Foods That Start With L
When you need foods starting with the 12th letter in the English alphabet, it is not easy to remember anything more than a few fruits and vegetables. Here is a list of over 75 foods, including meats and cooked dishes, with names starting with ‘L.’
Table of Contents
List of Foods Beginning With L
Fruits
- Lychee
- Lemon
- Lime
- Longan
- Lanzones
- Loganberry
- Loquat
- Lulo
- Lemon Aspen
Vegetables
- Lettuce
- Leek
- Lady’s Fingers (Okra)
- Lotus Root
- Long Beans
- Lamb’s Quarters
- Landang
- Land Cress
- Luffa
- Laver (Red Seaweed)
- Lengkuas (Greater Galangal)
- Lesser Galangal
- Lizard’s Tail
- Lagos Bologi
- Loroco
Legumes
- Lentils
- Lima Bean
- Lupin Beans
Meat, Fish, and Seafood
- Lamb
- Liverwurst (Liver Sausage)
- Linguica Sausage
- Leberkase
- Liver
- Llama Meat
- Lake Trout
- Lobster
- Lingcod
- Lamprey (and Lamprey Caviar)
- Lumpfish Roe
- Ladyfish
- Lutefisk (Dried stockfish typically eaten in Nordic countries)
- Lox (Brined salmon fillet)
- Land Snails
- Limpet
- Littleneck Clam
Cheese
- Limburger
- Liederkranz
Sauces, Spices, and Condiments
- Lemongrass
- Lavender
- Lekvar (Prune Butter)
- Lemon Pepper
- Lard
- Lovage
- Licorice Root
- Lemon Balm
- Lemon Verbena
Meals (Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Foods)
Snacks, Appetizers, and Side Dishes
- Larb (Laab; Lao meat salad)
- Latke (Ashkenazi Jewish potato fritters)
- Lavash (Thin flatbread from the Middle East and Armenia)
- Lalanga (Deep fried flatbread from Greece and Turkey)
- Lahmacun (Middle Eastern flatbread with a top layer of minced meat)
- Lumpia (Savory or sweet crepe spring rolls from Indonesia and the Philippines)
- Lefse (Norwegian flatbread)
- Limpa (Scandinavian sweet rye bread)
- Laufabrauð (Scandinavian decorative flatbread)
Main Course Dishes
- Lamb Chops
- Lasagna (Sheet pasta dish with meats and vegetables)
- London Broil (A grilled marinated beef dish)
- Lobscouse (European meat and vegetable stew)
- Linguine Alfredo (Italian pasta dish, similar to fettuccine)
- Lo Mein (Chinese noodle dish)
- Lancashire Hotpot (A meat stew from Lancashire)
- Lomo Saltado (Traditional Peruvian stir-fry dish)
- Lentil Soup (A hearty soup with lentils and vegetables)
- Loco Moco (Hawaiian rice dish with meat and eggs)
- Laksa (Spicy Southeast Asian noodle soup)
Sweets and Desserts
- Lady Finger
- Lardy Cake
- Lemon Meringue Pie
- Licorice Candy
- Lollipop
- Linzer Torte (Austrian pastry)
- Lava Cake
- Lamington (Australian dessert with butter cake dipped in chocolate)
- Lattice Pie
Drinks and Beverages
- Lemonade
- Latte
- Limeade
- Limoncello
- Liebfraumilch
- Liquor
- Liqueur
- Lynchburg Lemonade
FAQ
What are some popular Christmas foods that start with ‘L’?
Though not many typical American Christmas dishes have names starting with an ‘L,’ there are plenty in Europe. A lamprey pie has been associated with Christmas since the Medieval Times in England and is still a typical Christmas present in the country.
Lutefisk, lefse, laufabrauð, and limpa are some famous Scandinavian Christmas foods.
Lefse sometimes also makes it to a typical Thanksgiving menu in the Nordic countries.
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