From Better Homes and Gardens

This Brazilian recipe for grilled chicken comes with few ingredients, but flavor to spare.

Churrasco de Frango

From Vegetarian Times

Argentine empanadas are traditionally made with lard, and then deep-fried. Here, coconut oil makes a more healthful choice.

Empanadas

From Better Homes and Gardens

Parrillada is a meal of a variety of meats that are grilled or barbecued. This version uses four types, including skirt steak and bratwurst for a dinner big enough to serve a crowd.

Argentine Parrillada

From Better Homes and Gardens

Each serving of this full-flavored combo provides one-fourth of the fiber, half of the vitamin C, and three-quarters of the vitamin A you need for a day, plus enough protein to make it a main dish.

Black Beans Brazilian-Style

From Vegetarian Times

Talk about a fusion of world cuisines! Cubes of avocado are folded into chimichurri--an Argentinean sauce made of chopped parsley, cilantro, garlic, vinegar, and oil--to create a Latin variation on bruschetta, a classic Italian starter.

Avocado Chimichurri Bruschetta

From Better Homes and Gardens

This spiced cake roll has a rich, creamy filling and is topped with a light lemon sauce. It's a beautiful dessert that is perfect for entertaining.

Gingerbread Roulade with Dulce de Leche Cream Filling

From Better Homes and Gardens

There are many versions of this parsley-based sauce, but this recipe uses cooking oil instead of olive oil to give the sauce a milder flavor.

Chimichurri

From Food & Wine

This dish from Uxua hotel chef Aladim Alves traces its roots to the 1970s, when the beaches of Trancoso, Brazil, were a favorite hippie destination. It combines richly flavored Bahian seafood with healthy whole-grain black rice.

Brazilian Black Rice

From Food & Wine

Chef Francis Mallman delves into grilling methods like a la plancha -- on a griddle -- in his book.

T-Bone Churrasco a la Plancha

From Better Homes and Gardens

Chicken, vegetables, and quinoa make for a filling, yet low-calorie, dinner.

Peruvian Chicken Ragout

From Better Homes and Gardens

Brazilians have been cooking up this national dish of spicy black bean stew, known as Feijoada, for more than 300 years.

Feijoada (fay-ZHWAH-duh) Baskets

From Food & Wine

Tangy feta cheese, a bright herbal pesto, and a crisp bread crumb topping all elevate this tomato-bean stew. It's sensational made with meaty Rancho Gordo giant limas from Peru, silky gigantes, or large limas from the grocery store.

Giant Lima Beans with Stewed Tomatoes and Oregano Pesto

From Food & Wine

This tangy, buttery, gorgeous soup -- bright red with dende oil -- is Daniel Boulud's riff on a recipe by French chef Claude Troisgros.

Brazilian Seafood Soup

From Better Homes and Gardens

Add some Argentine flair to your Christmas tray with these delicious cookies. The dulce de leche, almonds, and rum extract in the recipe make these South American pastries a hit every time.

Alfajores (Argentine Caramel Sandwich Cookies)

From Better Homes and Gardens

An oregano-accented sauce brings out the best in a T-bone, porterhouse or sirloin steak.

Argentinean-Style Steak

From Better Homes and Gardens

Chimichurri is a thick herb sauce found in Argentina cooking. Here it's tucked inside beef burgers prior to grilling.

Chimichurri Burgers with Grilled Plantains

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Like many Brazilian sweets, fudge-like chocolate brigadeiros are named after a famous personality. Brigadier Eduardo Gomes was a well-known Brazilian Air Force commander who loved chocolate. Legend has it that brigadeiros were created for and named after him.

Chocolate Brigadeiros

From Midwest Living

Batitas are Brazilian fruit juice concoctions made with cachaca and various fruit juices. Serve this drink at any summer party.

Batitas

From Family Circle

In Argentina, grilled steaks are served with a bright green condiment know as chimichurri sauce. It's a pureed mixture of fresh herbs such as parsley and oregano, garlic, olive oil, and vinegar. A fresh jalapeno chile gives extra kick to this recipe.

Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Sauce

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Brigadeiros are Brazilian candies that owe their melt-in-your-mouth texture to sweetened condensed milk, cooked down until it's thick and fudge-like. Though chocolate brigadeiros are the classic, pistachio is a tasty flavor variation.

Pistachio Brigadeiros

From Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Breakfast Empanadas with Chipotle Cream

From EatingWell

Barbecued meats (churrasco) are served in churrascarias, Brazilian barbecued-meat restaurants, with a salsa-like sauce as an accompaniment. Since hearts of palm show up at every salad bar in these restaurants, we've added them to the sauce to give it a tasty twist.

Brazilian Grilled Flank Steak

From The Food Channel

This vibrant green sauce of garlic, limes and herbs is quick and easy to prepare. Use fresh summer herbs to add a punch of Argentinean flavor to grilled meats.

Chimichurri Sauce

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Brigadeiros are Brazilian candies that owe their melt-in-your-mouth texture to sweetened condensed milk that's cooked down until it's thick and fudge-like. Though chocolate brigadeiros are the classic, coconut is a tasty flavor variation.

Coconut Brigadeiros

From VELVEETA®

Fast & Fantastic Black Bean Soup