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Healthy Thanksgiving Alternatives: Fresh, Quick and Easy Cranberry Sauce

Recipes that help you cut back on the holiday pounds without cutting back on the flavor.

With , we've got a lot of new recipe options for exotic Thanksgiving dishes to serve up.

Check out today's pick for the tastiest and healthiest Thanksgiving recipe alternatives to help you save on the extra holiday pounds without cutting back on flavor!

Recipe #5

Fresh Cranberry Sauce

Cranberry sauce recipes. Ah, delicious tart taste it adds to your turkey, your biscuits, and your stuffing. What else screams Thanksgiving like this dish? Try this easy, homemade recipe that may forever change the way you look at cranberries.

Yes, the recipe calls for sugar, but it’s still only half the amount you would get in the canned version, with no artificial flavoring or preservatives. This quick and easy cranberry sauce is ready to serve in just 15 minutes and keeps for 3 days.

Serves 8

Ingredients

        1 cup of cranberries

1 1/4 cups water

1/2 cup sugar

4 Tbsp sweet orange marmalade

1/2 tsp maple extract

1/2 tsp vanilla

Directions

In a medium saucepan, combine cranberries and water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and simmer cranberries until they pop and begin to soften, about 5 to 7 minutes.

Remove pan from the heat. Stir in sugar and orange marmalade. Let mixture cool.

Stir in maple extract and vanilla. Transfer to a bowl, cover and refrigerate. Can be made 3 days ahead, kept covered and chilled.

Recipe provided by St. Francis Medical Center

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Jaime May 10, 2013 at 10:42 am
The local, fresh fruit and vegetable market was a worthwhile addition to Douglaston. Obviously, itRead More did not receive the support of the community, at least not enough to make it a successful venture. This is sad. Every Sunday, rain or shine, I would stop at the market and purchase something. My favorite was the bakery stand. Often, when I stopped in the afternoon I would get two FREE French breads with my purchase. Parking was never a problem. The vendors where friendly and very informative. It was a perfect setting for the picturesque nature of this community. Too bad it is not returning.
Jaime May 9, 2013 at 03:02 pm
Unfortunately, according to the Douglas Manor Association, the fresh fruit and vegetable market willRead More NOT return this year. No specific reason was given other than this was at the initiative of the merchants or the market's organizers. And this..., just as we were beginning to enjoy the Long Island wines and the $34 per pound skirt steak, ordered two months in advance.
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J Douglas Montgomery May 3, 2013 at 02:43 pm
The correct Date is the 21st of May at The Community Church of Douglaston, 2-4