Thanksgiving Super Foods!

Cranberry Berry Healthy Berry Yummy!

By: Killer Chef

Hello, hoping you had a very nice Thanksgiving here a quick recap of what my favorite part was! Hope you like it! Introducing you all. CRANBERRIESSS!!!

Cranberries are glossy and red. They grow on trailing vines in marshes or bogs. The berries are at their pick in Fall and early Winter. Cranberries are a very good source of fiber, as well as vitamin C and other cancer-fighting antioxidants. Eating them regularly may support the immune system, promote digestive and urinary tract health and raise the body’s levels of HDL, otherwise known as good cholesterol. Buy them fresh whenever possible, or fresh frozen. Dried Cranberries are rich in nutrients but often are sweetened to offset their tartness. Choose deeply colored plum berries that feel firm. At home pick on the Cranberries and get rid of any mushy ones, store the rest unwashed and wrapped in plastic and the refrigerator, where they’ll last for up to 2 months. If well sealed in plastic, Cranberries will last for up to a year in the freezer. Try in quick breads, muffins and coffee cakes, or simmered in autumn fruit chutney with apples and pears or in sorbets!


CRANBERRY AND VANILLA BEAN SORBET
1 12- ounce package fresh or frozen cranberries about 3 cups.
2 ½ Cups of water
2 Cups of sugar
½ Teaspoon coarse kosher salt
1 Vanilla bean, split lengthwise
¼ Cup fresh lemon juice
Combine cranberries, 2 ½ cups water, sugar and coarse salt in large pan heavy saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean. Add bean to mixture and bring to boil over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to low; simmer until cranberries pop and are soft, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
Remove vanilla bean from cranberry mixture. Working in batches, puree cranberry mixture in blender. Strain into large bowl; discard solids. Stir in lemon juice. Refrigerate cranberry mixture until well chilled, at least 4 hours or overnight.
Transfer cranberry mixture to ice cream maker and process according to manufacturer’s instructions. Transfer sorbet to container; cover and freeze.
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