Cranberry Recipes

Cranberry Recipes with Delicious Variations

Healthy Cranberry Recipes

Tart, delicious and nutritious, cranberries can be used in a variety of recipes and around the holidays in November and December, it's easy to find fresh cranberries.

It's no accident of nature

that Cranberries, so healthy

for the immune system,

are in season during the

winter months when

colds and flu abound.

Stay healthy this winter

with these cranberry recipes.

Cranberry sauce, is of

course a standard holiday

recipe and once you have

the basic cranberry sauce

made, you can jazz up

your recipe with lots of

ifferent spices, like cinnamon

or nutmeg, or add ingredients

such as ginger or raisins.

Basic Cranberry Sauce Recipe

1 c. sugar - use organic, raw sugar if you prefer

1 c. water

4 c (one 12-oz package) fresh or frozen cranberries

1 Wash cranberries, then pick them over and remove any with flaws.

2. In a medium saucepan bring water to a boil and slowly add sugar, dissolving.

3. Add the cranberries. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 10-15 minutes or until the cranberries burst.

4. Add any of these optional ingredients and blend well.

Pecans

walnuts

sliced orange or orange peel-if you use this option, use orange juice in place of the water in this cranberry sauce recipe.

substitute 1-half cup raspberry vinegar for water

substitute 1 c pomegranate juice for water

1 tsp fresh minced ginger

1 cup raisins

1 cup currants

1 cup blueberries

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp allspice.

For this cranberry sauce recipe, about one cup of raisins or oranges can be added, with about one-half cup nuts. Add spices to taste.

Remove cranberry sauce from the heat. Cool it to room temperature and then it can be chilled in the refrigerator. As it cools, your cranberry sauce will thicken..

The Cranberry sauce base recipe yields about 2 1/4 cups.

Cranberry Waldorf Salad Recipe

Since fresh cranberries are so plentiful in the fall, try this colorful cranberry waldorf salad recipe at your next holiday gathering.

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