The gastronomy of Belize is inspired by Mexican, British, American and Caribbean food, and somewhat less by Anglo-Saxon.
Its basic ingredients are rice and beans, often consumed with barbecued chicken, pork, beef, fish or vegetables, other Belizean foods are tamales, pozol and panuchos.
Its wide variety of foods at breakfast often consists of pieces of bread, flour tortillas or French fries that are often homemade and eaten with various types of cheeses.
The midday meals vary, from lighter meals such as rice and beans, tamales, empanadas, soup, chicken stew, fried tortillas with beans, cheese and minced onion, salsa or cabbage to various dinners. consisting of some type of rice and beans, meat, and salad.