Thanksgibbin'

In my household, my parents always made the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc. We always had to have the cranberry "sauce" that came from a can as well... Last year, I tried making my own cranberry sauce and it turned out pretty well. This year, I'm re-vamping the recipe and giving it some extra ingredients...
Because really... who likes that stuff from a can anyways?


Ariel's Ultra-Amazing Cranberry Perfection Sauce Recipe

Start out with the main ingredients:
-1 cup water
-1 cup sugar (you can use raw sugar as well)
-1 bag whole, fresh cranberries

Since this is a new recipe, I'm going to add:
-1 cup cut oranges (with rinds! aka: skins)
-1 cup whole, fresh blueberries
-1 teaspoon cinnamon

1. In a saucepan, boil water, sugar, and cinnamon until sugar is completely dissolved.
2. Stir in cranberries, blueberries, and oranges. Bring back to a boil.
3. Turn down heat to low and let the sauce simmer for 10 minutes, or until cranberries burst.
4. Take off heat and chill to room temperature. Move sauce to a bowl and chill in refrigerator for 2 hours.
...and now you're ready to eat it on top of your turkey (or for you vegans/vegetarians like me: tofurkey), yams, or biscuits.


AND
While you're making this delicious recipe, it'd be fun to listen to some fall time Thanksgiving music. I highly recommend some acoustic AA Bondy, Andrew Bird, Titus Andronicus, or Dr. Dog.

Download free music mixes here:
AA Bondy
Andrew Bird
Titus Andronicus
Dr. Dog

(All mixes come from Daytrotter sessions)