Cranberry Sauce-y

Enjoying traditional foods during the holidays can sometimes interfere with your new healthy eating plan because of all the sugar involved. Here’s a really easy recipe for cranberry sauce that you can make a few days ahead of time.

• 1 bag of fresh cranberries (about 4 cups) (sour, sweet)
• 1/2 cup of water
• 20 drops of liquid stevia (sweet)

1. Place cranberries, water, and stevia in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook until cranberries burst into a thick sauce.
2. Remove the cranberry sauce from the heat and if desired add the ingredients from one of the options below.
3. Let cool, then move to a container with top. Refrigerate until well chilled, overnight if possible. Can be made up to a week in advance.

COSMO Cranberry:

• 1/3 cup vodka
• 3 TBS Grand Marnier (or other orange liquor)
• 1 TBS honey (sweet)

BOURBON Cranberry:

• 1/4 tsp cinnamon (bitter, pungent)
• 1/4 cup bourbon
• 1 TBS honey (sweet)

For the kids, eliminate the alcohol, zest a whole orange, then squeeze the juice from it. Add with 1 TBS of honey to the cooked cranberries.

NOTE: You can reduce the amount of alcohol if you just want a hint of the flavor. Also, always cook with alcohol you would drink. It makes the end result so much better!