CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED I wasn't sure what to expect from Estonian food but it was pretty easy to find a recipe that appealed to me. The steak in this dish is pounded thin, pan-seared and served with a sour cream gravy sauce and sautéed onions. And it's delicious! It wasn't difficult to make, the ingredients were easy to get, and it made a nice meal for a chilly night. Because dairy and I have a complicated relationship, I used vegan butter and Tofutti Better Than Sour Cream and it was really good. I can only imagine how amazing it would be with the actual dairy ingredients. I ate it with warm French bread and carrots but I'm going to have the leftovers with mashed potatoes and green beans for dinner tonight. I would definitely make this again!

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED It's usually a little difficult to find recipes for smaller African countries but Zigni popped right up when I began researching Eritrea and it sounded really good to me. Zigni is a spicy and cumin forward beef stew. If you don't like cumin, it is not for you. If you do like cumin, this is awesome on a cold wintry day! And I imagine the leftovers will be even better because soups and stews are always better the second day. It was surprisingly easy to make, it just takes some time for the meat to become tender. I could find everything except the Berbere spice at the local grocery store. I already had Berbere spice on hand from a previous International Meal so I didn't have to deal with shipping anything right now. Yay! It was a warm filling meal and I will definitely make this again!

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED (You will probably need Google Translate.) Equatorial Guinea is a small African country with not a lot of recipes online. At least not a lot that I could find. Google Translate proved to be essential and helpful in finding a recipe. This was good! Creamy (due to the peanut butter) and savory and just all around tasty. I ate it over rice and it was a satisfying meal. I will gladly eat the leftovers!

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED This is one of those recipes where it seems like everyone's got their own family version of it and there are slight variations all over the place. And they all sound good. I went with this one because I really liked the overall look of the site and I could acquire all of the ingredients locally, if I didn't already have them in the house. The recipe turned out wonderfully. It took some time and effort but it was worth it. I ate it with roasted potatoes and a salad and it was absolutely delicious. The buttery wine sauce is so so good. I absolutely would cook and eat this again!

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED This was good! It required some time and effort to make but none of the steps were difficult or complicated. The ingredients were all affordable items that I bought locally. Just chicken, potatoes, onions (if you don't like onions this is not the recipe for you), green peppers, tomatoes, salt, pepper, and a little ground cardamom. The cardamom is definitely a supporting player, you know it is there but the salt, pepper, and onions take the lead. It's a simple, good, and hearty dinner, perfect for a fall evening. I would definitely make this again!

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED This braised pork dish takes some time to cook but it is not complicated. It mostly just needs you to chop up some things, pay attention to liquid levels, and stir. I was able to find all of the ingredients or the recommended substitutes locally, which is always a plus given the state of online ordering and delivery/shipping issues these days. Anyway, this was delicious! The onions, shallot, and garlic all cook down and coat the pork with flavor. Then the orange juice adds another layer of flavor on top of that. I used both pork loin and baby back ribs as the recipe listed (not cheap but makes a lot!) and found the ribs actually ended up being the more flavorful of the two. The loin was tasty but the ribs were better. I ate it with Basmati rice mixed with scallions and cilantro. Not traditional to Ecuador but I like rice, a lot. I think it would be good with some greasy homemade fries too. Or roasted potatoes. Or the sides listed in the recipe. I would absolutely make this again!

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED This beef stew is relatively simple to make and nearly all of the ingredients are easy to find. I did have to make one substitution, in place of the Cubanelle pepper, which I can't find locally, I used an Anaheim pepper. Google said they were comparable and it tasted great so it worked out! I ate this over basmati rice and enjoyed it. I accidentally forgot to add the cilantro and ate a few bites without it and it was just as good without as it was with so, if you are not a fan of cilantro, you could leave it out and still enjoy it. I would definitely make this again. And I will eat the leftovers for dinner tonight. :)

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED This chicken is sweet and sticky with a little bit of rum and a little hot sauce. And it is delicious! I ate it with yellow rice (and some veggies) and it paired really well with it. The ingredients were easy to find and it was fairly easy to make. I would definitely make this again!

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED Skoudehkaris is traditionally made with lamb but I'm not really a lamb fan and it is not unheard of for it to be made with beef. So, I went with beef. It's an oniony, tomatoe-y, beefy rice dish made with warm spices. Not spicy hot spices but things like cinnamon and cumin. It did take some time to prepare but it was worth it. It was a nice meal for a fall evening. I would definitely eat this again.

(AKA Danish Pork Patties) CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED The temperatures are cooler and I've been craving comfort food. This recipe would definitely fall into that category! It's not difficult to make. You make some ground pork patties, dip them in egg, then bread crumbs, and then fry them in butter or oil. That's pretty much it. And they are tasty! You could probably add all kinds of seasoning to the ground pork or use any kind of dried bread crumb coating and tailor it to your tastes. I ate the karbonader with mashed potatoes and green beans and it was just a simple comfort food dinner. I can definitely see myself eating this again on a cold wintry day!

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED I like meatloaf but don't make it very often because I'm the only one in the house that eats it. When I stumbled across this recipe, it gave me reason to make some meatloaf! And it was good, not great, but good enough. I need to learn that when people mention onions in their recipes, they mean normal sized onions not the ones that my local grocery story carries that are roughly the size of baby's head. They are huge onions and when recipes call for 2 onions, I'm better served by using half of one of our ginormous onions. I keep forgetting that our onions are not normal. I think, if I were to make it again, I would use a little less onion and maybe cook the onions just enough to soften them up before adding them to the meatloaf because, even after the 1 hour cooking time, the onions were still distractingly crunchy. Maybe they weren't as finely diced as they should have been? That would be a minor adjustment to make in the future, should I decide to make it again. There's nothing wrong with this recipe, it was good! The adjustments that I would make would be because of the mutant onions we get here and not due to anything wrong with the recipe! I will happily eat the leftovers! And, if I get motivated to make meatloaf again in the future, I would make this again!

CLICK HERE FOR THE RECIPE I USED This is a sort of beef stew like dish and it is pretty yummy! I was unable to find the type of onions used in the recipe but cut white onions into large chunks and that worked out pretty well. I would love to try it with the onions they used and will keep an eye out for them the next time I'm shopping in Vegas. I was a little wary about the cinnamon and allspice used in the recipe. I didn't need to be, they enhanced the flavor and gave the broth a lot of depth. I ate this with warm French bread (and a salad) and dipped a lot of bread into that broth. (I am so full of bread as I write this... ) I would definitely eat this again!