Happy Meatless Monday!
Cranberries are synonymous with Thanksgiving but who says they can’t be healthy too? I am continuing my November Thanksgiving Sides series and bringing you a fabulous alternative to canned cranberry sauce. Who wants to eat a sickeningly sweet, sugar laced canned cranberry sauce when you can easily make your own healthy version? I’ve mixed it up a little by adding in some pear and orange. The best part is that you can make it in advance, freeze it and just pull it out on Thanksgiving Day. Not only is the Cranberry Sauce healthy, it takes less than 30 minutes to make. Hope you enjoy! Bonus: the whole house smelled great.
- 12 oz bag of fresh cranberries
- 1/2 C fresh squeezed Orange juice (about 1 large orange)
- 1 Orange-Peeled and diced into small chunks
- 1 Pear-Peeled and diced
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 Tbl Honey
- 1/4 c brown sugar
- pinch of salt
- Add all ingredients into a medium saucepan
- Bring to a low boil then reduce to a simmer
- stir often for about 15 min until fruit dissolves and sauce thickens
- Allow to cool
- Chill or freeze for future use
This Cranberry sauce is so easy to make and so much better than the canned version. Hope you give it a try for your Thanksgiving and Holiday Dinners. Your family and friends will love it. #Vegetarian #GF #Vegan
Can’t wait to see the other fabulous Meatless Monday Link Ups this week!
My parents and I just had this discussion this weekend if we should have fresh cranberry sauce or canned. I am not a big fan of them so I don’t really put a lot of input into it but this sound amazing. I am going to suggest this recipe to my parents – I love the addition of the pear.
Honestly it’s so easy-no reason to not to make your own
Yay! This sounds wonderful, and I am gonna make a push for it for thanksgiving….although steves sister loves the nasty ocean spray one! Bleugh! I am gonna show her this and see if I can change her mind! Great idea lovely lady!
Thanks! It’s so easy and so much better than the canned version. Happy Meatless Monday 🙂
We are cheaters–we have fresh and canned cranberry sauce on the table. I like them both, I have no shame. But I adore this recipe as it has so many of my favorite flavors in it! Another great addition to the holiday table is cranberry chutney.
Yes great idea! Hope you will give it a try-the pear and orange give it a great flavor
Oh I love cranberry relish like this! Yum!
It’s so easy to make and so much better than the canned version. Happy Monday 🙂
This looks great! Just in time for the holidays.
Thanks! It was really good and so easy to make
I have this weird love of canned JELLIED cranberry sauce. It’s terrible for you, but I love it.
This looks amazing too though! I’m going to give it a try!
Really?? Hope you try this one it is so easy to make and so good
Sounds like the perfect combo of amazing fall flavors
It came out so much better than I expected!
I love fresh cranberry sauce like this. I’ve made one with orange before but would never have thought to add the pear as well. Sounds like a great combination of flavors!
The pear really gives it a nice change of taste. The flavors went really well together. Hope you give it a try
I don’t like that canned cranberry sauce, so I’ll have to give this a try!
Thanks! The flavors came out great together
Love this! It combines one of my traditional cranberries I make, I make 2 kinds every year, and ones I made this year and will be posting next Monday! Cranberries are a favorite and I always buy extra to make through the holidays and enjoy with yogurt, french toast, ect.
Thanks I love how the flavors came together it was really good
My plan this year is to ditch the can!! I love cranberry sauce and I’ve decided to make my own for the first time this year. No HFCS! I hadn’t thought about adding pear. Yum!
OH the pear was a great addition hope you give it a try
I love these posts! EVERY DAY is meatless in our home 🙂 so it’s always nice to find new recipes! Thank you!
Thanks! I am a vegetarian too but the rest of my family is not. Sadly I often make 2 dinners-I know so bad
YUM YUM!! Not gunna lie, I’m a lover of the canned stuff, but this recipe just might turn me to the other side…
I think it just might! Hope you give it a try.The pear was a great addition
This is great! I never thought to add pear to cranberry sauce. I might try a Riesling on this year…
good idea! That would go well with up. Toast to me when you drink it 🙂
Ha! You actually cook the cranberries with the wine. I did it with a rose last year.
ooh now that sounds good too!
Mmmmmmm that looks delicious!!
thanks! I was really happy with how the flavors came together
This looks really good. I might try it for this Thanksgiving since it is at my house.
Thanks! I was hoping you would like it. The flavors of the pear and orange paired so well together. Hope you like it!
Looks delicious. I love homemade cranberry sauce.
Thanks! It’s so easy to make too!
I’ve never been a cranberry sauce fan but this looks amazing! Might change my mind.
I never liked the canned version but this is a whole other thing-hope you give it a try
I am usually not either bc I think it’s too sweet but this is really good
I never liked cranberries until I finally tried it this way!! so good
Everything is better when it is homemade right?
They are so good with the fresh fruit and minus the sugar
My sister asked for my help to get Thanksgiving dinner ready this year, I told her I’d show up early that morning. A few are bringing things, but most of it, we are making. I am going to favorite this, because this sounds much better than canned!!!!
oh it is! The best part is that you can also make it ahead and freeze it for that day. Hope everyone likes it
I will definitely ditch the can! I like the extra fruit too! Great idea! I like the fact too that I can make it ahead and freeze- super helpful! Thanks!
Thanks! That is a plus and it’s so easy
I love homemade cranberry sauce. I make my own every year too!
It’s so much better isn’t it?!
That looks absolutely delicious! I am not a huge pear fan but I think I am going to try this one! Thanks for the idea!
Thanks! You don’t really taste the pear too much. I guess you could sub it for an apple as well.
I don’t like cranberry sauce of any kind. My kids love the can shaped stuff. My husband prefers like what you make. Too bad he’s out of luck. ;o)
Ha maybe I should drop some off for him 🙂
Oh my word…Amazing!!!
Thanks! Hope you give it a try and you won’t even miss the can
I was waiting for this one. Looks sooooooo good!
Thanks! Enjoy 🙂
Yum! This looks so much better than the canned version. 🙂
Thanks! The fruit flavors go really well together and no one will miss the can
I totally made a pear cranberry sauce last year and it was such a hit!!
I think this one will be too with my family.
Yummy! This looks delicious! I will have to put it on my Thanksgiving menu for this year, my last cranberry recipe wasn’t such a hit…yours looks much better 🙂
Ha ha the fruit is really tasty in here hope they like it
sounds so fresh and lovely!
I love fresh cranberry sauce but never think about making it unless it is around the holidays. This sounds like a nice twist to the original.
It’s so easy to make!
Thanks! The 3 fruits pair very nicely together
The cranberry sauce looks so good!
Thanks! I loved how the fruit flavors came together
Pretty much anything with cranberries is a-ok in my book! Tonight we had chicken breast with cranberry compote over orzo. I also make a cranberry apple pie that is to die for!
Oh this would be great on your chicken dish too. I’m into cranberry this week as well I’ve got one more coming next week