Cranberry Marmalade

Here is a healthy delicious extra to top a slice of bread during your Thanksgiving meal. Try this option rather than butter!

  

Cranberry Marmalade

   

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup port, or other sweet red wine
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/2 cup dried tart cherries
• 1 12-ounce package fresh or frozen cranberries
• 2/3 cup chopped walnuts, toasted (see Tip)
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest

Preparation

1. Combine sugar, water, port (or wine), cinnamon and nutmeg in a medium nonreactive saucepan (see Note); bring to a boil. Add cherries and cook for 1 minute. Stir in cranberries; return to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until about half the cranberries pop, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from the heat.
2. Stir in walnuts and orange zest. Let cool completely. (The marmalade will thicken as it cools.) Serve at room temperature or chilled.

Tips & Notes

• Make Ahead Tip: Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
• Tip: To toast chopped walnuts, place in a small dry skillet and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes.
• Note: A nonreactive pan—stainless steel, enamel-coated or glass—is necessary when cooking acidic foods, such as tomato or lemon, to prevent the food from reacting with the pan. Reactive pans, such as aluminum and cast-iron, can impart an off color and/or off flavor in acidic foods.

Nutrition

Per 1/4-cup serving: 91 calories; 3 g fat ( 0 g sat , 1 g mono ); 0 mg cholesterol; 14 g carbohydrates; 2 g protein; 2 g fiber; 2 mg sodium; 53 mg potassium.

 

Carbohydrate Servings: 1

 

Exchanges: 1 other carbohydrate, 1/2 fat

 

Recipe from eatingwell.com

 

Have a great Thanksgiving! - Jean 

Popular Diets

It’s that time of year…Holiday Season. Lots of fattening and filling goodies to smell, drink, and eat. It’s only after we have indulged that we step on the scale and find that we have “fattened up for winter”. That’s when we start setting New Year’s resolutions to lose the winter weight and start looking at diets. But why wait?

If you’re looking to shed a few pounds before the holiday season, check out this website from Health.com. It offers a very helpful tool to compare popular diets. It breaks down all aspects of each diet and allows you to compare up to 3 diets at a time.

If you are on BRT’s medical plan, you are eligible for a refund from Health America’s Learn & Earn Wellness Education Refund Program, which includes Weight Watchers. Click here to find more information.  

Have a happy & healthy Holiday Season! - Adam Burns

Fall Coffee Drinks

Fall is here, and with it comes the ubiquitous pumpkin spice latte or a spiced apple cider. While they may be delicious and comforting, these festive drinks can hide diet-rendering fat, sugar and calories, some with more sugar than candy bars and more than enough fat of your daily allowance. To combat calorie-laden drinks, the Centers for Disease Control recommends choosing the smallest size, replacing whole milk with skim where appropriate and forgoing the whipped cream.

Starbucks’ Grande Caramel Apple Spice With Whipped Cream -- Calories: 360

Dunkin Donuts Medium Pumpkin Latte With Skim Milk -- Calories: 260

The healthiest version of this drink – skim milk, no sugar or sweetener — can be a decent choice in terms of calories, fat and saturated fat. But with 51 grams of sugar, it’s still pushing it.


Source:  "Nutrition Facts: Favorite Fall Coffee Drinks." Arizona Foothills Magazine. 22 October 2012. 5            November 2012. http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/valleygirlblog/fitness/nutrition-facts-fall-coffee-drinks/

~ Christina Aaron