5 ways to use your leftover cranberry sauce
How is it Christmas already?? Happy Boxing Day as well! We hope you CHOMPions have had a wonderful holiday season so far, filled with laughter and love (and a lot of food). With the colder temperatures as well, there is nothing more comforting than eating delicious meals and sharing them with special ones to warm the soul. This holiday is well known to share feasts and with that, comes with having a lot of leftovers.
Today we share with you 5 tips on using leftover cranberry sauce, a staple item as part of many Christmas traditions - make sure to check out our previous Christmas leftover tips too (leftover turkey and leftover Christmas cookies)! Adding a bit of sweetness to balance out the savoury is such a cooking hack, and this Tuesday Tips we bring you recipes that honour the delectable combo, as well as yummy desserts to avoid putting the cranberry sauce to waste.
So without rambling on too much about the magic of good food and even greater company that comes with Christmas time, here are 5 leftover cranberry sauce recipes you can easily make at home.
1. Cranberry Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Who doesn’t love a simple yet decadent grilled cheese sandwich? It’s not only very straightforward to make but it hits all the spots as the ultimate comfort food. Feel free to adjust this recipe according to whatever cheese you have or prefer!
2. Cranberry Rosemary Thumbprint Cookies
Although this recipe calls for making your own cranberry sauce, you can skip this step and simply use what you have remaining instead from your holiday meals. Plus the rosemary in the dough elevates the cookies to a whole new level and brings you a unique taste to the palette that is so more-ish.
3. Leftover Cranberry Sauce Muffins
Homemade Christmas muffins? Yes please! These are great to enjoy for the days following the holidays and are the perfect solution to leftover cranberry sauce. The recipe gives you a complete new flavour profile that you won’t even notice you are tasting leftover cranberry sauce again for the third, fourth, fifth (you get the gist) day in a row.
(Credits to Ahead of Thyme Blog)
4. Cranberry Brie Bombs
Looking to make appetisers using leftover cranberry sauce? Then this one is for you. Even just the name of this recipe sounds incredible, cranberry brie bomb. Like an explosion of cheesiness in your mouth, balanced by a touch of sweetness from the cranberries. YUM!
5. Cranberry Coffee Cake with Leftover Cranberry Sauce
Who knew that the pairing of coffee and cranberry was a thing? This moist coffee cake recipe is done in a way that keeps the cranberry sauce a surprise until you cut into it. So what better way to use your leftover sauce than to hide it until you slice the cake up for serving?
