Somehow in my 34 years of life I have escaped the responsibility of cooking a Thanksgiving dinner. Not this year. Nope. This year I was cooking for a family of seven. Added to that my friend has dietary restrictions such as no dairy. Have you ever had to make a large meal using zero dairy? No butter. No milk. It is an added challenge. Over the course of this week I am going to post some photos from our Thanksgiving meal.
I am going to start with the cranberry sauce.
My dad has always made cranberry sauce from scratch. No jelly stuff from a can...only the real stuff when my dad's the cook. I used to think this was a difficult process, then I did it myself and won't ever go back to the canned stuff. If you haven't done it before, I recommend you try.
What did I do?
one package of cranberries
one cup water
the juice from one orange
Boil the cranberries until they pop. My sister gave me a good tip to cover the pot as the popping can be messy.
Here is the finished product. It made for a very tasty side dish for our holiday meal.
I didn't try it, but a second option would be to blend the cranberries, then add chopped pecans. I would still add the orange juice, but not the water to option two.
Just Sheri, glad to participate in a holiday dedicated to gratitude
I'm impressed and inspired.
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