It's that time of year...Thanksgiving is here and that means delicious, comforting, and HEAVY food.
Even though I try to eat MAINLY whole, unprocessed foods, I totally enjoy the holidays without any guilt. Moderation is the the key to staying happy around food in general. But especially around big, family meals, I do look for ways to make the Less-Than-Healthy dishes a little less naughty.
We eat way more sugar around Thanksgiving and the holidays than we eat the rest of the year. But for things like cranberry sauce, you want to make sure it still tastes delicious and sweet, even without all the processed white stuff! My girls and I played around with the recipe on the back of the cranberry package and came up with a delicious, reduced-sugar cranberry sauce recipe.
Since cranberry sauce can be a little too tart for the kiddos, we followed advice from my aunt to add in cherry juice and a bit of orange juice. The original recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar, so we tried reducing to 1/2 the sugar (1/2 cup) and adding in cherry juice to still give some sweetness and cut the tart flavor.
This recipe is super easy to make and it&