Cranberry Sauce/thanksgiving

[gfmelissa]

hey- is cranberry sauce (from the can) generally gluten free? Also does anyone have a good stuffing recipe for thanksgiving?

Thanks, Melissa

[tarnalberry]

Check the ingredients, or make you're own! It's easy, and tasty! (I do cranberries, orange juice to cover, 3/4 to 1 1/2 cup sugar, and simmer 'til thick - 2-3 hours.)

[Sharon C.]

Hi-

I make mine, too, before my son was even diagnosed. It's so easy. Tarnalberry's rescipe sounds great, but there's a fast easy way, too. Ocean Spray has the recipe right on the bag of cranberries. One cup water, one cup sugar, stir until boiling. Add bag of cranberries when the water and sugar boil. Lower flame, stir occasionally. This dish is ready in like 10 minutes and tastes much like the stuff you buy in a can ony is fresh and warm.

Another is the butternut squash. Cut in half, pull out pits. Fill casserole dish with 2 inches of water. Put in halves of squash face down (so you see outside of sqash.). Bake 45 minutes or until tender. Take out. In bowl, melt some butter. Add in brown sugar until it's how you like it. Mix. Drain water out of squash dish, turn them over so you are looking at the insides. Drizzle the butter/brown sugar mixture over the squash, bake another 10 minutes. Mmmm- perfect for thanksgiving.

[lovegrov]

All I've ever seen have been gluten-free.

richard

[kactuskandee]

I'm pretty sure the canned stuff is gluten-free but just started making my own too, since I also have IBS and am SUPER sensitive to HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) and it's in so many things.

The homemade is soooo easy and soooo much better..(using any of the above mentioned recipes). I even froze the leftover sauce in little individual containers since I'm the only one that eats it. It was just as good when defrosted.

Kandee

[granny]

I even froze the leftover sauce in little individual containers since I'm the only one that eats it. It was just as good when defrosted.

Kandee

Thanks for the tip on freezing the leftover cranberry sauce. I love the stuff but, like you, am the only one who eats it. granny

[kactuskandee]

You're very welcome Granny....

Since I've come to love the homemade stuff so well, I'm either going to make up a ton of the stuff and freeze, (thank goodness for those little 1/2 cup plastic containers by Glad and Ziplock) or freeze a lot of the whole berries to have throughout the year.

Happy Holidays,

Kandee