This weekend, September 18-20, IKEA USA* is offering the popular Swedish Meatball plate (6 balls)  for only $1. What a deal! Ordinarily $4.29, IKEA’s swedish meatballs are the single most popular dish served at the big blue cafeteria. Served with cream sauce, a dollop of Lingonberry jam and potatos of some variety (used to be small reds, but lately it’s mashed – BLASPHEME!), this is really a lovely way to lunch while shopping at IKEA. I sure hope that putting them on sale doesn’t mean they’re being discontinued!

Those watching their respective waistlines will be thrilled to know that according to a diagram I’ve seen recently, the IKEA Swedish Meatball has virtually NO CALORIES due to the thin beef veneer that’s applied to the outside of a ‘hollow core of deliciousness.’ (See diagram, top) IKEA developed board-on-frame manufacturing to save on raw materials and to reduce weight in transportation, so it’s no big surprise they’ve applied that manufacturing technology to their most famous of products: the humble meatball.

All hail meatballs!

All kidding aside, here’s the low down on that plate o’meatball deliciousness.  The 6 meatball plate counts for 210 calories, 13 grams of fat, 9 grams of carbohydrates and provides 14 grams of protein.  One tablespoon of the cream sauce will add an extra 30 calories, 1.5 grams of fat and 3 grams of carbohydrates.  Count the lingonberry sauce in for 35 calories, and 8 carbs, but it’s fat free! Skip the potatoes and pick up a non-fat frozen vanilla yogurt for only 100 calories on the way out. There you have it – an IKEA meatball meal for only 375 calories. Just don’t lick the plate.

Want the recipe for IKEA Swedish Meatballs and sauce?

IKEA Nutritional Information

If you want to have something other than the meatballs, there are calorie, fat, protein and carb counts for many IKEA restaurant, cafe and take home foots are available here: IKEA Food Nutritional Information.

*Offer not valid at IKEA Hicksville, IKEA Houston and IKEA Direct (duh).

IKEA Swedish Meatball, Amazing Cross-Section Illustration by: Lunchbreath. See Lunchbreath’s PhotoStream at Flickr.com

Tags: IKEA Food, ikea meatballs, IKEA Restaurant, Swedish Meatballs

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