Awesome August!

Summer is flying by, and we have so much happening at IKEA Twin Cities!

August 1st & 2nd: Celebrate the new 2016 IKEA Catalog!

Join us for Eat for Free, both days!
Dine in our Restaurant and we’ll deduct your Restaurant total from any home furnishings purchase over $100!*

How it works:
1. Purchase your meal in our Restaurant,
2. Receive a coupon with your receipt.
3. Give your coupon and receipt to the check-outs cashier and receive the total amount of your meal deducted from your purchase of over $100.
                 
*Restaurant purchase must be consumed on the premises. Limit one restaurant receipt per store discount. Home furnishings purchase must be made the same day as the restaurant purchase. Not valid on IKEA Gift Card purchases. Simply hand over your IKEA Restaurant receipt with the coupon to the store cashier to have your discount applied. Total home furnishing purchase must be $100 or more before tax. Offer valid  August 1 & 2, 2015, only at IKEA Twin Cities.


Scan your IKEA FAMILY card and be entered to win one of (3) $100 IKEA Gift Cards each day! No purchase necessary - scan your FAMILY card at one of the FAMILY kiosks in the store, or at the checkout lanes.


August 15th & 16th: Exclusive Product Offers for FAMILY Members!

MICKE 41x20 desk, 4 colors available – 25% off!

BEDDINGE + LOVAS sofabed and your choice of cover – 15% off!

MALM low FULL bed frame + midbeam - $109!

MALFORS foam mattress, twin size - $15% off!

While supplies last, prices valid August 15 & 16, 2015. Only at IKEA Twin Cities.

Not a FAMILY member yet? Join today, it's free!

August 17-20th: Save $20! Picking with Delivery Starting at $79!

Have a long list? Let us do the heavy lifting! Monday, August 17th through Thursday, August 20th we are offering our in-store Picking with Delivery Service starting at just $79! (That's a $20 savings!) See a coworker in-store for details.

August 24-30th: Students Save 50% off Home Delivery!

Heading to college in the Twin Cities this fall?   Dreaming about furnishing your home-away-from-home? IKEA can help! Show your student ID at our Home Delivery desk and save 50% off your delivery fee!

Offer valid Monday, August 24th through Sunday, August 30th. Local deliveries up to $99. See our Home Delivery desk for details. 



Mondays and Fridays in August: Save in As-Is with Your Student ID!

Furnish your dorm or campus housing for less in As-Is! Save an additional 15% off any single As-Is product currently priced $20.00 or more by showing your student ID at the As-Is Information window. 

Here's how it works:

1. Visit As-Is at IKEA Twin Cities on Mondays & Fridays in August.

2. Select any single As-Is product priced at $20.00 or more! 

3. Present the product and your student ID at the information window in As-Is to have the sticker price reduced by 15%!

4. Pay for your item at the checkout lanes, take it home and enjoy! 

*Offer valid only once per day. Customer must make mention of offer to receive discount. No price adjustments will be made after purchase is complete. Offer valid Mondays and Fridays only in the month of August, 2015.

Eat. Shop. Save. July 18 & 19!

Eat, Shop and SAVE, Saturday & Sunday!

Try our new Veggieballs! Vegan, gluten-free and delicious!

Dine in our Restaurant and we’ll deduct your Restaurant total from any home furnishings purchase over $100!*

How it works:
1. Purchase your meal in our Restaurant,
2. Receive a coupon with your receipt.
3. Give your coupon and receipt to the check-outs cashier and receive the total amount of your meal deducted from your purchase of over $100.
                 
*Restaurant purchase must be consumed on the premises. Limit one restaurant receipt per store discount. Home furnishings purchase must be made the same day as the restaurant purchase. Not valid on IKEA Gift Card purchases. Simply hand over your IKEA Restaurant receipt with the coupon to the store cashier to have your discount applied. Total home furnishing purchase must be $100 or more before tax. Offer valid  July 18 & 19, 2015, only at IKEA Twin Cities.

Eat for FREE for the 4th!

Eat, Shop and SAVE, Friday - Sunday!

Dine in our Restaurant and we’ll deduct your Restaurant total from any home furnishings purchase over $100!*

How it works:
1. Purchase your meal in our Restaurant, 
2. Receive a coupon with your receipt. 
3. Give your coupon and receipt to the check-outs cashier and receive the total amount of your meal deducted from your purchase of over $100.
                   
*Restaurant purchase must be consumed on the premises. Limit one restaurant receipt per store discount. Home furnishings purchase must be made the same day as the restaurant purchase. Not valid on IKEA Gift Card purchases. Simply hand over your IKEA Restaurant receipt with the coupon to the store cashier to have your discount applied. Total home furnishing purchase must be $100 or more before tax. Offer valid  July 3-5, 2015, only at IKEA Twin Cities.

Midsummer Comes Early to IKEA Twin Cities!

There is a lot happening in-store June 13th and 14th!

