Mandarin & Cranberry Relish

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Friday afternoon, a heavy box brimming with satsuma mandarins courtesy of Chaffin Family Orchards greeted me at the post office.     I’d anticipated their arrival all week – eager for something fresh and vibrant after a month when no other fresh fruit was available from our CSA but for apples.   These beautiful mandarins [...]

Molasses & Cranberry Cinnamon Rolls

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There is nothing quite like a warm cinnamon roll and a hot mug of tea on a cool Saturday morning. We love them – especially my husband and my son who crave them with a passion – but we could do without the mounds of refined flour, hydrogenated fats and white sugar that plague breakfast [...]

Cranberry Masa Muffins

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  My answer to classic cornbread, these muffins make use of masa.   Masa is traditionally used to make corn tortillas and tamales; however, it can be used in place of cornmeal for an added nutritional punch.   Masa is produced through a process called nixtamalization.   In this traditional process, corn is treated with [...]

Cranberry Sauce with Agave Nectar

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  Cranberry sauce is, perhaps, my favorite holiday treat. I love its sourness. I also really like the way the berries pop under the heat of cooking. We’ve relegated white sugar to no man’s land in our kitchen “except for brewing kombuchaa” so I’m always looking for a good sweetener for those rare times we [...]