This Healthy Cranberry Sauce is made with fresh cranberries and sweetened with fruit and a low glycemic, natural sugar. It still retains the tart but vibrant taste of the cranberries in a naturally sweet way!
Outside of Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, there's a super fun way to eat your cranberry sauce: in these Thanksgiving Egg Rolls! They're a great way to use up your leftovers!
Why You'll Love this Recipe
- It's free from refined sugars!
- It uses fresh fruit.
- It has a nice chunky consistency, not the weird canned stuff.
Healthy Cranberry Sauce Ingredients
- Cranberries
- Apples
- Coconut Sugar
- Cinnamon
- Ginger
See recipe card for quantities.
Swaps or Substitutions
- Use pears in place of the apples.
- You can swap brown sugar for the coconut sugar! Just note that it is not paleo, as many of my recipes are.
- You can use frozen cranberries in place of fresh ones, just note that you'll need to cook them a bit longer!
How to Make Healthy Cranberry Sauce
Sauté the cranberries and apples over medium heat, stirring frequently and add the water slowly.
When it's softened, add the sugar and spices and mash with a potato masher.
Serve as a side dish or as one of the uses below!
Uses for Paleo Cranberry Sauce
- Thanksgiving Egg Rolls: My favorite combo is cranberry sauce, turkey, mashed potatoes, and butternut squash.
- Thanksgiving wraps and grinders can also be fun! Layer some of this cranberry sauce on before adding your sliced turkey, stuffing, and mayo!
- Spread on burgers.
- Make Thanksgiving Poutine!
- Spread it on Thanksgiving quesadillas!
- Served on or with pork chops (instead of applesauce).
Tools Needed
- Peeler (for the apples)
- Saucepan
- Wooden Spoon
FAQ's
I've made this with a homemade date paste. While it does add some sweetness, it's overall still very tart. You could try sweetening with maple syrup instead of sugar.
Yes, this recipe can be made ahead of time! Store it in the fridge in an airtight container for up to three days.
Healthy Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients
- 12 oz bag of cranberries
- 4 apples or pears peeled and diced
- 4 tablespoon water
- ¾ cup coconut sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder
- ¼ teaspoon ginger powder
Instructions
- Over medium heat, mix the cranberries and apples or pears. Stir frequently, and add the water.
- Once softened, add the sugar and spices then mash with a potato masher.
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