Looking for inspiration on food beginning with R?
You’ve come to the right place, from radish to romaine lettuce and from ratatouille to risotto, we’ve got you covered!
Once you start looking for foods beginning with R, you’ll see them everywhere!
Being a vegetarian website, we’ve focused on all vegetarian foods that start with R.
Take a look at our comprehensive list of food and let us know if you can think of any other foods that start with R…
Radish
A radish is a vegetable that is grown in the ground. It’s the root that you eat, it’s a light red color usually, but you can see them in rainbow colors also.
They are crunchy and have a slightly peppery flavor and spicy taste. They are usually eaten raw but you can cook them.
They also have health benefits, so Radishes are one of the more useful foods that start with R.
Raisins
Depending on where you live in the world, a raisin (a dried grape) could mean different things.
Let’s talk about the international understanding of a raisin (in the US a raisin is both a raisin and a sultana, whereas internationally they are separate).
Raisins are a grape that has been dried, as they have dried they take on a dark brown color.
Raita
A raita is a delicious Indian side dish.
It’s made with yoghurt and different spices, along with beetroot and chopped cucumbers.
Made in just 5 minutes, this is one of our favorite quick foods that start with R.
Ramen
Ramen is a Japanese dish, it’s a noodle soup that is sold all over Japan as fast food.
One of many foods that start with R, this Japanese dish is made with a selection of vegetables or meats and a popular way to top it, is with a boiled egg.
Rarebit
The most common rarebit is called Welsh rarebit.
A tasty cheese dish, it’s an easy food that starts with r, is a simple, but delicious snack. Melted hard cheese over toasted bread.
Popular foods beginning with R
Raspberries
Soft and juicy, these berries are not actually berries but small drupes that contain a single seed in each.
Raspberries taste lovely and we use them in our cocktails like the delicious raspberry mojito and raspberry daiquiri.
Ratafee
If you’ve never heard of ratafee before, then don’t worry, it’s an unusual food beginning with R.
It’s a sweet liquor and it is made from brandy and wine and is flavored with either apricot kernels, peaches, plums and bitter almonds.
Ratatouille
Ratatouille is a French stew. It is full of flavor and has an assortment of delicious vegetables in it such as zucchini, eggplant, tomatoes and peppers. Take a look at our tasty ratatouille recipe.
Ravioli
Ravioli is pasta, it’s two pieces of flat pasta that has a filling between and then they are pinched together before cooking so that the filling stays inside.
They are usually square shaped with savory fillings, but you can find some that are semi circles.
Red beets
Beets is short for beetroot. As the name suggests, beetroot is a root vegetable and is mainly eaten cooked by it can also be eaten raw.
Take a look at our Beetroot and Grilled Halloumi Salad and Roasted Beetroot and Feta Salad.
Red cabbage
Red cabbage is a type of cabbage plant.
You’ll soon see why it’s called a red cabbage as has reddish purple leaves. It can be cooked or eaten raw, we use it raw in our red cabbage slaw recipe.
Foods beginning with R – how many can you think of?
Red currant
It may surprise you to learn that the redcurrant actually belongs to the gooseberry family. The fruit is small, bright red in color and is a tart flavor.
Reuben sandwich
A traditional Reuben sandwich is made with rye bread, swiss cheese, such as gruyere or emmental, salt beef and has a Russian dressing.
To make it vegetarian, we’d use vegetarian meat and veggie-friendly cheese.
Relish
One of the most well known foods beginning with R, relish is a spicy or savory condiment that is added to a dish.
Retsina
Retsina is a Greek wine, usually white but can be rose.
It takes its flavor from pine resin which was used to keep the air out of the barrels before impermeable bottles were invented.
Ribier
A Ribier is a deep reddish-purple grape which comes from California.
Ricotta cheese
Ricotta cheese is usually made from cows milk and is a light fluffy cheese.
Rice pudding
A rice pudding is made with non specific rice, milk, cream, brown sugar, grated nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla and double cream.
It’s baked in the oven and should be eaten hot.
This is one of those foods that start with R that’s probably an acquired taste, due to rice pudding being a popular school dinner option!
Rickey
A rickey is a cocktail drink that is usually served in a highball glass. It’s made with bourbon or gin and then has sweetened lime juice added along with club soda.
Risotto
One of our favorite foods that start with R, risotto is an Italian rice dish.
Risotto is made from rice called Arborio which is starchy short-grained rice.
Romaine lettuce
Romaine lettuce is crisp salad lettuce with long dark green leaves.
Rosa rugosa alba
Yep, you guessed it, this edible shrub is a rose. Many roses are edible you may want to try the white beach rose or damask roses.
Roquefort
Roquefort is a delicious French blue cheese made from sheeps milk.
Rosemary
Rosemary is a shrub, it’s Latin name is Salvia Rosmarinus but is commonly referred to as rosemary.
It’s used as a fragrant herb and has blue flowers, it’s great to cook with, throw it on french fries, roasted vegetables and pasta.
Rye
Rye is a grain that is a part of the wheat family. Rye is used for whisky and some vodkas.
It’s also used for flour, beer and bread, rye bread can be found in most grocery stores.
So there we have it, we’ve talked about many foods beginning with R, can you think of any more?
