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Scandinavian recipes

Nordic recipes and cuisine information from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Both traditional recipes and modern ones. You can also find vegetarian and vegan Scandinavian alternatives.

In season in December

Popular Swedish and Finnish recipes for Christmas and the winter holidays.

  • Red jam in a jar.
    Lingonberry jam
  • salmon filet on wooden plank with dill and lemon pepper.
    Gravlox-cured salmon
  • Dill sauce in white picher.
    Dill Mustard Sauce – Swedish Hovmästarsås
  • potato gratin in glassware and on blue plate.
    Jansson´s temptation-Janssons frestelse
  • pickled herring in glass jar with fork.
    Swedish pickled herring-inlagd sill
  • pickled herring rye bread sandwich.
    How to eat pickled herring
  • three small glögg glasses with red drink and almonds and raisins.
    Swedish mulled wine-rödvins glögg
  • three glasses with yellow drink, raisins and almonds.
    White wine glögg
  • small blue rice porridge bowls on blue canvas.
    Risgrynsgröt-Swedish rice porridge
  • rice porridge on blue plate with milk and cinnamon.
    Finnish rice porridge
  • closeup on 4 oven baked rice pudding jars.
    Swedish rice pudding
  • rice pudding dessert in tall glass.
    Rice a la malta-rice pudding with oranges
  • sugar coated almonds in paper cone.
    Brända mandlar- Swedish Candied Almonds
  • brown cabbage stew in blue pot and small bowl.
    Brunkål-Swedish brown cabbage
  • braised cabbage on blue plate and in a white pan.
    Rödkål-Swedish Braised Red Cabbage
  • brown spice blend in small jar and red background.
    Scandinavian Gingerbread spice mix

Traditional and popular Swedish food recipes

Since Ikea, everyone knows about Swedish cuisine and has maybe eaten something Scandinavian. Learn how to make Swedish delicacies in your home kitchen also with ingredients you can find in your own local store.

  • swedish shrimp salad in blue bowl with some dill as decoration.
    Skagenröra-Swedish shrimp salad
  • Green potato salad with mint, peas and leek in blue bowl and plate with eggs.
    Fresh potato salad with peas
  • Green asparagus stalks on blue plate with golden fork and some garlic and chili on top.
    Air Fryer Garlic Asparagus
  • Spinach and feta lasagne

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Traditional Finnish food

Traditional common Finnish recipes you will fall in love with.

  • round sugared donuts on blue plate with floower and gold decorations.
    Finnish munkki donuts
  • Large creamy potato salad in white bowl with red onions in background.
    Finnish potato salad
  • Brita cake
  • brown dessert in blue flower bowl with white heavy cream.
    Mämmi-Finnish malted rye pudding

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Recipes from Cecilias' kitchen

This food blog is for you interested in the food culture in Nordic European countries. You can find recipes and cuisine information.

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Vegan Scandinavian recipes

Many recipes have a paragraph of instruction on how to veganize it. Here below you can find some examples, that are easy to make as a vegan version.

  • filled vegan pancakes with plant based cream.
    Vegan Swedish pancakes
  • decorated sandwich cake
    Vegan Swedish sandwich cake-smörgåstårta
  • Carrot lox-vegan salmon from carrots
  • swedish vegan shrimp salad
    Vegan skagenröra-Swedish "shrimp" salad
  • rolled cinnamon buns on pile.
    Swedish cinnamon rolls (kanelbullar)
  • rye bread slices with butter.
    Archipelago bread-Saaristolaisleipä

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    The beauty of Finnish girl names
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    Finnish Vappu- First of May Traditions
  • Gummy candies in the shape of a fish on blue surface.
    Swedish fish candy
  • Boys bedroom with name painting.
    Swedish boy names

Recently Updated

Old classics with updated content to make them even tastier.

  • small carrot pancakes
    Shredded Carrot Pancakes
  • pancake slice served with jam.
    Pannukakku-Finnish oven pancake
  • salmon stock ingredients
    Salmon broth
  • closeup on a sticky chocolate cake piece with gooey inside and whipped cream on top and powdered sugar.
    Kladdkaka- Swedish Sticky Chocolate Cake

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Hi, I'm Cecilia. I want to share Scandinavian and Nordic recipes for you who want to connect with your Nordic heritage and learn to make delicious, simple Scandinavian food and learn about the food culture.

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