If you’re on the lookout for new recipe ideas to kickstart back-to-school season in style, you’re in luck. Our carefully selected variety of Spanish-inspired recipes will give you all the back-to-school meal ideas you need. The start of a new semester needn’t be a problem at all. From lunch box meals to family dinner ideas and tapas for sharing, The Tapas Sauces has got you covered.
Here’s what else: not only are these dishes rich in tradition, they’re also simple, meaning you don’t have to be an expert chef to make them. All you need is a handful of Spanish-inspired ingredients and the taste of Spain is already on its way to your plate. Ready to expand your culinary horizons?
Lunch Box Tapas Treats
Back-to-school season means a return to preparing lunch box meals for the little ones. Have you forgotten what to prepare yet? Either way, it’s good to have a few new ideas at hand so they can start the semester in good spirits. Even better if those meals have their very own Spanish twist.
More than just a sandwich
Say goodbye to bland old sandwiches and hello to something both Mexican and Mediterranean, but more importantly, mouthwatering, this Chicken burrito with salsa brava. By fusing Mexican cuisine’s burrito-style wraps with one of the most popular Spanish tapas sauces, lunchtime just got dazzlingly delicious.
Another sandwich-style lunchbox meal, but one that’s solely Spanish is the montedito, which consists of two small pieces of seed bread with tasty ingredients in between. This Mantecadito of pork loin Sevilla style is an impressively tasty example of that, complete with a highly satisfying drizzle of Salsa sevillana The Tapas Sauces.
Pasta for the Lunch Box
Pasta is ideal for lunch box meals, as long as you have a little plastic container to keep it in and a small plastic fork for the eating part. This Pasta with salsa verde recipe is among the quickest and easiest of meals to make and boasts a delicious blend of fettuccine, grated cheese, and Salsa verde the Tapas Sauces, which beams a vibrant green from its parsley.
Family Dinner Ideas
Packing the right lunch box meal is one thing, but eventually, the little ones are going to return home, and then what happens? Hunger strikes and dinnertime approaches, but that’s not a problem at all, right? The Tapas Sauces has done the hard work for you and found some delicious family dinner recipes.
While paella is Spain’s most popular dish, few are in-the-know about its various forms. For Spanish authenticity, but also distinct charm and originality, make this Black rice with salsa alioli and treat everyone’s tastebuds to a blend of much-loved condiments from Catalonia.
If it’s a special occasion and you’re looking for a dish filled with charm and elegance, this delicious and exquisite Salmon ‘en papillote’ salsa verde has got it all. With onions and baby carrots being part of the mix, our very own green sauce brings that extra flavorful kick to the dish when drizzled atop the freshly cooked salmon.
Dinnertime is a great opportunity to enjoy a meat treat, and one way that Spaniards often do that is by preparing a recipe like this Meatballs sevilla style dish. You may have tried meatballs before, but few have tried them with a delicious coating of sauce that’s one of the best-kept culinary secrets from the Spanish city of Seville.
Quick and Easy Tapas for Sharing
If you really want to have the ultimate Spanish dining experience, do away with your own dinner plate, and bring out some dishes for everyone to share. Those little servings that you can pick and choose from the plate as mealtime moves along are also known as, you guessed it, tapas.
Let’s begin by diving into one of the most popular tapas dishes in the sun-drenched, southern European country. We’re talking about Patatas bravas. This much-loved tapa, whose name loosely translates to fierce potatoes, originated in Madrid before becoming a nationwide favorite. Not only is it easy to make, it’s even easier to fall in love with.
A similar dish but with its own distinct method for cooking the potatoes and an equally unique sauce is this Papas arrugadas with mojo recipe. Spain’s Canary Islanders are the proud inventors of this one, and its popularity on their small set of islands has never waned.
While paella is regarded as Spain’s national dish and the most popular choice for visitors, do you know what Spaniards eat most? The famous Spanish omelet. So, how can you enjoy this as a shareable tapa? By simply cutting it up into small cubes and handing everyone a fork, just as they do in Spain.
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