Orange Cranberry Sauce

Thanksgiving dinner is in-complete if you do not have the cranberry sauce. My favorite part of the dinner is the cranberry sauce and the stuffing. Combining the salt, the sweet , the tart and the sour flavors is just amazing. Mmmm...making my mouth water just thinking about all the amazing flavors.

But the cranberry sauce straight from the can is so very boring. So I have been using the most amazing recipe ever since I started making thanksgiving dinners. It is super delicious. And you have to try it to believe it.

Orange Cranberry Sauce (Cranberry sauce jazzed up with citrus flavors)

Orange Cranberry sauce

Ingredients:

1. 1 can cranberry sauce with whole berries
2. 2 teaspoons or less sugar (depending on how sweet you like you sauce)
3. 1/2 cup juice freshly squeezed orange juice
4. 1 teaspoon orange rind

Bring to boil all the ingredients in a saucepan. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Let it cool before serving

zappy English Pea Salad

Today this is one of my side dishes for the turkey day. It turned out to be super delicious with some zapp to it

Zappy English pea salad 

English Pea Salad

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup frozen peas thawed or canned peas drained
2. 1 hard-boiled eggs, whites chopped and yolks crumbled
3.  1/4 cup red or yellow or any other color bell pepper, finely chopped
4. 2 ounce(s) (1/2 cup) Cheddar cheese, shredded
5. 2 teaspoons each of  mayonnaise and sour cream
6. 1 teaspoon dried basil
7. 1-2 tablespoon(s) finely chopped red onion
8. 2 teaspoon(s) chopped pimiento
9. 1 teaspoon(s) apple-cider vinegar
10. 1 teaspoon(s) sugar
11. 1 teaspoon(s) soul-food seasoning or seasoned salt
12. 1 teaspoon(s) granulated garlic
13. 1 teaspoon Boar's head mustard with white wine (I love this one) (If you don't have it, use any mustard but not the regular yellow mustard) (or just skip it)

Mix all the ingredients together except the peas. Stir in the peas and mix to combine. Leave it in the fridge for atleast 2 hours. Leave it on the counter for about 30 minutes before serving and serve at room temperature.