Archive for April 24th, 2009

 Everytime we travel to Sweden I experience a new food that quickly becomes one of my new favorites and this is certainly one of them. What makes this open face sandwich so special is the red beet salad that compliments the meatballs. The type of bread used is very important and I found that the bakery at our Wal-Mart Supercenter  makes some exceptionally good fresh baked bread and rolls. I must tell you that I was shocked! 

Wal-Mart’s 9 grain loaf is excellent to use for this sandwich – please do not use commercial sliced white bread – at the very least you can use rye or limpa bread if you can’t find Wal-Mart’s 9 grain bread.
Speaking of bread… if you travel to any of the European countries you will find that fresh baked bread is the normal and with a variety that is second to none. Then there’s the fabulous desserts and pastries… but that will be discussed in a future post.

Ingredients:

• cold sliced Swedish Meatballs 
• 9 Grain bread (Wal-Mart)
• red beet salad
• iceberg lettuce
• soft margarine

Red Beet Salad:

• 1 jar pickled beets diced vreally really small
• 1/2 C Miracle Whip
• 5 tsp juice from pickled beets

Do this:
Dice the beets into very very small pieces and mix in the Miracle Whip and beet juice.
Spread margarine on each slice of bread then a leaf of iceberg lettuce. Place sliced meatballs on lettuce and top with the red beet salad. Garnish with a tomato wedge and Bread & Butter pickles.

9 Grain Bread from Wal-Mart

Dice the pickled beets into very small pieces and add the beet juice and Miracle Whip. Blend with rubber spatula until combined

Slice the bread to the desired thickness

Lay iceberg lettuce leaf on buttered bread then a layer of sliced meatballs

Place 2 T or more of the red beet salad on the meatballs and garnish with tomato wedges and bread & butter pickles