Cranberry Recipes and National Eat a Cranberry Day
National Eat a Cranberry Day is celebrated on November 23 every year
The 23rd is right in the middle of cranberry harvesting season
It just happens to fall on Thanksgiving in the USA this year
Last week I shared a recipe for
Savory Holiday Bread Pudding with cranberries
I learned that cranberries are really good for you
Cranberries are high in antioxidants and low in sugar
They also prevent various diseases such as urinary tract infections,
gum diseases, and cardiovascular diseases
They are also a great source of immunity boosters
They are packed with Vitamin C and fiber
I’ve rounded up 16 delicious recipes using cranberries
that will be perfect for your holiday menus
Let’s start with a holiday staple, cranberry sauce
2 Easy Cranberry Sauce recipes
Make the Cranberry Orange Sauce to serve with your turkey
and then enjoy the leftovers with
Bacon Wrapped Roasted Brussels Sprouts
they are beyond amazing~
These 2 bite Cheesy Cranberry, Bacon & Pistachio Tarts
also get a kick of flavor from Apricot jam
the flavor combination is “eye rolling good,”
and they are very easy to make!
Cranberry Swiss Almond Holiday Spread is another favorite,
so good for nibbling!
Cranberry Walnut Pie Spirals with Gorgonzola Butter
Dried cranberries, walnuts, gorgonzola cheese and butter
are rolled up in pie crust forming a log
and then cut into slices and baked
White Cheddar Cranberry Fondue with Rosemary Crostini
sounds fancy but it’s really very simple
and the rosemary toasts really send it over the top
Vanilla Scones with Cranberries, Apricots, and Pecans
start the day in a very Merry way 🙂
Romaine leaves with cranberries, pecans, bacon, and blue cheese
are a lovely holiday appetizer or you can use the cranberry mixture
to make a sandwich wrap with a flour tortilla
Cranberry Mustard is wonderful with your holiday turkey or ham
Pair dried cranberries with white Cheddar, walnuts and pears
to make a Holiday Cranberry Flatbread
Have you ever made Cranberry Chicken?
This 4 ingredient retro recipe is a classic
How about White Chocolate Cranberry Ice Cream for dessert~
This no churn ice cream preps in minutes
and then you put it in your freezer to enjoy after it freezes
Or this Cranberry Pie,
it’s light and refreshing after a heavy holiday meal
Let’s finish this round up with Holiday Cranberry Bread,
a thoughtful gift from your kitchen for a hostess or neighbor
Holiday Cranberry Shortbread makes another great gift
You can make the dough and keep it in your refrigerator
for several days or freeze it for another time
Celebrate all season with cranberries!
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado/ Happiness is Homemade
What’s for Dinner / Love Your Creativity
Between Naps on the Porch /Turn About Tuesday
Wednesday Linky Party / Karin’s Cottage Linky Party / Creative Crafts
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Whew, you must be tired after putting this post together. Lots of fantastic ideas contained in it. Wishing you and yours a joyous Thanksgiving, Jenna.
Thank you Bernadette, I didn’t realize I had so many cranberry recipes!
Good morning, Jenna, it is raining here (yay). What a fabulous round-up with the tasty and beneficial cranberry. Please pass me a vanilla scone with cranberries, apricots, and pecans. We saw cranberry bogs when we visited Nantucket, they were quite amazing. Wishing you and your beautiful family a blessed and wonderful Thanksgiving 🧡🦃🧡
It’s raining at the beach too, but nice and warm! I will be cooking today to get ready for our feast, I bet you will be too! Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
Oh, those cranberry vanilla scones look divine! For cranberry sauce, we have to have the smooth jellied in a can, or it isn’t Thanksgiving, LOL! I use the leftover cranberry sauce combined with barbecue sauce on leftover turkey for tangy sloppy sandwiches after the holiday.
Thank you Carole! I like your idea of combining BBQ sauce and cranberry sauce, I’ve got to try that!
These all look fabulous Jenna (pinning, thank you!)! Let’s not forget the cranberry cocktails, lol. I’ve enjoyed a couple over the past few days – a Christmas Kiss (amaretto, cranberry juice and vodka with an orange slice/cherry garnish, and a Christmas sangria (sauvignon blanc, cranberry juice and triple sec). Both were really good!
Oh boy, cranberry cocktails! Happy Thanksgiving Rita!
Yum! I want to make them all!
Happy Thanksgiving Dorothy!
Have a wonderful and colorful day Jenna!
These look beyond fabulous, Jenny! I can’t wait to try some of them!
Thanks Jeanie, Happy Thanksgiving!
These cranberry recipes look all so good, but I’m rather intrigued by the use of maple syrup to make a cranberry sauce!
It adds another layer of flavor 🙂
They look mouthwatering. I have never baked a cranberry pie and I really should!
Thank you Angie 🙂
Jenna, these recipes all look yummy, and I can’t wait to try a few. The cranberry chicken is one I’m looking forward to making, Thanks so much for sharing these yummy cranberry recipes with us. I hope you have a most happy and blessed Thanksgiving, sweet friend!
Thank you Shannon, the cranberry chicken is one of my favorites, so easy and so good! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I always pick up a couple of extra bags of cranberries to freeze this time of year! Such a tasty round up, thanks Jenna! Wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving! ♥
What a good idea, I must do that!
Thanksgiving has passed as I read this post, but we still have a package of cranberries in the freezer and lots of holiday time left for baking. You are offering up so many delicious ways to use cranberries!
Thanks Linda, you are smart to keep them on hand, I need to do that~
I love cranberries! I just bought a couple pounds of fresh from the bogs (in the freezer now). So many delicious ways to use them. Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party! Have a fabulous week.
I bet fresh cranberries from the bogs are amazing!
We love cranberries here too and the fresh ones are the best. Jenna, you have pulled together a wonderful collection for cranberry recipes – there is everything from sweet to savory. The cranberry shortbread is making my mouth water… Pinning, of course. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Thank you Kim! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and now I’m in Christmas panic, the calendar pages are flipping so fast!