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Minnesota Recipes
and Traditional Foods

Minnesota recipes

Minnesota recipes reflect food traditions from a variety of cultures that have been passed down through the generations. Food evokes incredibly strong memories and feelings. Food not only nourishes the body, it also comforts the spirit and helps create a sense of community.

Eating is a very intimate way of connecting with people; you sit across a table from each other and share your food. Cooking is an act of love.

Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with
abandon or not at all. ~Harriet van Horne



Minnesota food traditions are complex and multi-ethnic. We have an interesting history of food and a reputation for wonderful cooking.

Here is just a small sampling of Minnesota recipes for you to explore:

Minnesota State Symbol Recipes

Many of Minnesota's State Symbols are foods. I thought it would be fun to include a few recipes featuring the foods that are so much a part of the Minnesota experience that they have received an "official" designation

Minnesota State Symbol Recipes

Native American Food and Recipes

I spent many years of my childhood in Northern Minnesota both on, and near, several reservations. Indian fry bread, wild rice, wild game and fish, berries and other native staples are still part of my family's diet.

Indian Fry Bread

Minnesota Wild Rice Recipes

Minnesota Wild Game and Fish Recipes

Tips For Wild Food Foragers

Scandinavian Recipes



My husband's family is "Minnesota Scandinavian" with deep roots in, and connections to, both Norway and Sweden. When we married, I began to enjoy, and learn to make, many of the traditional recipes that are so widely appreciated in Minnesota.

Lutefisk and Lefse are the two items that immediately come to mind when most people think of Scandinavian cooking, so we will start with those.

Minnesota Lutefisk Recipes

Minnesota Lefse Recipes



SPAM is a Minnesota product made in Austin, Minnesota.

Try Some Spam Recipes

Making Maple Syrup is a Minnesota Tradition

Maple Syrup Recipes

Enjoy a Minnesota Thanksgiving with our favorite Thanksgiving recipes.

Minnesota Mom's Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes

580 Easy Family Camping Recipes


Do You Have Recipe You Would Like to Share?

We are sharing the recipes that are part of our heritage and history. Every family has recipes that are familiar to them but may be new to others. Minnesota cooking has become more wonderfully diverse as has our population. We would love to reflect that tasty complexity on our Minnesota recipes pages. Share yours!

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Butter Fried Morel Mushrooms  Not rated yet
Ingredients:

One half cup flour
Salt and pepper to taste
Fresh picked morels (twenty, more or less)
One stick butter
1 Tablespoon oil

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