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Sugar-Free Blood Orange Cranberry Sauce

This is THE cranberry sauce recipe that Dee makes for Thanksgiving Day.  Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!

Ingredients

  • 1 12-ounce bag fresh cranberries (3 cups)
  • 1 ⁄2 cup water
  • 2 blood oranges or navel oranges divided (peel 1 orange and cut into small bite-size pieces; juice and zest the other orange)
  • 1 teaspoon liquid stevia extract or more to taste (orange-flavored stevia works great here)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

Instructions

  1. Place the cranberries and water in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil until the cranberries start to “pop,” then reduce the heat to low, add the juice from one orange, cinnamon and cloves, and simmer gently for about 10 to 15 minutes, allowing the mixture to thicken.
  2. Remove from the heat and add the stevia, orange pieces, and zest. Stir to mix.
  3. Cool to room temperature. Cranberry sauce will thicken even more when chilled.
  4. Refrigerate any leftovers for up to 4 days.

Recipe Notes

Note: The stevia can be replaced with 1 cup coconut nectar.

Dee McCaffrey, DCN, MS
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Dee McCaffrey is an organic chemist turned nutritionist and weight loss expert. She is an internationally acclaimed author who lost 100 pounds and has kept the weight off for over three decades. Dee frequently conducts nutrition lectures and cooking classes at venues throughout the United States. She has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows throughout the U.S. including National Public Radio (WNPR), The Doctors, Better TV, The List, and The Dr. Steve Show. Dee and her husband Michael McCaffrey are the founders of Processed-Free America, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing a global awareness of the effect processed foods have on our health, and the healing properties of natural whole foods. In addition to her published books, Dee has developed an award-winning nutrition curriculum for children, and a certification program for adults to who want to teach the Processed-Free lifestyle to people in their communities. Dee holds a doctoral degree in Human Clinical Nutrition and Integrative Health, and is an adjunct faculty member at several colleges. She a professional member of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals (NANP), The American Nutrition Association (ANA) and the American Association of Nutritional Consultants (AANC). She lives in Tempe, Arizona with her husband and two cats.