Whether you buy it or make it, call it cranberry sauce or relish, no holiday meal is complete without some. This healthy homemade recipe is fat-free, low-calorie, and packed with antioxidants, for a tangy sweet twist to your traditional cranberry sauce. It's best made in advance to let flavors blend. Make plenty of it, and serve over your favorite vegan ice cream, "cheese"cake, as a side dish with dinner, or over oatmeal in the morning.

Ingredients:

1 cup fresh organic cranberries
1 cup fresh organic blueberries
1 cup fresh orange juice
1 Tbs. orange zest
¾ cup organic sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
2. Cook until the sugar dissolves and the berries soften, for about 15-20 minutes.
3. Remove from heat, cover and chill.

Find this and other vegan holiday recipes, visit Vegetarian.About.com!

 

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Cranberries have been utilized medicinally for hundreds of years, and more recently have demonstrated a broad array of health benefits in a number of research studies. Consumption of cranberry juice has been associated with prevention of urinary tract infections, and several well-designed clinical studies have confirmed this association. For years, the preventative effects of cranberries were assumed to be due to the acidity of the fruit; however the majority of clinical studies reveal other active compounds present in the berry.

More than twenty acclaimed researchers presented the results of their latest studies on the positive effects of berries on human health at the 2009 Berry Health Benefits Symposium. Dr. Amy Howell and researchers from Rutgers University presented their findings, "Bacterial Anti-adhesion Activity of Cranberry Proanthocyanidins," demonstrating compounds in cranberries associated with preventing bacterial adhesion in the urinary tract, stomach, and oral cavity.

To read the full article, visit www.BerryHealth.org!

Millions of people across the U.S. recently celebrated a Gentle Thanksgiving, choosing compassionate alternatives to the turkey centerpiece. For the past 16 years, the Triangle Vegetarian Society (TVS) has coordinated an annual public Gentle Thanksgiving feast. Attracting 600 dinner guests, the event is the country’s largest vegetarian Thanksgiving celebration.

This Thanksgiving, attendees enjoyed delicious dishes including lentil wild rice cakes, roasted garlic olive oil mashed potatoes with chives, gravy, apple-pecan stuffing and fresh raspberry-cranberry relish, macadamia nut blackened Cajun tempeh, roasted squash and pumpkin soup, and more! The festivities continued beyond the amazing meal with a raffle of fun prizes.

Find out more about the celebration at www.TriangleVegSociety.org!

 

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