Nov 24, 2011

Cranberry Relish - Crockpot Style

Today is Thanksgiving and I have a lot to be thankful for this year.

  1. My family and friends

  2. God showing me a talent. This talent has allowed me to see the beauty of his world in a way I've never seen it before.

  3. Laughter - Hearing the boys laugh brings joy to my soul.

  4. My students both current and former

  5. My health - During June I suffered terrible headaches. For three almost four weeks I had headaches that were persistent. Luckily a trip to the chiropractor helped relieve them. Then in September and most of October I had a persistent cough. Fortunately for me both are better.

  6. God giving me 2 boys who are bright and surprise me with their knowledge and insight about the world around them.


Now onto the recipe. On Sunday, my father-in-law informed us he was cooking a chicken for Thanksgiving. There was going to be only 6 of us for dinner and he didn't want to deal with all the left-overs. The family convinced him that he needed to make a turkey. I wanted to help make the dinner so I decided what I was going to bring. One of them items was going to be homemade cranberry relish. Yesterday I stumbled on this recipe.

Earlier in the week I had created a list of things I needed from the store. One of the items was an orange for the relish. My husband went shopping but didn't buy an orange. His reasoning was I had oranges at the house. I have grapefruit and clementines but no navel oranges. So I made a trip to Save-A-Lot to go get the oranges. Boy I'm glad I did. This recipe is easy and the end result was delicious.

Cranberry Relish



Stars of the recipe:




  • 2 oranges

  • 1 bag (12 ounces) cranberries, rinsed and picked over

  • 1 cup sugar

  • pinch cinnamon or Chinese five spice

  • 3 tablespoons water


Steps:


  1. Zest the oranges.


  2. Cut off the remaining outer peel and pith and discard.


  3. Cut the peeled orange sections into small chunks and add to the slow cooker along with cranberries, sugar, cinnamon, and zest.


  4. Add water.


  5. Cover and cook on HIGH for about 2 hours. (I had to put it on low for about 1/2 hour after cooking it on high.)


I hope you had a great holiday! What are you thankful for?

This post is linked up to Eat at home's Ingredient Spotlight.

6 comments:

  1. I love cranberry relish. We eat it all through the year. I'll have to give this a try.

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  2. [...] used it in my crockpot cranberry sauce.  So yummy!  I also made some baked oatmeal and put it in.  It was so [...]

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  3. We make cranberry relish and salsa every year. Making it in a crockpot makes it easy. Thanks for sharing this during Our Little Family Adventure's Thanksgiving Menu Planning Event. I’ve added a link to your recipe on my planning post. ~Nicky

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  4. This is another recipe that I am usually the only one who eats it. Either the others don't like or will only eat the jelled cranberry sauce. More for me though.

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  5. My kids love it on a turkey sandwich with melted Swiss or brie cheese

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  6. […] made some cranberry relish for Thanksgiving.  Yum!!  Since my mom and I were the only 2 to eat some, I had plenty left over […]

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