Swedish Side Dishes Recipes

"The only way to eat beets! When I harvest my beets in the fall I always make up a few batches of this for the freezer-they're just as good reheated and it's a wonderful quick veggie for winter! To prepare fresh beets, I cover them with water, cook for 30 minutes to an hour till tender, then peel and cube. This recipe is a Swedish family tradition...."

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Ingredients: cider vinegar, cornstarch...

"These potatoes are eaten throughout Scandinavia, but they are especially popular in Denmark. The Swedish version would have a bit more sugar. Posted for the Zaar World Tour 2005. Zaar World Tour II"

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Ingredients: potatoes, salt, sugar...

"Posted for Zaar World Tour 2005. The chef, Helene Henderson, has updated this classic recipe by adding garlic, lemon and parsley. I changed this slightly to specify 1 tablespoon olive oil because she suggested simmering the garlic for 15-20 minutes in half a cup of oil and draining all except for 2 tablespoons. That would have mistakenly affected..."

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Ingredients: dry breadcrumbs, fresh flat-leaf parsley...

"Not your typical boring rice! Dill, cardamom and jalapeño come together to lend an interesting twist that really pumps up this rice dish from Operakällaren in Stokholm. Packed with flavor, this rice is terrific with poultry or seafood entrees."

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Ingredients: ground cardamom, dill...

"The explosion of flavors in this dish of cabbage are really a nice experience. It has a nice texture and it goes well with pork or beef or chicken."

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Ingredients: cider vinegar, currant jelly...

"Posting for ZWT6 for the Scandinavia region. This was found online for Swedish recipes. Sounds like a great refreshing salad to add to any dinner. Update: 7/21/2011, I made this to go along with dinner the other night. I added some slices of tomato and onion. Due to the fact that I like things tart, I decreased the sugar and a little on the salt,..."

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Ingredients: parsley, salt, sugar...

"I just reviewed a Sugar Glazed Fried Green Tomato recipe on Zaar and it reminded me of a recipe I use constantly during the summer and it is not posted. My mother stated it was Swedish and my father stated it was German or Bavarian. Very simple and the marinating juice can be used in soups, stews or vegetable pies. Note: You can use raw sugar also. These..."

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Ingredients: dill weed, plastic wrap, salt...

"I belong to a food buying club served by Ozark Co-operative Warehouse. They often run specials on unusual (to Americans) cheeses, rices, beans, etc. Recently I bought a #5 sack of Swedish Brown Beans, but when a searched Recipezaar -- nothing! However I did find this recipe on SOAR: The Searchable Online Archive of Recipes and tried it that night. It..."

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Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, corn syrup...

"This is out of Scandinavian Smorgasbord cookbook. They are the best ever."

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Ingredients: cucumbers, parsley, salt...

"I can't think of a family event where these haven't appeared on the table. My Swedish grandmother made these for her family and the tradition continues - it was originally made with without dill - as it's written here - but feel free to add fresh dill - it's yummy both ways!"

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Ingredients: cucumbers, salt, sugar...

"I found this on alleasyrecipes.com. I'm posting it for ZWT 6. Sweden Scandinavia"

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Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, dark corn syrup...