Does anyone have any recipes or ideas on what to do with dried cranberries?

Dried cranberries are good tossed in a salad, also you can add them to oatmeal, or make some granola bars and add some of the dried cranberries. I always look up recipes online with the ingredients I have at hand.

You could also make a granola with them or add them to any quick bread recipes. Just last week I made pumpkin bread with dried cranberries & walnuts.

I like fresh or dried cranberries tossed into a balsamic reduction that gets poured over roasted brussels sprouts.

My daughter always puts dried cranberries in her brownies.

Always in the granola bars and oatmeal.

Hmmm, I have a recipe for a cashew truffle that I do with dry cherries, I bet you could do it with cranberries?

Chocolate Cherry Truffles.
• 3/4 cup raw cashews
• ¾ c cold water
• 16 oz semi-sweet dark chocolate chips
• ¾ c dry cherries
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• Additional chopped nuts and cocoa powder as needed/desired for coating.

Place cherries in a bowl of warm water to soak for about 5-10 minutes.
Place cashews and water into a food processor and blend well for 1-2 minutes until completely chopped and the mixture forms a heavy cream consistency. Remove cherries from water and add to cream in food processor. Blend another 30 seconds or until cherries are well chopped. (You’ll still have some chunks, you want that)
In a double boiler, heat 2 inches of water in the bottom pot and in the top, add in oil and dark chocolate. Heat over medium heat and stir consistently until chocolate is melted and smooth. Turn heat down and let chocolate cool for a minute or two.
Fold your cashew/cherry cream into the chocolate, stirring gently until incorporated fully.
Pour all of this into a container (glass is best) and pop into your refrigerator for about 2 hours. It will get nice and thick in there.
When you pull it out from the refrigerator, start to spoon out bite size amounts and roll them into balls. Leave plain or coat in cocoa powder and or nuts and serve.

i discovered this fantabulous seasoning from Trader Joe's....

Trader Joe's Everyday Seasoning with Built in Grinder Use on Everything Everyday
Sea Salt,mustard Seeds, Black Peppercorns,coriander,onion,garlic,paprika & Chili Pepper

i copied the product description for accuracy as I am not home to check the ingredients...I have put this on everything from tater tots to tuna noodle casserole...and Im gonna try it on my popcorn....

its good on everything

chili is NEVER redundant!
<<spice girl

a good find for me at least at TJs is their tortellini in a mushroom sauce with asparagus....cant remember what the name of it is...tried it as a sample and ended up bringing some home....amazing....makes a small dinner for 2 if you add a salad and a nice bread....
right now the stuff at TJs thats making me crazy is the fall bakies...gingerbread and pumpkin pancake mix oh myyyy!
im a fan of their sweet and tangy trail mix also...but the things I most look forward to there are....
1. free coffee samples...so far Honduran is my fave...but I'm eager to try Ethiopian....
2. the dark chocolate tahitian vanilla caramels....its like legal crack....:canadian:
yup....love me some trader joes....

I wanted to know what to do with dried cranberry beans! Greyson misheard me. So what is a yummy way to do them up?

now I'm wishing we had this conversation BEFORE I went......lol but ....chocolate and raspberry is the best thing on earth....godiva makes a truffle with raspberry sauce...makes you wanna slap yer mama! translation.....good stuff......heck even their white chocolate...which i typically despise....is excellent....godiva is the bomb digity
ps...I soooo would've licked the glass...port or no port....lol

all this talk today about crock pot chicken...so dinner tonight was a roasted whole chocken with red mashed potatoes and carrots. easy enough and left overs for sandwiches and or atop a salad.

this thread will leave you craving food lol

Trader Joe's just opened in my vicinity about 3 weeks ago, I haven't been yet, but I am looking forward to it. My girl and I have regular skype dinner dates and I have been dreaming up this dish with small chicken meatballs filled with flavor and simmered in broth, with some pasta....Italian wedding soup but NOT. Don't know what it will turn out to be, but I'm looking forward to it.

flour tortillas are a staple in my house lol

port ...
 

I know Corkey said he has a food and wine thread, but all this talk of port reminded me of http://www.wilsoncreekwinery.com/. My ex and I used to go up there every so often. They have a divine chocolate port that they serve in a cold chocolate shot glass. Can you say - things that make you hmmmmmmmm?

https://shop.wilsoncreekwinery.com/C...308_155038.jpg

And on a non-alcoholic slant, after a conversation with Sun, I wonder if we should start another food thread, but something like "cooking for one". Specifically for one, not couples.

Here too.
Do you make your own?
I have a small tortilla press but want to get a larger one because I like to use tortillas to build pizza type meals on :)

This thread isn't just making me hungry, it's making me want to eat chicken. I haven't done that in a couple of years. But with y'all running around making it sound so good...

Everything is good in a tortilla...even fish (wink). I've had eggplant in it too!

Yeah well, slow cooked chicken in a crock pot is... slow cooked chicken in a crock pot :)

Personally I tweak/adapt recipes all the time and don't mind the non-veg recipes at all. If they interest me, I'll tweak them- or come over to the dark side for a meal or two :)

Perfect plan since we are engaged, though neither of us is Italian,lol. I have been to other TJ's just excited we have one in the neighborhood now. It was a HUGE fight to get it here at all. Three years of negotiations I think. As for our soup I want the meatballs to be crazy full of flavor and tiny, bite size. Made with ground chicken, I love the texture when cooked and a blank canvas for flavor. I think they could be made with soft tofu as well. When I used to work in the school system my school had many children that were vegetarian, (well until it was hotdog roll up days) but I made tofu meatballs for our pasta bar days.

I've said for years that I'll eat just about anything if it's wrapped in a tortilla. Something about those tortillas... dreamy eyes over here.

Great! We have recently gotten a TJ'S here as well. I have yet to go, I have missed it from California. But I think I need to go, just to get that spice, the sausage, the green beans...could some one make me a list of that was mentioned here..lol

I agree..I won't even mention a hot dog I has once..lol

This is when I insert, poor me, I work in retail. So long gone are dinners I make, unless I do it a week ahead. And all I want is the turkey sandwich afterwards with cranberries on it :). For shame, there is a fishing/ coast trip every thanks giving and I don't get to go..so my friends feel sorry and we meet up at a restaurant. Ok, I will go to Mimi's ..lol.