Happy Thanksgiving all!
My favorite part of the entire Thanksgiving meal is the cranberry sauce. I happen to make it homemade and it's quite delicious if I do say so myself!
I was listening to a foodie-type cooking show on the radio the other day and I heard a GREAT cranberry idea! The radio host suggested a cranberry sundae. That would be leftover cranberry sauce drizzled over ice cream. Sounds DELICIOUS!!!
Well, I don't know about you, but I'm watching my girlish figure. So I needed to lighten things up. What I came up with instead is a cranberry, yogurt parfait!
Here are the recipes!
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
1 lb fresh cranberries
1 c. water
1 c. white or brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 15oz can crushed pineapple
The juice and zest of 1 medium sized lemon
pinch of nutmeg, allspice and a pinch of salt
Heat everything over medium heat until the berries are cooked down as much as you like. I like it all mushy and saucy. Some people like the berries to me whole. It's up to you.
After the sauce is cooked, set it aside to cool off a bit.
Cranberry Sundae
Place 1 ginger snap in the bottom of a cup or bowl. Drizzle cooled cranberry sauce over vanilla ice cream. Garnish with another ginger snap.
Cranberry Parfait
Layer plain yogurt and cranberry sauce in a cup or bowl. Garnish with granola.
