Cranberry Sauce, please make your own.

Thanksgiving is one of my daughter's favorite holidays, mostly because it revolves around food !

In the next couple of days I will be sharing a few tips and twists to add to your Thanksgiving menu. 

I'll start with cranberry sauce since you can make it a week ahead of time. The only trick is not snacking on it before hand ;-)

Please, please, please make your own cranberry sauce, it is SO EASY there are not many excuses. You can make it ahead of time in 15 minutes !!

Here is the basic recipe:

In a saucepan place:

one 12 ounce bag of fresh cranberries

one cup water

one cup sugar

1) Stir together to dissolve the sugar. 

2) Bring to a boil and cook for about 10 minutes until the cranberries burst. 

3) That's it, refrigerate until you want to use it. Now wasn't that simple ??

There are many way to give cranberry sauce that added boost.

The most common way is to use orange juice instead of water and add orange zest.

There are also lots of fresh cranberry relish recipes.

My favorite twist, use red wine instead of the water and add a small muslin bag with 1 cinnamon stick, 2 whole cloves and 2 whole allspice. 

Add the spice bag once the mixture has come to a boil and remove it once the cranberries are done cooking. This cranberry sauce has an amazing subtle richness I love.