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Salads & Fruit Dishes

Lightly marinated fish and vegetable salad recipes, in combination with fruit dishes prepared from a multitude of berries, currants, raisins, apples, and pears, serve well as fare for a light lunch or as flavorful supper side dishes.
Färskpotatissalad - New Potato Salad
Färskpotatissalad – New Potato Salad
Marinated Cucumber Salad (in Swedish, Inlagd Gurka)
Sliced paper-thin and marinated in a sweetened mixture of vinegar and lemon juice, these cucumbers serve as a light, fresh complement to any meal.
Herring Salad (Sillsalad) with Potatoes and Caraway-Lemon Vinaigrette
Colorful and stock-full of omega-3 fatty acids, this all-season herring salad can be served either as a first course as part of a holiday smörgåsbord or as an easily-prepared entrée for a summer dinner.
Scandinavian Cucumbers
A traditional recipe for Scandinavian cucumber salad, enriched by the addition of sour cream.
Fresh Fruit Soup
Equally appropriate as a light warm-weather entrée or as a superlative dessert, Scandinavian fruit soup is filled with the flavors of summer. Here is just one of many excellent versions of this traditional Scandinavian fruit dish.
Danish Fruit Pudding
A fabulous way to prepare June's first strawberries, this fruit pudding is also lovely when ripe peaches, raspberries, or blueberries are substituted.

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