• Join us for exclusive product offers for furniture and accessories to refresh your indoor spaces and for life outdoors! See the full offer list here.

• Check out our NEW food offerings!

• We recently rolled out our chicken meatballs and gluten-free/vegan veggie balls! Mix-and-match your perfect plate with (or without) our traditional Swedish meatballs. A plate of 10 is just $3.99 this weekend!

• Have you tried Lördagsgodis yet? "Saturday candy" is a beloved Swedish tradition, enjoyable any day of the week.  Join us in our Swedish Food Market and experience this tradition yourself! Our Pick-a-mix candy is from Sweden, free of GMOs, and are also free of High Fructose Corn Syrup! June 13th and 14th save $2 per pound! A great excuse to try them all!

• Can't get enough Kanelbullar? June 13th and 14th buy-one-get-one. That's twice the gooey goodness for just $1! 

• Want to do good while you're celebrating the weekend? We're hosting a donation drive benefiting CommonBond Communities and the Wounded Warrior Project. From 10am to 2pm on June 13th and 14th, pick up a wish list for each organization and purchase needed projects!

• Dining in the Restaurant? Heading into the summer, many kids lose their most reliable food source: school. For every healthy kids' meal purchased, IKEA will donate $1 to Feeding America which will benefit our local partner: Second Harvest Heartland. $1 can buy 10 meals -- help us Feed the Future!

Keep up to date on store events and offers at our store web page, and follow us on Twitter!

Meet our New Veggie Balls!

Food is on everyone’s mind right now. Social media is bursting with tasty recipes and photos; chefs have become household names; and cooking shows are more popular than ever. All of this is inspiring us to be more aware of what we put into our bodies, and how it effects the environment around us.

At IKEA, we want to make sure there is something on the menu for everyone; offering appetizing food that is not only good for health and well-being, but also good for the planet and produced in a responsible manner, based on the IKEA People and Planet Positive strategy.

“We will continue to serve delicious food, offering a taste of Sweden at affordable prices, but with increasing focus on the aspects of food that are really important to people: health and sustainability.” – Michael La Cour, Managing Director of IKEA Food Services AB.

The veggie ball is packed with fresh ingredients like peas, carrots, bell peppers, corn and kale, as well as healthy levels of vitamins and proteins.  With its rich taste and lower environmental impact, the veggie ball is a delicious alternative to the traditional meatball, which has made millions of IKEA customers happy – and full- throughout the years.

Next time you visit, give them a try! They are Gluten-Free and Vegan!

Coming Up: Mother's Day Brunch Buffet, Sunday May 10th!

Celebrate all things mom in our Restaurant on Sunday, May 10th!

From 10am - 2pm, tuck into a delicious brunch buffet with the whole family!

We'll cook, serve and do the dishes!


Tickets are available at the door:


Adults $15.99 ($11.99 with your FAMILY card!)

Kids    $4.99.  ($2.99 with your FAMILY card!)

Not an IKEA FAMILY member yet? Learn more and join here! It's FREE!

New Salads in the IKEA Restaurant!

Asparagus Salad with cherry tomatoes and mustard dill sauce, $1.99

Chicken with Asparagus Couscous Salad

Coleman natural chicken breast with asparagus and Israeli balsamic couscous

$4.99

Spice Up Your Superbowl Celebrations - the Swedish Way!

IKEA (Swedish) Party Meatballs!

Ingredients:
(1) 2.5-pound bag of our KOTTBULLAR Swedish meatballs
(1) 14-oz. jar of SYLT KRUSBAR (elderberry jam) You can also try our SYLT BLABAR (blueberry jam) or SYLT FLADER & APELSIN (elderflower orange marmalade)
(2) cups ketchup
Tobasco sauce (to taste, or 1-2 teaspoons)

Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F
In a large bowl, mix the jam with ketchup and tobasco sauceAdd the meatballs, and gently stir to cover.

Place the mixture in an ovenproof dish
Bake for 20-30 minutes, until the meatballs’ internal temperature reaches 165°F
Remove the dish, and allow the contents to cool.

Serve it up with your other Superbowl treats!

We've got what you need to make your Big Game Celebration a success!

Great for Entertaining!

The season of entertaining is coming to a close, but we can make your final shindigs of 2011 delicious!  Drop by our Swedish Food Market and pick up our recipe card for a quick prawn cocktail, and a half-pound bag of peeled shrimp for less than $5!

Grab a couple bottles of sparking juice so even non-drinkers (and your young ones!) can toast the new year, too.  Available in pear and apple/lingonberry for $3.99.




