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Name: Cranberry Turkey Salad
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about 8 servings
Ingredients: 3 cups cooked Jennie-O Oven Ready Cajun Style Turkey, diced; 1/4 cup red onion, finely diced; 1/3 cup pecans, roughly chopped; 1/3 cup dried cranberries, roughly chopped; 2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped; 1/2 cup mayo; 1/2 cup sour cream; salt and pepper; 4 croissants, for serving (if desired); leafy greens, for serving (if desired)

Farro Salad with Cranberries, Feta, and Pecans

Oct 21, 2019

Farro Salad with Cranberries, Feta, and Pecans – a great holiday side dish recipe! Farro tossed with dried cranberries, feta cheese, and pecans in a light lemony dressing.

Okay, I know it’s a little early to be thinking about Thanksgiving but I can’t help it. It was freezing last week in Texas and it got me all excited for the holidays and now we’re talking about Thanksgiving side dishes.

If you want an easy, make ahead side dish option, this farro salad is perfect. The cranberries and pecans make it feel holiday-ish but it’s nice and light and healthy!

Or, if you want to just make a batch for your lunches for the week, perfect for that too. Throw some grilled chicken on top to complete the meal!

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No Bake Cheerios Bars

Oct 01, 2018

This post has been sponsored by Randalls. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

No Bake Cheerios Bars – easy no bake bars with Honey Nut Cheerios, peanuts, and dried cranberries coated in peanut butter and marshmallow! Great for lunchboxes!

Hi guys!

Can we talk about the stress of being in charge of team snacks?

I only sign up for weeks waaaay into the season so I have time to see what everyone else brings. I mean, I definitely don’t want to be the mom that shows up with something lame and gets made fun of by a bunch of 12 year old boys for the rest of the season.

My plan right now is to bring a couple batches of these no bake bars made with Honey Nut Cheerios because they’re too delicious for the kids to be mad at!

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Cranberry Turkey Salad

Nov 21, 2016

Cranberry Turkey Salad -turkey, red onion, pecans, and dried cranberries in a creamy dressing and served on croissants. A great way to use leftover Thanksgiving turkey!

Okay, guys.

It’s this week. Days away. Nobody panic but, like, have you gone to the store yet?

Tip: go in the middle of the night if you have to go this week. It’s the only way you’ll survive it.

Have you made your minute by minute timeline of the day?!

JK Do people that don’t live on Pinterest actually do that?

Anyway, I’ve got a no stress turkey option today that you guys are going to love!

I’ve never made a turkey on my own. Ever. I wouldn’t know where to start.

Lucky for me, Jennie-O makes it idiot proof with their Jennie-O Oven Ready Cajun Style Turkey. You literally just remove the outer packaging, slice some slits in the top of the oven bag, and roast it for 4 hours. (How to cook it video here!)

That’s it. No basting. No fuss.

Aaaaand it has a gravy packet that you just pour into a pot and simmer until hot and thick.

They turkey turned out perfectly juicy and the cajun spices were a nice change from the usual turkey. (Pssst, they have a regular turkey, too!) My kids came home from school the day I cooked it and said, “Why does it smell so good in here?!”

The Jennie-O website is where you should head if you need any Thanksgiving help. They’ve got several menus, a thawing calculator (you better do that one today!), and tons of recipes for side dishes!

If you happen to have leftover turkey, lemme suggest you make this uhhhh-mazing Cranberry Turkey Salad. There’s this grocery store in my hometown that makes the best chicken salad with grapes and pecans and, like, sometimes I dream about that chicken salad. So I kind of wanted to do that but switched the chicken for turkey and the grapes for dried cranberries.

It’s so good and even better on a croissant.

True story: was so excited to have an excuse to buy croissants and my evil husky ate the 3 remaining croissants while I was at the gym!

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Yield: about 8 servings

Cranberry Turkey Salad

Prep Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

3 cups cooked Jennie-O Oven Ready Cajun Style Turkey, diced
1/4 cup red onion, finely diced
1/3 cup pecans, roughly chopped
1/3 cup dried cranberries, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup sour cream
salt and pepper
4 croissants, for serving (if desired)
leafy greens, for serving (if desired)

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl, stirring with a rubber spatula. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Serve on croissants with leafy greens if desired.

Bacon Cranberry Baked Brie

Nov 14, 2016

I partnered up with ALDI for this amazingly delicious Bacon Cranberry Baked Brie recipe.

Bacon Cranberry Baked Brie – the perfect holiday appetizer! Brie topped with bacon, dried cranberries, apricot preserves, fresh rosemary and then baked until melty and delicious.

Do you do appetizers at your holiday meals?

You know I’m a big fan of an appetizer and look for any excuse to have one. I’ve been known to be too full for a holiday dinner because I hovered over the cheese board all afternoon.

I feel like a baked brie is the most perfect holiday appetizer. It’s easy, takes just a few minutes in the oven, and who doesn’t love melty cheese with deliciousness on top?

I also have a Maple Pecan Baked Brie recipe that is incredible and the star of every party I’ve made it for.

