by Seeking Joyful Simplicity 5 Comments
Want a truly unique addition to your holiday meal this year? This hibiscus cranberry sauce is beautiful, delicious, and good for you. A fun and unique way to add herbs to your diet is to include them in your recipes. This herbal cranberry sauce is delicious and beautiful. Let the combination of sweet and tart flavors compliment your holiday meals.
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Herbal Cranberry Sauce
Hibiscus sabradiffa, or Roselle, is a beautiful flowering plant that is cultivated world-wide and used for cooking, making beverages, and for it’s medicinal value and the stunning color it adds to foods and beverages. Roselle has become one of my favorite herbs to grow and use, and I encourage you to consider adding it to your home garden and apothecary.
Hibiscus Cranberry Sauce –pdf easy print recipe
This hibiscus side dish recipe is easy to make. If you need dried Hibiscus flowers, you can order them online. Frontier Hibiscus Flowers Cut and Sifted Organic, 1 Pound
Ingredients
1/3 cup of Hibiscus flowers dried and in a muslin or cheesecloth bag
Bag of cranberries, fresh or frozen (10-12 ounces)
1/3 – 1/2 cup water
1/2 cup of sugar, or more to balance the tart and sweet to your liking
1 Tablespoon lime juice
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon powder
Directions
In a saucepan, place the bag with the Hibiscus, add the cranberries, water, sugar, and lime juice. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Once the cranberries begin to soften, there will be more liquid. Bring to a boil for 15 minutes and stir as it thickens.
Allow to cool and discard the bag of Hibiscus. Add the cinnamon and chill until ready to serve.
Health Benefits of this recipe:
Cranberries are high in vitamin C and antioxidants. A small serving is packed with beneficial phytochemicalswhich studies suggest are anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and linked to reduced urinary tract infections.
Adding Hibiscus offers the following benefits:
- Powerful Antioxidants
- May slow the release of glucose into the blood stream after a meal
- Strong Anti-inflammatory
- Antimicrobial – bacteria, fungus, and virus
- Anticancer
- Reduce risk and complication of cardiovascular disease
But really, the best reason to enjoy Hibiscus Cranberry Sauce? It makes a beautiful side dish to your holiday meal and the combination of tart and sweet flavors compliments anymain course.
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Twin Pickle saysWhat an idea! I love hibiscus but don’t find many recipes with it. We have a plant in the garden so am always on the look out! #LetsGetRealSocial
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- Seeking Joyful Simplicity says
I hope you give it a try, it is delicious!
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- Jennifer says
I love cranberry sauce and love the idea of adding hibiscus. I am looking forward to trying this recipe. I will have to make two versions this year but I often make two batches. A long while ago I started making the sauce my mother-in-law makes which adds the juice of one orange in place of some water plus all the peel zested.
I am an introvert too. The holidays used to be overwhelming but my husband and I decided long ago to spend the winter holidays at home with our children instead of traveling. We have other holiday traditions we share with the grandparents outside of the actual day that are smaller and more intimate but still create long-lasting memories. We also live far from both sets of grandparents. I know this is not a solution for many people but it has worked for us.
Every year I vow to start the holiday shopping and preparation earlier so I can have the downtime I need in December to enjoy the festivities. This year I started Nov. 1st and plan to have all the shopping done by Thanksgiving except for odds and ends. I am hoping to have most of the wrapping done too. Then I can enjoy the holiday season and focus on baking and crafts with my children. We also like to bake and make crafts for special people in our lives to show our appreciation for them.
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- Seeking Joyful Simplicity says
I hope you enjoy this sauce Jennifer. There are so many different ways to make cranberry sauce, every year I want to try something new, but at the same time, I like to make it the way my mom used to, so yeah, two versions!
I like that you have traditions that work for both you and the grandparents on both sides. Small and intimate sounds nice. And of course, things will change for us again once our children start their families (not ready to think about that just yet, although I know it will happen some day!)
I’m usually good about getting holiday shopping done ahead of time, but not so much this year. Your comment has motivated me though – it would be nice to be mostly done by the end of November, and then have all of December to enjoy. Homemade gifts are nice – I enjoy giving them and receiving them myself. I think I will go start my list…thanks so much for your comment, and have a great weekend!
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