Happy Thanksgiving, and Ideas for Leftover Cranberry Sauce

Happy Thanksgiving!

This morning my family will be running in a local 5K to start off the day.  It'll be my first race pushing the twins in the jogging stroller, so it won't be a very fast one for me!  I'll post a race report later.

So being that it's Thanksgiving, I want to talk about cranberries.

I used to hate them.

Wouldn't touch them.

I think it's one of those tastes you grow into with age.  Because all the sudden one day I had a deep appreciation for cranberries.

But. (Isn't there always a but?)

They must be homemade.

I don't like canned, and I don't really like the jellied type.

So I follow the recipe on the bag - 3 cups cranberries to 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar.

You boil them for 10 minutes.

I love hearing them pop open as they cook.

I use a potato masher to squish them a bit at the end.

Let it cool, and it solidifies some.

Cranberries are such a powerhouse berry!

I make a triple batch - one to take to Thanksgiving and two to freeze (it freezes quite well).  Because cranberries are good in all sorts of situations.

Try the sauce:

stirred into oatmeal

over pancakes instead of syrup (our favorite treat)

on ice cream

on a sandwich with peanut butter

stirred into apple pie before baking

So don't throw away the leftovers!  Embrace the cranberry :-)

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.