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Cranberry Almond Broccoli Salad

Nov 14, 2016

Cranberry Almond Broccoli Salad – a lightened up version of the classic! Broccoli, crumbled bacon, almonds, red onion, and dried cranberries in a creamy, tangy dressing. Perfect side dish for a summer party or a holiday dinner!

Heeeey guys, happy Monday! Fresh week! I feel like we all need a fresh start, huh?

Can you believe that Thanksgiving is NEXT WEEK?! I cannot. How did this happen?

I haven’t planned a thing! I have a turkey in my freezer though so I know that’s happening, at least. And I’ll make the dressing that my family always makes because that’s my favorite.

And I’m sure there will be pie. There’s always pie.

Another thing I also always make is broccoli salad. But first, that bowl!

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Cranberry Orange Scones

Mar 05, 2015

Buttery Cranberry Orange Scones make the perfect breakfast! These are every bit as delicious as the ones from your fave coffee shop!

Prepare yourselves, I have a major complaint about the world.

Okay, so, I bought a car two days ago and spent hours filling out forms. Yesterday I spent a good portion of my day filling out rental applications for the move.

And here’s my complaint: it’s 2015. Why am I still filling out all these paper forms?

WHY?!

I did the online application so I could avoid printing and faxing. Why did I then have to go and fill out the same stuff on a piece of paper?!

I run my entire business online. I sign contracts, I fill out tax forms, I do it all online. If you need me to print something and sign it, it’ll take weeks. Weeks. Because I don’t own a printer. And if you need me to fax something… it probably won’t happen. Ever. Is that even a thing? Like, do they still sell fax machines? Why do you even have a fax number?

Get an email address.

I’ll print the form (it may take awhile) and then email it to you. It works, I promise.

Guys, I’ve been living on the internet since I built my first Geocities site in 1996. Complete with lava lamp clip art. I really thought that by this time in my life, I’d literally be able to do everything online.

Sometime between printing all 12 pages of the rental applications and sending them off, I made some scones. Because buttery pastry is the only thing that soothes my soul when I’m aggravated that the world won’t just do what I want it to do.

#onlychildproblems

When I was in the Los Angeles airport last week, the only food places close to my gate were a Carl’s Jr and a coffee place so for lunch I had french fries and a cranberry scone. And it was the worst cranberry orange scone ever. I’ve been wanting a good one ever since and finally made a batch. They’re so good – especially if you warm them up and smear a decent amount of butter on them. Mmm!

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Cranberry Orange Muffins

Oct 29, 2013

I’m obsessed with muffins right now. But I’m also incredibly ~~busy~~ lazy right now so instead of making my own muffins, I’ve been hitting the Starbucks drive-thru (because getting out of the car is too much work) and getting a 500 calorie monster pumpkin muffin whenever the craving strikes. I think I’ve put on 5 pounds of muffin in the last few weeks.

Well the past few days I’ve had the urge to bake! everything! all! day! My oven has been on nonstop and my kids are eating everything faster than I can get it baked.

I made these on Sunday and threatened everyone in the house because THESE WERE FOR MONDAY’S BREAKFAST and no one was allowed to eat any. And then I ate 3 for dinner and I couldn’t really get mad at anyone else.

I think 5 muffins made it to breakfast.

They are so good, so soft, and they didn’t require me to make the 10 foot frigid walk to my car to hit Starbucks.

One year ago: Monster Munch
Two years ago: Southern Comfort Apple Pie
Three years ago: Falafel
Four years ago: Pomegranate Butter Chicken

Cranberry Orange Muffins

from Food Network

Servings: 15 muffins

Ingredients

1 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs at room temperature
1/2 cup milk

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
Put the cranberries and orange juice in a small saucepan, and bring just to a simmer over medium heat. Remove berries from the heat, and set aside to cool and plump. Drain off any excess liquid and set aside.
Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a mixing bowl and set aside.
In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter, orange zest, and 2/3 cup sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Fold the flour in 3 parts into the butter mixture, alternating with the milk in 2 parts, until just combined. Fold in the cranberries. Do not over mix. Divide the batter evenly into the muffin tin.
Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes. Cool muffins in the pan on a rack.
Repeat with remaining batter.

Chicken with Cranberry Mustard Sauce

May 01, 2012

Chicken with Cranberry Mustard Sauce – easy sauteed chicken with a delicious sweet and spicy cranberry mustard sauce! A kid favorite!

I have been avoiding the grocery store.

I normally love grocery shopping but I just haven’t felt like going lately.

So that means we’re eating some interesting combinations these days.

The other night I put a can of diced tomatoes in the blender with some Italian seasoning and called it pizza sauce.

It went on tortillas with kielbasa and Parmesan. (My kids loved it. Weirdos.)

Chicken with Cranberry Mustard Sauce!

I have been wanting to try this chicken recipe for awhile now but was worried the kids would hate it. The dwindling pantry stash, though, finally forced me to give it a try.

I know it sounds weird. Dried cranberries on chicken? With mustard?! But I swear it’s amazing. My pickiest kid went back for seconds and thirds! The spice of the mustard really cuts through the sweetness of the cranberries and vice versa. It all just works together perfectly!

