Two reasons not to get your cranberry sauce out of a can.
1. It might contain Bisphenol A - Other wise known as BPA – which is a known carcinogen that has been proven to cause birth defects, cancers, and neurological disorders. This substance isn’t banned in the United States – but is in Canada. We must speak up by voting with our dollars. We should only support companies that eliminate BPA from their can production so government supported BIG FOOD companies will realize we won’t stand for this SHIT!
2. It will most definitely contain too much sugar and probably the worst kind of sugar that is man made, genetically modified and toxic to your body. The majority of canned cranberry products contain – GMO sugar beets, GMO high fructose corn syrup, GMO corn syrup, etc. Just check out the label for Ocean Spray Jellied or Sauce (it’s the same for both).
Ingredients: Cranberries, high fructose corn syrup, water, corn syrup
Ok enough said …
So what am I going to put cranberry sauce on this Thanksgiving? Turkey, of course. I plan on making
Alton Brown’s Recipe with one exception – I won’t be using a microwave to warm up the aromatics and all of my ingredients will be organic of course. If you have never used this recipe before – I really believe it is one of the absolute best and my family enjoys this delicious, juicy, organic bird year after year with no complaints – which is a BIG DEAL! 
- 21 ounces or 3 cartons of cranberries cleaned and drained
- 1 and ½ cup fresh orange juice
- 1 and ½ tsp orange zest
- 1 and ½ tsp fresh ginger
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¾ cup honey
- 1 cup fresh pineapple diced small
- Bring orange juice, orange zest, ginger, and cinnamon to a boil in a large bot
- Add cranberries to mixture, reduce heat and cook 10 mins
- Add pineapple and honey, mix to combine and remove from heat
- Serve immediately or allow to cool before storing for later use
Hope you enjoy this flavorful & delicious cranberry sauce – your health will thank you for it!
If you have any questions or comments – you know where to find me! Please leave a comment here or on my Facebook Wall!
XOXO,
Food Babe
The color looks gorgeous! We can’t wait to try!
Mom
Looks so darn good. nom nom nom~~you are simply awesome.
If you can’t find fresh cranberries can you use frozen?
Of course – just let them thaw out a little bit before cooking them! Good Luck!
My mom sent me to your blog to get this recipe. She said, “Mandev, go to Vani’s blog and print her cranberry sauce recipe”
We made this for Thanksgiving and it was awesome. She’s making it for our Xmas dinner at Aman’s house.
I have to agree- cranberry sauce is so easy to make from scratch and SO much better than the canned version. I’ll have to try this recipe- it looks yummy!
(p.s. thanks for pointing me to your blog at the grocery store today!)
Yes – Like night and day
Thanks for stopping by Sarah!
My boyfriend asked if there was organic canned cranberry sauce. i said no, but food babe must have the recipe. And you do thank you!!!!how about gravy?
My daughter, Addie, sent me to your website. I’m glad she did-you have very delicious and passionate recipes. I’m wondering if the cranberry sauce will stay preserved for longer than a week? We would like to keep the sauce for Christmas as well, since both children and friends will be with us in Oregon. I would also like your thoughts on the traditional gravy recipe from the drippings of our organic turkey!
I used mine for about 2 weeks when kept in the fridge – it will probably last longer honestly though. The sugar and citrus preserve it pretty well – make 2 jars – one unopened until xmas and you should be fine. Also – try out Alton Brown’s recipe for gravy dripping recipe… delicious!
I just made this…it is delicious! It will be a test of my willpower to not nibble away at it before I host Thanksgiving. Thank you for helping us eat right and provide wholesome, delicious food for our loved ones.
just had to comment, I just made this recipe tonight (one less thing to do on thursday) and I only did a 1/3 of it – since there are only two of us this year- and it is Amazing!! neither my boyfriend or I really like cranberry sauce, but it felt like a sin not to make it… I was so glad when I found this recipe without refined sugar and now I think I actually like cranberry sauce!!
I would recommend this recipe to anyone & everyone, it is delicious!!
I made this for Thanksgiving – it is amazing! I will never buy in a can again – & w/ cranberries on sale right now, it’s cheaper than from a can too! I made it one day ahead. I will caution, though, it seemed to get a tad more tart in the fridge (as in, today it was more tart than at T-giving). Thanks much for the awesome recipe.