I love Elana’s Pantry!
I do NOT love agave (more on that another time), which is heavily employed in many of her recipes. Her recipes are a great springboard, however, although some recipes-with-agave are harder to adapt than others.
We’ve used her recipe for Raw Cranberry Sauce for several major holiday meals now and really like it.
If you need a good GF/SF recipe for cranberry sauce, you should check it out! (Note: it does call for dates, which I try to use sparingly. Therefore, I usually substitute Vanilla Creme Liquid Stevia, to taste)*. It also calls for fresh cranberries, one orange and one lemon.
*Update: Since then, I’ve loosened my standards a bit 🙂 and am totally fine with the dates now. In fact, this year (2013) I added more dates to take the edge off the tartness.
And by the way, my sauce pictured above was made in the Vitamix. Pre-chopping the dates and making the sauce in a food processor should yield a more chunky sauce, if that’s what you’re after.
Looks like Elana is also currently highlighting a variety of Thanksgiving-ish recipes….let me know if you try any of them!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Kathleen Henderson is the Yankee behind the Homestead, where she keeps up with Mr. Native Texan, three busy boys, a large dog, an assortment of chickens and an organic garden on three beautiful acres in Northern Virginia. Yankee Homestead is where she organizes her tips, tricks and resources for a healthy life. Favorite topics include real food recipes, gluten-free living, essential oils and home remedies, all things natural and nontoxic, plus mommy musings and homeschooling resources. Find out more on the About page
