Cranberry Salad

This Cranberry Salad is a must for holiday dinners! It is packed with fresh cranberries, oranges, apples, pomegranate and pineapple.  It goes perfectly with turkey or ham and is a delightful side to add to your holiday spread. 

Cranberry Salad is one of my favorites for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.  I have made my mother in law’s cranberry fluff a time or two and I always love it.  

This year I decided to use my mom’s recipe.  When I called for the ingredients, she told me the recipe was actually from my great- aunt Zoe, which made me want to make it even more.

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Aunt Zoe was such a character! She was my grandpa’s sister, a painter and just all around fun lady.  She always made me laugh and feel right at home when I came to visit.  She was a gem.

Of course I took the recipe and changed it up a bit, partially because I’m terrible at following directions.  How’s that for a recipe blogger?  I guess it happens to everyone.

This Cranberry Salad is perfect to make a couple of days ahead of your holiday meal. It keeps really well for 4- 5 days. 

I took recipe notes from my mom and I added in pomegranate arils and used raspberry jello in place of cherry.  The outcome was delicious and will definitely be a new favorite at our holiday dinners.

How to Make Cranberry Salad:

• Place cranberries in a food processor and chop fine.
• Pour into large mixing bowl and add sugar. Stir to combine and set aside for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add pineapple, oranges, apple, pomegranate, and walnuts, mixing well.
• Prepare Jello according to package directions and pour over fruit mixture.
• Stir until all combined.
• Cover and refrigerate over night.

Full printable recipe at the bottom of this post.

Holiday dinners require LOTS of chopping, slicing and dicing.

Lucky for me WÜSTHOF was kind enough to send along a few of their fabulous knives to help me and my Virtual Potluck friends out for the holidays.

This was the first time I successfully segmented an orange and I know it was this fabulous WÜSTHOF serrated knife that did the trick!

Along with the cranberry salad, we will also be making an Easy Smoked Turkey, Peach and Ginger Glazed Ham, The Best Macaroni Salad, maybe this Ambrosia from Mom on Timeout and Buttermilk Ricotta Skillet Rolls. 

I would love to hear what’s on your holiday menus this year! Drop me a comment or an email!

 

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Yield: 8

Cranberry Salad

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Prep Time 30 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 pound fresh cranberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 20 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
• 2 small oranges, segmented and diced
• 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and diced
• 1 cup pomegranate arils
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped and toasted
• 1 small box raspberry Jello

Instructions

1. Place cranberries in a food processor and chop fine. Pour into large mixing bowl and add sugar. Stir to combine and set aside for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Add pineapple, oranges, apple, pomegranate, and walnuts, mixing well.
3. Prepare Jello according to package directions and pour over fruit mixture. Stir until all combined. Cover and refrigerate over night.

Notes

Can be made 2 days in advance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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