Prawn Cocktail (serves 4)

1/2 bag RAKOR UTAN SKAL peeled shrimp
1 small head of lettuce
2 eggs
4 thin lemon wedges
grape or cherry tomatoes

Rhode Island Sauce
(if not ready-made)

1 3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
1 tbsp chili sauce
a couple dropped fresh lemon juice
salt and ground white pepper
1/2 tbso cognac or Madiera (optional)

For Decoration:
4 tbsp mayonnaise
Sprigs of dill

This is how you do it:
1. Rhode Island sauce: Mix mayonnaise, ketchup, chili sauce, lemon juice, sale and white pepper. Add cognac or Madiera if desired. Chill until serving.
2. Hard boil the eggs and chill with cold water. Rinse tomatoes and cut in half. Cut the eggs in half. (This can be prepared ahead of time.  Refrigerate the items covered in plastic wrap.)
3. Rinse and shred the lettuce, and cover the bottom of your serving dishes (or stemware.)  Add some Rhode Island sauce and fill with tomates and prawns. Place a dollop of mayonnaise on each egg half and garnish with a sprig of dill.  Put the egg halves and lemon slices on top of the prawns and tomatoes.

Smörgåsbord!

Julbord is the traditional Christmas smörgåsbord in Scandinavian countries. Traditionally, it has three courses and features family recipes as well as local dishes.

Course One: Fish, Fish, Fish!

Start your holiday Julbord off right with some fabulous pickled herring and lox! For some traditional pairings, try your herring with boiled potatoes and hard-boiled eggs, washed down with strong spirits. (Snaps, Aquavit, or Brännvin – your choice!) Some other popular dishes in the first course include: baked salmon, smoked eel, and crab canapes (with a variety of sauces and dips.)

Course Two: Cold Cuts Galore!

This is when the Christmas ham makes an appearance, usually paired with a strong mustard. Other traditional cold cuts include sausages, head cheese, and liver paste. Soft and crisp breads serve as the base, and various cheeses and relishes top off the creations.

Course Three: Warming it Up

A traditional start to this course involves dipping bread into the stock from the Christmas ham.  Other dishes include Swedish meatballs, roasted pork ribs, small fried sausages, and a potato casserole of matchstick potatoes, cream, onion, and anchovies called “Jansson’s Temptation.”

(Wait... what about the lutfisk? It is traditionally served for dinner two days following the Julbord feast.)

...Did you think I forgot dessert?

Julbord desserts vary according to traditions and tastes, but a staple is rice pudding sprinkled with cinnamon.  An almond is hidden in the bowl, and whoever finds it receives a small prize or recognized for their luck. Ginger cookies, sandbakkels, and krumkakke often make an appearance as well. (A delicious pairing with the rice pudding, IMHO.)

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Want to try a Julbord, but don’t know where to start? We’re hosting one!  Join us at IKEA Twin Cities on December 9, 2011 for a fabulous all-you-can-eat feast of Swedish fare.  Tickets are $9.99 for adults, $2.49 for children 12 and under. We will have two seatings this year, one at 5pm, and one at 7pm. Live music and a cash bar ensure much singing and toasting throughout the evening! Tickets are on sale now at the IKEA Twin Cities restaurant, and will sell out – don’t wait!

There's a Soup for You!

As fall approaches and the weather cools, our thoughts turn to warm, comforting foods.  The IKEA Restaurant features a bevy of comfort foods... from meatballs and mashed potatoes, to ribs and cornbread, to macaroni and cheese.  We have expanded our soup selection, and have a soup to meet every taste and dietary need!

Here's a quick list of our soups that meet special dietary needs, and make sure you try our classics like Cream of Broccoli and Italian Wedding!

  

Homemade is best, but in a pinch, the
IKEA Restaurant can fill your soup needs!
Stop in and try a bowl today!



Tomato Soup with Garden Vegetables

vegetarian, dairy free & gluten free

Yellow Pea with Ham

dairy free

Chicken Noodle

low fat, dairy free

Chipotle Sweet Potato

vegetarian, dairy free

Lentil Soup

vegetarian, dairy free

Three Bean Chili

vegetarian, dairy free, low fat & gluten free

... I also recommend the Butternut Squash and Apple soup.  Very seasonally appropriate, AND delicious! 

Try a bowl of any of our delicious soups for only $1.99.  The daily selection varies, and is served from 11am until 30 minutes before store closing time.

The Never Ending List #8 - Organic Foods

Organic Doesn't Have To = Expensive!

From strawberry jam and mustard to pancakes and pear cider, IKEA stores offer around 20 organic products, and the number is still growing!  Which have you tried?

In the IKEA Restaurant:

Organic Pasta with Marinara sauce, $1.99 (99-cents on Mondays

11am-close!)

Spinach and Cheese Crepes, $1.99

In the Swedish Food Market:

Moose-shaped Pasta,

regular or whole-wheat, $2.49

Medium-roast coffee, $2.99

Tomato Sauce, $2.99

Strawberry, Elderflower,

Blueberry and Raspberry jam, $3.99

Coarse Mustard, $1.79

Apple and Pear Cider, $1.59

Lingonberry or Elderflower Drink, $1.99

Dill, Parsley, Black Pepper, and Thyme - $1.69

 

Did you know... if you’re unable to find the organic products you want in your local supermarket, you should have a word with the retailer.  Products are regularly added at the request of customers.