Easy, healthy recipes with a southwestern flare
A traditional old-fashioned cocktail with a hint of cranberry. Recipe makes one cocktail, but you’ll have enough cranberry infused bourbon for three cocktails, and several bourbon infused cranberries for salads and a spiked snack.
Next time you get a craving for something sweet and healthy, and easy to make, give these Persimmon Cranberry Parfaits a try. Fresh persimmons and dried cranberries are heated in orange juice and a splash of liquor, then layered with yogurt, granola and nuts.
This cranberry sauce is tart and sweet with a touch of orange. You get bites of whole berries from both fresh berries and dried berries.
Sometimes you come across a recipe that works the first time and every time after that. Such is the case with this 50+ years tried and true cranberry bread recipe. Flavored with a touch of orange juice and zest.
A cranberry pecan granola with pumpkin seeds, pecans, cranberries and maple syrup. This is our Thanksgiving granola. Great in cereals or eaten as a snack.
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