THANKSGIVING DAY - Dia de Accion de Gracias

Los Angeles, CA - As we start celebrating the wonderful holiday season it’s time to give GRACIAS to all you have in your life.  A time to reunite with family and friends around the dinner table and enjoy each others company with good food.

Below, I have a recipe for my tangy Cran-Citrus sauce that will not only compliment your turkey meal this Thanksgiving day but is also great topped off over a slice of cheesecake or snacks (for example: brie or pepper jack on crackers) anytime of the year.

Some traditional dishes have no recipe…for example, if you ask my parents, aunts, or siblings for a recipe to one of their delicious dishes…they have NO written recipe…their dish usually calls for a handful of this, a pinch of that, 1 or 2 of these, etc…

I found myself doing a cup of this and a dash of that for my tangy sauce.  But with any dish there is usually no wrong way as you can add extra items or spices to create your own signature dish.

L.A.L.A.’s Tangy Cran-Citrus Sauce

-Fresh Cranberries (12 oz bag)

-1 Orange (for fresh juice & zest optional)

-1 Lemon (for fresh juice)
-Water (1/4 cup)

-Sugar (1 cup)

-1 Apple or Pear or both

-Raisins (1 cup)

-Walnuts or Almonds or both (1 cup diced)

-Cinnamon (a pinch here, a pinch there)

INSTRUCTIONS:

In a pot, bring orange juice, lemon juice, water and sugar to a boil.  Add cranberries...

When cranberries start cracking add apple and/or pear...

Mix all ingredients and start mixing & mashing...

This is what it will look like...

Add raisins, walnuts/almonds and sprinkle cinnamon on top...

Mix ingredients for 5 minutes and you're done!

ENJOY!

Here's something fun and different to add to the table - TOT (The Other Turkey).  The kids will love this...

Enjoying the company of family & friends surrounded by delicious food is wonderful but watch your portions.  They say you gain an average of 5-10 pounds during the holidays.  Of course you want to try every single thing on the table – sampling is better than over stuffing.  Eat slowly and really taste your food – enjoy your deli-scrumptious meal.

Thank you all for reading my blog.  Please send any comments you may have.  Until next time.

LALA

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