Home Made Cranberry Juice
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- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
12 oz/340 g bag fresh or frozen cranberries - unsweetened4 cups water1/2 cup sugar - or less if you like a tart juice
Put cranberries and water in pot. Heat on medium high heat for 10-15 minutes. Cranberries should "pop."
Strain through cheesecloth (if you want clear juice) or in a strainer over a bowl (if you do not mind some fruit in your juice). Do not push down on the fruit to extract more juice - it just makes a mess.
Put juice back in pot and add sugar to taste. Heat an additional 5 minutes to disolve sugar.
Serve warm or cold.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PENGUINQUEEN.
Strain through cheesecloth (if you want clear juice) or in a strainer over a bowl (if you do not mind some fruit in your juice). Do not push down on the fruit to extract more juice - it just makes a mess.
Put juice back in pot and add sugar to taste. Heat an additional 5 minutes to disolve sugar.
Serve warm or cold.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PENGUINQUEEN.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 90.6
- Total Fat: 0.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 4.3 mg
- Total Carbs: 23.6 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.6 g
- Protein: 0.2 g
Member Reviews
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LIZGRAHAM
Cranberries are highier in antioxidents than raspberries.
i.e. Cranberries register 9,584 ORAC value
Raspberries register 4,882 ORAC value
ORAC = Oxygen radical absorbance capacity
Cranberies are analyzed with other fruit for their antioxidant power by measuring their ORAC. Powerful frut - 3/2/10