With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching I’ve seen these little “superfruits“ in abundance at our grocery stores. I’ve never been one to say, “Please pass the cranberry sauce.” Especially if it looks like it slithered out of the can and was sliced. I just can’t bring myself to it. Those of you who have been around a while know I have this “thing” with congealed salads and cranberry sauce is not one that’s grown on me, yet. Anyway, cranberries on the other hand, I love. This recipe was shared with me over a year ago by my friend Katie’s mother, who brought it to a Bible study “covered dish”. I’m sure I wrote the recipe down somewhere, but this is strictly from memory. Which is kind of scary and I have potentially messed it up somewhere but I’ve already tasted it, and it’s good, so I’m going with it! We’ll call it Cranberry Apple Marshmallow Pecan Fruit Salad or CAMPFS for short. {measurements provided at bottom of post}
Start by cutting your cranberries in half. Doesn’t that sound tedious? Well, if you have a food processor you can quickly pulse them, just please don’t pulverize them. And honestly cutting them in half isn’t as bad as it sounds, just watch your finger tips because they like to roll. And once they’re cut in half you can roughly chop them or leave them in halves.
Then enlist the help of a child to add sugar to the cranberries.
If your child likes to talk back or use unkind words you can sit some of the “un-sugared” cranberries aside and make her eat them when tart words come from her mouth. Plain cranberries with no sugar are quite distasteful and are powerful for correcting.
You’ll also need, peeled and diced apples. I doused mine with cranapple juice to prevent them from turning brown and cut them on the same board I used to cut the cranberries so they are peppered with cranberry seeds.
And there are also marshmallows included.
And pecans {chopped}.
And yogurt. I feel certain Katie’s mom uses plain but I like a little added sweetness & flavor of vanilla.
Pretend like the cranberries have soaked in the sugar for at least several hours or overnight.
I incorporated all the ingredients with the help of a child in a “colorful” purple nightgown.
“Colorful” is the nicest word I could think of to express how I feel about this nightgown.
An entire bag of fresh cranberries makes a entire batch. I used half a bag of cranberries, a half a bag makes half of a batch. I will share the recipe for the WHOLE BATCH. And I’m not good at measurements, I like to guesstimate, so hang with me.
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1 bag of cranberries cut in 1/2 or roughly chopped
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1/2 C to 3/4 C sugar {or more if desired– they’re really tart!}
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4 apples peeled and diced {Galas are my favorites}
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1/2 bag of marshmallows
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1 & 1/2 C chopped pecans
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16 ounces of vanilla yogurt
I made these measurements up, you’re welcome to increase/decrease/omit to your liking.
Add sugar to cranberries and coat well. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight if you can wait! Add all ingredients together and keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
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I hope you all enjoyed your weekends! Rover discovered Raiger’s red boots! It was really good to stay put, enjoy chilly temps and grey skies. We also had a wonderful Thanksgiving service at church tonight that reminded me of how very much I have to be grateful for!
