Cinnamon Cranberry Sauce with Vanilla and Marmalade

Wowza!

I made this for thanksgiving, and it is a culmination of looking at several different recipes and styles, and adding flavors that I wanted. Very easy… (unless you let it boil over because you always forget how hot your stove is – but whatever)

This is the BEST, most delicious, quick, easy, tasty, unique cranberry sauces I’ve ever had, and I’ve been known to polish off a can around cinco de mayo…

I could kick myself for not taking a photo of mine, but it was beautiful. :D

Cinnamon Cranberry Sauce with Vanilla and Marmalade

Ingredients:

  • 1 12 oz jar (1 1/2 c )of orange marmalade
  • 2/3 c of orange juice
  • 1 cinnamon stick (or two, it doesn’t matter)
  • 12 oz bag of fresh cranberries, rinsed and picked over for weirdos
  • 1 tbs of vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp of ground cinnamon

 

Combine the first 3 ingredients in a medium sauce pan over medium heat to melt. Bring to an easy boil. Add cranberries and return to boil. Reduce heat (really reduce it unless you want to scrape caramelized marmalade off of your stovetop) and cover, stirring regularly. Berries will begin to burst within 8 minutes or so. Add vanilla extract. Continue cooking until it has thickened to desired consistency, which should be no more than 5 more minutes. Remove and add ground cinnamon. Stir to combine and allow to cool in the pan before transferring to another container and moving it to the refrigerator to fully chill.

Nutrition Facts

Cinnamon Cranberry Sauce with Vanilla and Marmalade

12 Servings

Amount Per Serving

  Calories -119.0

  Total Fat -0.1 g

 Cholesterol -0.0 mg

Sodium -23.2 mg

Total Carbohydrate- 31.1 g

Protein -0.3 g

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December 1, 2009 | Kelsey | Tags: , , | No Comments »

EPIC recipe fail. (Recipe Review)

Recipe: Macaroni and cheese with cauliflower
Source: Real Simple Magazine Feb. 2009
[Rating: 1/5]

Sometimes our attempts to do something healthy for ourselves backfires, as was the case last week, when I followed a recipe from my beloved real simple magazine.

I love macaroni and cheese. Velveeta and shells. Kraft cheese and macaroni dinner. Annies organic macaroni and cheese. Easy Mac. I <3 it.

So, when my beloved wrote an article about how to make your favorite comfort foods more healthy, I jumped at the chance. I followed their recipe for a cauliflower macaroni and cheese, and I don’t HATE cauliflower, so… that part didn’t really turn me off. And I’m not a chef, so by reading the recipe, I didn’t realize just how horrible it would be.

The recipe ended up calling for a mere 6 oz of cheese. (pathetic)

grating the fail.
grating the fail

a head of cauliflower.

chopping the fail
chopping the fail.

whole grain pasta. (which alone, is definitely not a fail.)

draining the fail.
draining the fail

a WHOLE ONION and a cup and a half of sour cream.

mixing the fail
mixing the fail.

topped with a solid inch of breadcrumbs

fail in the oven.
fail in the oven.

luckily, this travesty shared the plate with some delish veggie/soy nuggets.

culmination of epic fail.
culmination of epic fail.

Perhaps, if I’d been trying to make a cauliflower and onion noodle casserole, I’d have been quite pleased. But I think, if I’m looking for an uncommon splurge, I’ll make some whole wheat elbows, and use a serving of velveeta, and forgive myself in the morning.

For the masochists out there, (and for my friends, with jacked up taste buds who may LIKE this recipe, I will link to the recipe. But don’t say I didn’t warn you.

[rating: 1/5]

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February 1, 2009 | Kelsey | Tags: , , , | 3 Comments »