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.’
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
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.
More Foods Starting With this Letter
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