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to let the children choose. They chose a thanksgiving dinner with a twist on the dessert - they want tiramisu.

Anyway, I can't find any cranberries here - just craisins - anyone have a recipe for cranberry sauce using them. TIA

 
Hi Elaine - I think they're just dried cranberries, so how about this traditional recipe

and just use "reconstituted" Craisins (in boiling water) for the fresh cranberries?

And happy birthday, husband!

Homemade Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 12-ounce package Ocean Spray® Fresh or Frozen Cranberries, rinsed and drained

Combine water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Bring to boil; add cranberries, return to boil. Reduce heat and boil gently for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cover and cool completely at room temperature. Refrigerate until serving time.

Makes 2 1/4 cups: per serving (2 Tablespoons): Calories 51(3%DV), Fat 0grams, Pot. 14mg(
 
Or this one - Tex-Mex Carnberry Salsa

1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 12-ounce package Ocean Spray® Fresh or Frozen Cranberries
2 tablespoons chopped canned jalapeno peppers
1 teaspoon dried cilantro
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1 green onion, white and green parts, sliced
1 teaspoon lime juice

Combine water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Add cranberries; return to a boil. Gently boil cranberries for 10 minutes without stirring. Pour into a medium glass mixing bowl. Gently stir in remaining ingredients.

Place a piece of plastic wrap directly on salsa. Cool at room temperature and refrigerate. Best if served at room temperature. Makes about 2 1/2 cups.

Per Serving: (2 TABLESPOONS): Calories 47(2%DV), Sodium 13mg(1%DV), Pot. 17mg(
 
Or even this one - uses Craisins - Cranberry-Apple Chutney

This one sounds like one I'd like to try...

2/3 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups peeled, diced apple
1/3 cup diced onion
1/4 teaspoon each: cinnamon, ginger, allspice
Dash ground cloves
1 6-ounce package Ocean Spray® Craisins® Original Sweetened Dried Cranberries

Combine vinegar and sugar in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Add apple and onion; return to a boil. Add remaining ingredients.

Reduce heat to low. Cook for 25 minutes or until apples are tender, stirring occasionally. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Makes 1 3/4 cups.

(sorry, no nutritional data for this one)

 
I think it would end up too sweet. Cranberries are tart and craisins have sugar added

From somewhere out in the internet:
One serving of Craisins, 1/3rd cup (40 grams), has 130 calories and 33 grams of total carbohydrates, which includes 26 grams of sugars and 12% of the RDA for fiber. There is no fat, sodium or protein.

Natural cranberries only have 51 calories, 4.4 grams of sugar and 5 grams of fiber in a 100 gram serving.

 
REC NPR cranberry sauce

I had this one at my sister's 2 yrs. ago. I think I will make it without the sugar.
I also think most of the recipes would be too sweet. But the Cranberry Apple Chutney sounds delicious and calls for craisins. So maybe, time allowing, I will make both.

Thanks for all the help.

From NPR, Mrs. Stanberg's Cranberry Relish
2 cups cranberries
1 small onion
½ cup sugar
¾ cup sour cream
2 Tb horseradish
Grind cranberries and onion together. Add remaining ingredients. Freeze. In the morning thaw (but I never remember until almost right before serving. Once you break it up, it defrosts quickly.)

 
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