Here is what we took to my aunt's for Thanksgiving dinner: a homemade cranberry sauce, a homemade cranberry-apple-raisin crisp and 2 bottles of wine "($3 buck Chuck" as it is affectionately called around these parts!!).
The cranberry sauce was a new recipe this year and I am definitely going back to a former recipe for the future. This one was a bit too tart. I even tweaked it with walnuts for the crunch appeal!!! The better recipe (from Eating Well) calls for walnuts and dried cherries and has a much better flavor and consistency.
The cranberry-apple-raisin crisp is scrumptious!!! It comes from Food & Wine magazine. So glad I gave it a shot and it turned out so tasty! Perfect combination of tart and sweet! (Sort of like me!!! HA!)
The wines were a Shiraz and White Zin. The White Zin was a gift for my aunt and the Shiraz was to share. We grabbed these during our Trader Joe's shopping trip. Haven't had either one previously, so it will be fun to see how they compare to others. We have blindly bought a couple bottles of other wines from Trader Joe's and weren't disappointed. We actually didn't crack open either one at dinner... my aunt had a White Merlot ready for us! We'll have to enjoy them for Christmas.
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break!! For those of you who are die-hard shoppers, I hope you got most of your deals on Black Friday (and are able to finish up today, Cyber Monday)!
Back to the ol' grind today, but I am looking forward to getting back to my regular routine, ya know??
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