Among other things, I made a batch of Cranberry & Orange Ginger Mango Chutney which had the added bonus of making my house smell phenomenal.
I had picked up an extra bag of cranberries before Thanksgiving, but never made anything with them before we left for Aruba on December 2.
They’ve been parked in the freezer and taking up valuable space so I used them along with some of the new oranges in a fresh batch of cranberry sauce which is almost no work. Toss things in a saucepan with sugar and let them simmer for a half hour. I can handle that. Skylar adores cranberry chutney and it’s packed with vitamin C.
Being that my little princess is going to be around even more snotty-nosed sick rugrats other children in her new school, I figure the extra does of Vit C can’t hurt. I also baked something with the oranges. Which involved a cream cheese glaze. There’s always a way to fatten up even fruit. Just add butter, cream cheese, and sugar. Smart thinking, right?
And I made something to drink with the oranges. One of my best drinkey-drink recipes in awhile.
Kind of like Peaches & Coconut Cream Smoothie but different enough. Recipe coming soon on the new orange drink.
I’ve definitely gotten my Vitamin C in today. I haven’t had enough chocolate or peanut butter. I’m about to change that with a Nutter Butter Special K Bar (No Bake)
Do you like oranges? Do you make things with them or just eat them plain? I have mango recipes, lemon recipes, apple recipes, and banana recipes in case you need fruit-based recipe ideas. All recipes include pictures with links in those posts. How do you peel your oranges? Knife, peeler, keeping them in sections, wedges, other? I used to peel them carefully with a peeler, keeping the sections in tact, but that’s much slower than just chopping them down the middle with a knife and quickly removing the peel with my knife. Sometimes I’ll make orange wedges and keep the peel the “butt” of the wedge on but I find the family is more likely to eat them if they’re totally peeled and ready to pop in the mouth, sans peel. That’s the one downfall of oranges compared to apples, bananas, or grapes for lunches is that the peeling situation is not as desirable for husbands or little kids who can’t manage to get that orange peel off. That’s when I hear, “Mom, can you help me with this…” Have a great weekend!
