HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE

Ok I admit it

I just am not a kitchen person

Not crazy about cooking anything 

But this year I volunteered to make

the cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving

Of course I forgot to get more sugar

(found this out just a little while ago

 while making the cranberry sauce)

Not a good thing to forget

the night before Thanksgiving

while in my pj's and most stores

closed by now

So I am heating the cranberries,

add water, some high pulp

o.j. and the little bit of sugar I have left

in the bag when all of a sudden

I decide to check my cabinets

again just in case there is a bag

of sugar hiding in the corner 

or something

No sugar in those cabinets

but

Guess what is staring at

me on the 2nd shelf?

A package of cranberry jello!

Yes that's right 

CRANBERRY JELLO

I pull that little box off the shelf

and quickly glance at the ingredients

Low and behold SUGAR !

doot-doot-do-do

Jello to the rescue

So I mix some of the jello package

into my cranberry concoction

(not sure how much I added

but it was more than 1/2 of the bag

and less than 3/4)

As my cranberry sauce is 

cooling on the counter 

I grab a spoon for a taste test

Ymmm... but could be just a tad sweeter

What to do..What to do...

Ah ha I spot honey on the counter

Could I really use that?

but

after pondering that for a moment

I am not sure about using honey as 

it may be too heavy of a taste

so I decide to check the cabinet 

one more time

Woo hoo some brown sugar

Nice big bag of it too.

(who could ask for anything more?)

Now follow me here

I do not normally measure

anything,

I like to experiment

(I hate reading directions too

especially when putting things together) 

after a little prayer

I add some brown sugar and o.j 

to the 2nd batch of cranberries

now on the stove and as

they are starting to pop 

I mix this concoction really well 

and go for my 2nd taste test

That actually was pretty good

but could taste the brown sugar

wasn't sure if that was good or not

I was afraid everyone

would think it was weird

to add the brown sugar

so

I quickly went to my computer

and googled 

cranberries and brown sugar

I couldn't believe my eyes

there were recipes after recipes

of cranberry sauce made 

with brown sugar

so I felt better

I then mixed the newer batch

with the older batch 

and it is on the counter cooling

I just tasted again and 

it is really really good

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE