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Healthy Cranberry Sauce (No Refined Sugar)

Melissa King 23 Comments

Healthy Cranberry Sauce.  Usually when I think of cranberry sauce, I think of the high sugar, gelatinous brand that comes in the can.

This homemade cranberry sauce is as far from that as it can get.  This  healthy cranberry sauce recipe contains no refined sugars.  I love the tarty and tangy taste and I hope you will too.

 

Healthy Cranberry Sauce

This cranberry sauce recipe contains no processed sugars.  It’s also vegan and gluten free.  Another great thing about this recipe is that it can be frozen.

So you could make a large batch in the winter when cranberries are in season.  Then if you get a craving for some cranberry sauce in the summer, you can have it!   I hope you enjoy.

I used this homemade cranberry sauce as a filling in this muffin recipe too.  So delicious!  You can also use the leftovers to use in thumbprint cookies.

 

Healthy Cranberry Sauce

Healthy Cranberry Sauce

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Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 10 min

Ingredients

  • 1 package cranberries
  • 1 cup diced pineapple
  • 1 T pineapple juice
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1 – 2 tsp orange zest
  • 1 T maple syrup

Instructions

  1. In a magic bullet , blend the pineapple and 1 T pineapple juice until it becomes pureed. 
  2. In a medium saucepan, heat the orange juice, pureed pineapple mixture, orange zest and maple syrup. 
  3. Add the cranberries after a few minutes.
  4. Cook until the cranberries pop and breakdown. (about 10 minutes)
  5. Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl.  The mixture will thicken while it stands.  Serve immediately or refrigerate.  Enjoy!

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Recipe Notes

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Gluten Free Corn Muffins (Vegan Too)

Melissa King 24 Comments

Gluten Free Corn Muffins.  This recipe for gluten free corn muffins is very old.  Originally, it was not gluten free.  I have revamped these corn muffins and made them gluten free as well as vegan.

I’m pretty pleased with the results of these gluten free corn muffins and I hope you are too.

 

gluten free corn muffins

 

This recipe is for a sweet cornbread, but if you like a more savory version, feel free to adapt this recipe.

Gluten Free Corn Muffins

Gluten Free Corn Muffins

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Prep Time 10 min Cook Time 15 min Serves 5 large muffins     adjust servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven 350. 
  2. Mix all the wet ingredients in one medium bowl. 
  3. Mix dry into a large bowl. 
  4. Add the wet to dry and mix just enough to combine. 
  5. Pour batter into muffin pans.  I used jumbo muffin pans and got 5 out of my batch.  You would probably get 12 out of a standard sized muffin pan .
  6. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean. 
  7. Wait until completely cooled before removing from the pans.

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Simple Black Bean Burrito

Melissa King 21 Comments

Growing up in Texas, my husband is a huge fan of Mexican food.  He always gives me a hard time because I am such a wimp when is comes to spicy foods.  We just didn’t eat much spicy food in Boston.  So this dish is a compromise between the two of us.  I am sure my husband will drop a ton of hot sauce on his before eating. 🙂  Hope you like it.

Simple Black Bean Burrito

 

 

Simple Black Bean Burrito

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Ingredients

  • 3 cups black beans
  • 1 cup brown rice
  • 1 yellow bell pepper chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper chopped
  • 1 orange bell pepper chopped
  • 1 cup sliced baby tomoatoes
  • 1 cup frozen corn
  • 1 small shallot diced
  • 2 large cloves of garlic
  • 4 green onion bases (the white part minus the root up until it begins to seperate)
  • 2-3 T light oil (I used safflower)
  • 1 T cumin
  • 2 tsp fajita seasoning
  • salt to taste

Instructions

  1. Cook the rice according to the instructions or in the rice cooker and set aside. 
  2. I only purchase dry beans, so they were soaked over night and then boiled and rinsed to soften before I started.
  3. In a large skillet, heat the oil under medium high eat. 
  4. Put the stalk part of the green onion in the oil and let it sit for about 30 seconds allowing the onion flavor to infuse in the oil.
  5. Next, add the pepper, shallots, and garlic and let cook for another 5 minutes. 
  6. Afterwards add the beans and spices and let cook for about 5 – 7 more minutes stirring often.
  7. Add the rice last, stir, and remove from heat. 
  8. Before serving, add the cold sliced tomatoes with the warm bean mixture.
  9. Wrap up in a whole grain tortilla and enjoy!

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Vegetable Tempeh Mash

Melissa King 7 Comments

I have to confess, this dish was supposed to be tempeh veggie burgers, but I just could not get them to bind up.  So alas, the tempeh vegetable mash was born!  It is really tasty.  Sometimes you have to make a mistake to discover something wonderful. 🙂

I ate this dish as is, but it would go well into a whole wheat hot dog bun too.  Or, you could serve it over some rice or quinoa.

Vegetable Tempeh Mash

Vegetable Tempeh Mash

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Prep Time 15 min Cook Time 20 min

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg tempeh
  • 1/4 -1/2 head green cabbage shredded
  • 1 large carrot shredded
  • 4-5 mushrooms diced
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 T toasted sesame oil
  • 2 T organic soy sauce (I used SanJ)
  • 1 T mirin
  • 1 tsp ume plum vinegar
  • 1/4 cup whole wheat bread crumbs

Instructions

  1. In a large pan, cook the sesame oil, garlic, mushrooms and tempeh until the mushrooms are soft.
  2. After they are softened, add the cabbage and carrot.
  3. After the carrot and cabbage start to soften, add the soy sauce, mirin, ume vinegar and breadcrumbs.
  4. Cook until all flavors are blended. Plate and serve.

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Healthy Vegan Green Bean Casserole

Melissa King 12 Comments

Thanksgiving is that time of year when you stuff yourself silly with all the guilty pleasures.  I am going to try to make healthier versions of all the naughty dishes.  The first one that came to mind was to make a vegan green bean casserole.  Who doesn’t love it in all it’s decadent glory?  The original version is not vegan and contains a lot of unwanted ingredients.  My vegan green bean casserole is much healthier
and just as delicious…

Vegan Green Bean Casserole

I am including a gluten free option in this recipe as well.  So you can save all the calories for dessert. 🙂

What are some other Thanksgiving guilty pleasures?

Healthy Vegan Green Bean Casserole

Healthy Vegan Green Bean Casserole

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Prep Time 20 min Cook Time 25 min

Ingredients

  • 2 cups green beans sliced
  • 3 cups + 1/4 cup vegetable broth
  • 3/4 cup + 4-5 sliced mushrooms
  • 1/2 cup diced onion
  • 1/4 cup almond milk
  • 1 T arrowroot powder
  • 1/2 cup + 2T whole wheat panco bread crumbs (to make this gluten free, just use gluten free breadcrumbs.)
  • 2 T olive oil
  • 2-3 cloves of garlic minced
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350. 
  2. In a large sauce pan , saute 3/4 cup mushrooms, onions and olive oil. 
  3. In another pot, boil the green beans in the 3 cups veggie broth for 10 minutes. 
  4. In a food processor , combine the arrowroot, 1/4 cup milk and 4-5 sliced mushrooms until mixture is fully pureed. 
  5. Once the beans are boiled, drain and add them to the mushroom/onion mixture. 
  6. Add the pureed mushrooms to the pan. 
  7. Now add the salt and breadcrumbs. Stir well.
  8. Place in the oven and bake for  20 minutes. 
  9. Pull it out and sprinkle last 2T breadcrumbs over the top and cook for another 5 minutes.

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