Thankfully, though, I'm back on an even(-ish) keel: I have coffee in hand and I'm good to go.
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Thanksgiving is only a couple weeks away, and I'm sure you're all working on your shopping and menu planning for that. Just don't forget the cranberry sauce!
I'm not sure where this came from, but at some point in time somebody came up with the idea that cranberry mash was the perfect item to serve with Thanksgiving dinner, and it has inexplicably become an American tradition. Now you can just open a can of cranberry sauce, plop it in a bowl and set it on the table without a second thought.
There are very few things that my family believes are acceptable to eat directly from the can, and cranberry sauce isn't one of them. Instead, we make a cran-apple Jello mold that is utterly delicious and works well whether you have turkey or ham for your holiday meal. I'd like to say that we came up with this idea ourselves, but that would be dishonest. Mamasita found the recipe on a can of Musselman's applesauce I don't know how many years ago. We've made it for as long as I can remember, and I honestly can't imagine Thanksgiving dinner (or Christmas, for that matter) without cran-apple Jello. It's super easy and really popular with the kids; I highly recommend that you try it!
Cran-Apple Mold
Ingredients:
2 packages (3 oz. each) cherry flavored gelatin
1 cup boiling water
1 can (16 oz.) whole cranberry sauce
1 3/4 cups apple sauce
Directions:
1. Dissolve gelatin in boiling water
2. Stir in cranberry sauce until melted. Mix in apple sauce. Pour into oiled 5-cup mold. Chill until firm.
3. Flip mold onto a plate and enjoy!
Speaking of cranberries, that reminds me of something:
Happy Wednesday!
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