Triple Treat Super Sandwich

Now this is what I call a Super Sandwich made by my mother-in-law for a special lunch! It is made on a half slice of the large Polar bread (12″ diameter)  and topped with three of the most popular sandwich combinations.  Swedish meatballs, ham and shrimp. I have the Swedish meatball sandwich recipe posted.
Unfortunately this bread is not available in the U.S. so I will attempt to make the smaller version of it sometime in the near future. It will be posted here if it is successful so that you too can make and enjoy an authentic Swedish open face sandwich!

Herring Cake

We had the pleasure of being in Sweden last year for the Midsummer festivities which is a very important holiday celebrating the first day of summer. All of the families gathered at my brother-in-law Anders parents summer home located north of Kalmar.

Anders contribution to the festivities was this wonderful herring cake that he made. I watched him make it and it was not an easy task… but it was well received and delicious!

Wild Berries

Wild berries growing in Sweden.

Wild Blueberries

We went out in the forests and looked for ripe blueberries to pick… didn’t take long and found many!

Wild Blueberries in the bucket

Here is just some of the blueberries we picked that day.We would soon be eating blueberry pie!

Swedish Pies

Homemade blueberry, strawberry and apple pies with whipping cream, vanilla sauce and coffee!! My mother-in-law is an excellent cook and I always enjoy eating anything and everything that she makes.
I have her pie recipe so you can look for it here on my blog sometime soon!

Swedish Waffles

That’s a lot of Swedish Waffles! These were made at my brother-in-laws one afternoon to go with our coffee. Roger and his family live out in the forest in a old 1850 farm home with a huge original barn where they board horses. My sister-in-law Anna keeps asking me if I would like to go for a horseback ride and I keep declining. Don’t want a mishap that far from home.
This a partial view of their large kitchen with the original wood burning oven visible in the wall to the left. Pizza anyone?

Steak on the Grill

A beautiful outdoor evening meal with steak on the grill, grilled vegetables and all the trimmings. It stays light in southern Sweden until 11:00 PM in the summer months – How cool is that?

Summer Meal

Summer Meal

Birthday Smörgåsbord

Hot Dogs on the Grill

Waz up?

Christmas in Sweden

Filling my plate!

Christmas in Sweden

We had the rare opportunity to spend Christmas and New Years with my husbands family in Sweden a year ago. My kids went to Disney World for the holidays so we thought this was our chance to go to Sweden so I could experience the holidays there. This was one of our Christmas meals we had at the in-laws. Sweden celebrates Christmas for three days and then comes New Years. Food, food and more food!
My in-laws Christmas smorgasbord consisted of ham, Jansson’s Temptation (scalloped potatoes with anchovies), pickled herring, pickled eel, red beet salad, a variety of breads, meatballs, kroppkrakor, eggs with caviar, eggs with mayonnaise, salmon, head cheese, homemade cheese, creamy fruit salad, and I made my broccoli casserole.
Dessert was a special cooked rice with whipped cream folded into it with either fruit cocktail or a raspberry sauce poured on the top which is one of my favorites.

Bakery in Västervik

We just had to stop into this bakery for coffee and a pastry while we were in Västervik which is a beautiful coastal town north of Kalmar. I just can’t resist the Swedish bakeries!  On the upper shelf to the right was an individual Princesstårte made to look like Disney’s Kermit the Frog.
Just in case you haven’t noticed… Swedish pastries are filled with heaps and gobs of whipped cream. No wonder I love them so much!!