(I had PB&J on a tortilla last night. Guess who’s going to buy groceries real soon.)

Chicken with Cranberry Mustard Sauce

adapted from Ocean Spray

Ingredients

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, sliced into strips
Salt and pepper
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon oil
2/3 cup dry white wine
2/3 cup chicken broth
3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1½ teaspoons cornstarch
1½ tablespoons water
½ cup dried cranberries
¼ cup sliced green onions

Instructions

Heat butter and oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season both sides of the chicken strips with salt and pepper. Add the chicken to the hot butter and oil; cook about 2 minutes on each side, or until chicken is golden brown on each side and cooked through. Remove to a platter; keep warm.
Add wine to the hot skillet, stir to scrape up the browned bits on the bottom of the pan. Allow the wine to boil until it's reduced by about half. Add chicken broth and mustard to the skillet and whisk to combine.
In a small bowl, whisk cornstarch and water; stir into skillet. Add dried cranberries. Boil 1 to 2 minutes or until sauce thickens.
To serve, spoon sauce over the cooked chicken and top with green onions.

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Pear-Cranberry Pie with Oatmeal Streusel

Dec 07, 2009

I know, I know, more cranberries. I just can’t help myself though! The combination of pears and cranberries was too good to pass up.

The pie was very simple and would be perfect on any holiday dessert buffet. The oatmeal streusel topping is a nice change from a double crust fruit pie. The brown sugar and ginger (I know, I hate ginger but a little powdered ginger doesn’t bother me too much) in the topping was a perfect match with the pears and cranberries.

One thing though, if I was to make this again, I’d cook the pears with the cranberries. They were a little too crunchy for me but it could’ve been that my pears just weren’t ripe enough. Also, I used fresh cranberries in the pie but I’m sure dried would be fine. I would just use more water and less sugar.

Pear-Cranberry Pie with Oatmeal Streusel

Ingredients

For the pie:

1/2 cup water
1/2 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup cranberries
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
6 peeled Anjou pears cored and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices (about 3 pounds)
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
your favorite single pie crust recipe or a refrigerated one!
Cooking spray

For the streusel:

1/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
2 tablespoons apple juice
1 cup old-fashioned oats
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Position oven rack to lowest third of oven. Preheat oven to 400Â°.
To prepare pie, combine 1/2 cup water and granulated sugar in a small saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Add cranberries; return to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 10 minutes or until liquid is reduced to 2 tablespoons. Remove from heat; cool.
Combine lemon juice and pears in a large bowl; toss. Weigh or lightly spoon 1/4 cup flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine 1/4 cup flour and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Add flour mixture to pear mixture; toss to coat. Stir in cranberry mixture.
Fit pie crust into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Fold edges under; flute. Spoon pear mixture into prepared crust.
To prepare streusel, weigh or lightly spoon 1/3 cup flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine butter and apple juice in a bowl, stirring well. Add flour, oats, and remaining ingredients; toss. Sprinkle oat mixture over pear mixture. Cover pie loosely with foil; place pie plate on a baking sheet. Bake, covered, in the lower third of oven at 400Â° for 1 hour. Uncover; bake 15 minutes or until browned. Cool on a wire rack 1 hour.

Cranberry Bliss Bars

Dec 01, 2009

I’m kicking off December with 25 days of holiday treats! Expect cookies, candy, cakes, and so much more!

And for the big kickoff, here’s one of my all-time favorite holidays treats. I worked at Starbucks many years ago and their Cranberry Bliss Bar was always my favorite holiday pastry. This is almost exactly like the Cranberry Bliss but (should I even say it?) better!

The base is kind of a hybrid cake/cookie with cranberries and white chocolate chunks mixed in. And then the topping is pretty much a cream cheese frosting with chopped dried cranberries sprinkled over top.

So delicious and rich enough that you only need one to satisfy your sweet craving.

Cranberry Bliss Bars

from Mennonite Girls Can Cook

Ingredients

For the cake:

1 cup butter softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup dried cranberries
6 oz. white chocolate cut into chunks

For the frosting:

4 oz. cream cheese softened
3 cups powdered sugar
4 teaspoons lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup dried cranberries

For the drizzled icing:

1/2 cup icing sugar
1 Tablespoon milk
2 teaspoons vegetable shortening

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.
Make cake by beating butter and sugar together until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, ginger and salt and beat well. Gradually mix in flour until smooth. Dice cranberries.
Add 3/4 cup cranberries and white chocolate chunks to batter and fold in. Pour batter into a well-greased 9 x 13 baking pan, spread evenly. Bake for 35 minutes or until cake is lightly browned on the edges. Allow to cool.
Make frosting by combining cream cheese, icing sugar, lemon juice and vanilla in a medium bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Frost cooled cake, using spatula to spread evenly
Sprinkle 1/4 cup diced cranberries over freshly frosted cake
Whisk together 1/2 cup icing sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, and shortening. Drizzle icing over cranberries.
Chill cake in refrigerator for several hours before slicing. Serve cold.

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