything looks and sounds so yummy.
adhara
Me gusta mucho tu blog! Las recetas que hemos hecho han sido todo un exito. Gracias! 🙂
Gilda
Hi Erica
I tried out the tamale recipe and my husband and kids loved them. I managed to serve a typical Cena de Noche buena on the 24th with your help. Thanks. Gilda
Gilda Pena
Hi Erica,
I am beyond thrilled having come across your site. I am so grateful for all of your recipes which are so scrumptious. Thank you for taking the time to post them and allow so many to discover and enjoy the delectables this gorgeous country has to offer. I wish you a very Merry Christmas filled with joy and love. I also wish you a Happy New Year filled with blessing from above... And a blog with more exciting recipes. 🙂
Gratefully Yours,
Gilda
Colombiana At Heart
I am in love with your blog!!! Everytime I go to Colombia I eat alllllll day long, I can't get enough. And when I come home to the States I wish I could have brought my favorite dishes with me. It never occured to me that I could actually try to make them at home until I came across your blog. While the produce here in the States does not have the same flavor as in Colombia, the recipes I've made have been very simliar to the real thing. Sooo thank you very much for doing this blog! Now, waiting for my next holidays to Colombia won't be so torterous 😀
P.S. I love chocolate San Jeronimo ice cream! Do you have any recipes that are similar to that? If so I would absolutly be greatful forveer 🙂 jjaja Oh how I miss my Colombian food!
Erica
Thank you everyone!!!! I love all your comments!
Sandra C
Erica !!!!!!!!!!! What a delicious site!! LOve the Colombian Foodddddddd!! I LOVE IT
soy de Bogota mi esposo lindo tambien es americano y llevo 5 años aqui, extrano la comida aunque siempre me traigo artas cositas cada q viajamos, pero la sazon en las sopas y otros platos no lo he logrado conseguir, me tope con tu Blog esta ESPECTACULAR!! Congratulations!!! a ver si cocino mas platos para mis munequitas y esposo en navidad!!
D
Erica que alegria haber encontrado tu blog , las recetas estan espectaculares y todo lo haces ver tan facil , me has animado a cocinar muchisimo de verdad q estando tan lejos de nuestra tierra es delicioso recordar nuestra infancia por medio de los sabores inolvidables de nuestra comida ..solo te puedo decir GRACIAS !!!!!!!!! 🙂
Lucia
What an amazing site!Great Colombian food recipes.
Catalina
Hola Erica,
Me gusta mucho tu website, las recetas estan muy bien escritas.
Quisiera saber si tienes la receta del ponque de novias (la torta oscura de uvas para los matrimonios). Me encanta ese ponque y donde vivo no he conseguido nada parecido.
Gracias.
Erica
Catalina- Yo no tengo la receta de torta negra. Mi mama sabe hacerla, pero no sigue la receta asi que tengo que esperar a que ella la haga y me diga las medidas.
Ricky Ricardo
Hi Erica!
Could you please give me a recipe for the traditional Colombian wedding cake.
I believe that it is soaked in wine before it is frosted.
Thank you very much for your help,
Ricky
Anonymous
hola erica mi nombre es german ceron soy chef de cocina estudie en el sena en 1995 si soy de tu ayuda en algo que yo pueda estare dichoso de ayudarte............y QUE VIVA CALI CHIPICHAPE Y YUMBO,,,,....CALI ES CALI LO DEMAS ES LOMA.....QUE VIVA COLOMBIA TIERRA HERMOSA
Erica
German- Muchas Gracias!!!!