Well, I’ll admit I have been kind of lax on the posting this week for Vegan MoFo, but here is a great recipe that I’ll be doing next week for Thanksgiving. We really like having this salad instead of your average cranberry sauce. It’s sweetened with apple juice, so it doesn’t have refined sugars, either.
Holiday Cranberry Salad
- 1/2 cup nuts, chopped
- 2 cups raw cranberries
- 2 red apples
- Juice of 1 orange
- 1 12-ounce can of apple juice concentrate (or apple raspberry or other reddish colored juice if you’d like some great color!)
- 2 T. agar flakes or 1 t. agar powder
Grind raw cranberries in food processor until they are in very small pieces. Next, shred apples in the food processor, and drizzle the juice of 1 orange over them to keep them from discoloring.
Mix the cranberries, nuts, and apples together in a bowl.
Bring the apple juice concentrate to a boil and add agar. Stir to dissolve, and cook on a hard boil for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Pour liquid over the cranberry/ apple mixture, and pour into a fancy bowl. Let set overnight.
Enjoy the next day!
My mother-in-law makes something very similar for fall and winter holidays! She used to make it using something not vegan, but now she just leaves that out. It’s so light and fresh, I love it next to the heavier dishes.