This fresh cranberry sauce recipe is really easy, but full of flavor and so much better than canned cranberry sauce. Christmas dinner (for me) isn't complete without cranberries, so be sure to add this one to your list of healthy vegan Christmas recipes for the holidays.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword cranberry sauce
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 25 minutesminutes
Author Heather Nicholds, C.H.N.
Ingredients
1package fresh or frozen cranberries
1orangezested and juiced
½cupwater
¼cupmaple syrupor other unrefined sweetener
½tspcinnamonoptional
¼tspnutmegoptional
Instructions
Put the cranberries, orange zest and juice, water, maple syrup, cinnamon and nutmeg in a small pot and bring to a boil. Once it’s boiling, turn the heat down to low and leave the cranberries to simmer.
The berries will pop open, soften and start to thicken after about 20 minutes.
Turn the heat off, leave it to cool, at room temperature or in the fridge, and it will solidify in about half an hour.