Homemade (Super-Easy) Cranberry Sauce with Tangerine Essential Oil Recipe for the Holidays

November 18, 2009 in Cooking with Essential Oils, Essential Oils, Family Health, How do I use, Make My Own, Nutrition / Diet, Recipes, Thanksgiving, Therapeutic-grade Essential Oil, Young Living Essential Oils by Evelyn Vincent | No comments

If you have never made your own cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving or Christmas you will enjoy this super easy and absolutely delicious recipe. After making your own and seeing how easy it is you will never buy or serve that yucky junk in a can again!

Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Tangerine Essential Oil

1 1/2 cups organic natural sugar (or 1/2 cup Young Living Agave)
1-1/2 cups water
16 oz package organic cranberries
1-2 drops Young Living Tangerine Essential Oil (add one drop at a time and taste) – if you prefer Lemon (tips)or Orange essential oil go ahead and substitute it for the Tangerine.
Optional: you can also add a grated apple to the recipe

Heat sugar (or Agave) & water to boiling over medium high heat. Add cranberries, and return to boiling. Reduce heat to low and cover and simmer for 7 minutes or until cranberries pop. Let mixture cool, then add Young Living Tangerine essential oil to taste, refrigerate for 2 or more hours, serve. Yum!

About Tangerine Essential Oil

Tangerine (Citrus reticulata) is a calming essential oil with a sweet, tangy aroma, similar to orange. It helps with occasional nervous irritability. An excellent oil to help uplift the spirit and bring about a sense of security, tangerine is also rich in the powerful antioxidant d-limonene. Tangerine may also be used to enhance the flavor of food only if it is superior quality (therapeutic-grade) and states on the label it is safe for dietary use. Young Living Tangerine oil is food-grade quality and can be used in cooking and as a dietary supplement.

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5 Reasons to eat Cranberries Year-round – The Ultimate Health Superfood

By Dr. Michael Roizen and Dr. Oz

Source: Oprah.com

What can be dished up tart or sweet and melds with turkey and trail mix as easily as bread and sauces? Cranberries. And they’re so good for you, why limit them to holiday fare? Here are five reasons to eat them year-round:

They’re antioxidant all-stars.
Cranberries have more of these disease-fighters than do apples, red grapes, strawberries, oranges, bananas, pears, grapefruit, pineapples and peaches! And the antioxidant roster includes powerful resveratrol, the heart protector in red wine, which is now being tested against breast, skin, prostate and liver cancer.

They keep your ticker, well, ticking.
Cranberries pack a triple whammy: They’re chock-full of antioxidants, anti-inflammatories and anticlotting agents, a combo that helps prevent fats and cholesterol from sticking to artery walls and seems to lower bad LDL cholesterol and boost good HDL cholesterol.

They protect your pearly whites.
Compounds in cranberry juice appear to reduce decay-causing mouth bacteria and dissolve clusters of unhealthy germs. Just be sure to buy sugar-free juice or rinse well with water afterward. Do the same with any sweetened drink.

They ward off ulcers and upset tummies.
Cranberry compounds and bad bacteria loathe each other, which is a good thing. Scientists suspect that the berries keep ulcer-causing H. pylori bugs from hanging around the stomach and flush other harmful bacteria out of your digestive system.

They fight infections “down there.”
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are responsible for 8.3 million doctor visits each year. That’s a lot of waiting-room discomfort. But drinking cranberry juice significantly cuts the rate of UTIs and may even cure those that are already under way. The antioxidants-in this case proanthocyanidins-keep the pesky bacteria at bay.

No wonder these merry berries have become must-adds for health-conscious, age-fighting home cooks. Getting the right amount of antioxidants through diet or supplements can make your RealAge as much as six years younger.

For Oprah, the cold-fighting concoction of choice is the juice of freshly crushed cranberries.

Cranberries are rich in health-boosting antioxidants, including vitamin C and flavonoids (which can act as anti-inflammatories). And fresh cranberry juice offers all its nutrient content with none of the high-fructose corn syrup and other additives found in many store-bought brands.

You can buy fresh cranberries at local markets from October through December. The berries freeze well, so you can thaw them for juicing throughout the year.