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    10+ Favorite Vegan Recipes with Cranberries

    Published: October 10, 2022 | 12:00 am, Modified: Feb 14, 2023 by Connie Edwards McGaughy This post may contain affiliate links.

    10+ Favorite Vegan Recipes with Cranberries 🌱A colorful collection of our top ten most popular plant-based recipes featuring cranberries.

    A collage of vegan dishes with cranberries, including vegan cranberry cheese bites, orange cranberry bread, maple cranberry yams, and cranberry orange sauce.

    Tart, tangy, bright & beautiful are the words that come to mind when I think of cranberries. I can't imagine a Thanksgiving table or Christmas holiday party without at least one cranberry dish, like a traditional cranberry sauce or relish.

    I've enjoyed cranberries since I was a kid but I'll admit, until recently, I didn't know much about them. So I decided I should learn a bit more.

    Fresh cranberries in a glass bowl next to a bowl of homemade applesauce, maple syrup and fresh apples.

    Cranberry Facts

    What are cranberries?

    Cranberries are an indigenous or native fruit to North America - how cool is that? They're a member of the heather family, related to blueberries, bilberries, and lingonberries. If you haven't tasted them before, they're small, hard, round, red fruits with a flavor that many describe as both bitter and sour. It's likely why they're rarely eaten raw unless combined with maple syrup, agave nectar, sugar or some type of sweetener.

    Are cranberries healthy?

    Cranberries contain mostly water, but they are a rich source of several vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin C. Among the more well-known health benefits are the anti-bacterial properties that help prevent certain bacteria from sticking within the body and causing urinary tract infections. The cranberry is also naturally low in sugar and packed with antioxidant polyphenols. This article discusses the nutritional value of consuming cranberries.

    How are cranberries grown?

    You may have seen the Ocean Spray cranberry commercials with farmers wearing waders up to their armpits while standing in a sea of floating cranberries. I've always just assumed the berries grow in water. Actually, they grow on lowbushes (woody, perennial vines) in bogs, which are beds layered with sand, peat and gravel.

    When the cranberries are ready to harvest for canning and juicing, farmers flood the bogs up to 18" in water (known as wet harvesting) and and use special equipment to loosen the berries from the vines. The ripe berries float to the surface and are scooped up and loaded onto trucks.

    Fresh cranberries, like the kind we buy bagged in the produce section at grocery stores during the fall, are harvested using a dry method. It's considered the best way to get the freshest of berries. Cranberry farmers use a mechanical picker that looks like a large lawnmower with metal teeth. The picker combs berries off the vine and deposits them in burlap sacks.

    🥕Cranberry Tip

    Ever wonder why fresh cranberries are hard to find year-round? The harvest season is only from Sept-Nov. Keep whole fresh cranberries on hand whenever you want them by freezing them! Home frozen cranberries can retain their quality for 8 to 12 months when kept at 0 degrees Fahrenheit. This article provides helpful hints on storing fresh cranberries.

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    • Cranberry Facts
    • 🥕Cranberry Tip
    • Vegan Cranberry Cheese Bites
    • Fresh Cranberry Pineapple Relish
    • Vegan Orange Cranberry Bread
    • Simple Cranberry Orange Sauce
    • Cranberry Oat Crumble Bars
    • Simple Maple Cranberry Yams (Sweet Potatoes)
    • Homemade Vegan Pumpkin Bread
    • Easy Homemade Cranberry Applesauce
    • Old Fashioned Applesauce Cake
    • Easy Vegan Old Fashioned Apple Crisp
    • Vegan Retro Jello Cranberry Salad (Wobbler)

    Enjoy the recipes!🥕

    Vegan Cranberry Cheese Bites

    Baked vegan cranberry cheese bites in a muffin tin.

    Vegan Cranberry Cheese Bites 🌱 Deliciously festive bite-size appetizers baked in puff pastry with vegan cream cheese topped with a homemade cranberry orange sauce, zest and fresh herbs.

    See the recipe🥕

    Fresh Cranberry Pineapple Relish

    A bowl of cranberry relish.

    Fresh Cranberry Pineapple Relish 🌱 A bright & tangy melange of fresh cranberries, pineapple, oranges & apples lightly sweetened with pure maple syrup and a pinch of holiday spice.

    See the recipe🥕

    Vegan Orange Cranberry Bread

    A loaf of vegan orange cranberry bread.

    Vegan Orange Cranberry Bread 🍊 Awaken your senses with the inviting aroma and flavors of fresh orange & cranberries in this delicious, easy to make vegan quick bread.

    See the recipe🥕

    Simple Cranberry Orange Sauce

    A glass bowl filled with cranberry orange sauce.

    Simple Cranberry Orange Sauce 🍊 This easy vegan cranberry sauce recipe will be a welcomed addition to your Thanksgiving or holiday table. A delicious combo of whole cranberries and fresh orange sweetened with maple syrup and a hint of spice. How nice!

    See the recipe🥕

    Cranberry Oat Crumble Bars

    Vegan cranberry crumble bars and fresh cranberries on a plate.

    Vegan Cranberry Oat Crumble Bars 🌱 made with tart, juicy cranberries sweetened with maple syrup and sandwiched between a chewy buttery, oatmeal crust. You're going to love this easy vegan recipe!

    See the recipe🥕

    Simple Maple Cranberry Yams (Sweet Potatoes)

    A glass baking dish with vegan maple cranberry yams.

    Simple Maple Cranberry Yams or Sweet Potatoes 🌱 A simply delicious vegan version of a favorite Thanksgiving holiday candied yam side dish. Made with sweet potatoes and fresh cranberries baked with a citrusy orange and maple glaze and a hint of nutmeg. Enjoy this delish dish anytime you want!

    See the recipe🥕

    Homemade Vegan Pumpkin Bread

    Loaves of vegan pumpkin bread with cranberries and pumpkin seeds.

    Easy Homemade Vegan Pumpkin Bread 🎃 This scrumptious recipe captures all the cozy colors and flavors of fall baked into perfectly sweet & tasty loaves. We added dried cranberries and walnuts. Do you smell the pumpkin spice?

    See the recipe🥕

    Easy Homemade Cranberry Applesauce

    A mason jar filled with homemade cranberry applesauce.

    Easy Homemade Cranberry Applesauce (with maple syrup)🍎 A bright and delicious applesauce recipe with fresh cranberries lightly sweetened with pure maple syrup, a touch of holiday spice, lemon juice and orange zest. Gluten-free.

    See the recipe🥕

    Old Fashioned Applesauce Cake

    Slices of homemade old-fashioned vegan applesauce cake with cranberries.

    Old Fashioned Applesauce Cake 🍏 We’ve updated a beloved family recipe by creating the perfect marriage of apples, spice and everything nice using all vegan ingredients in this deliciously moist & yummy cake.

    See the recipe🥕

    Easy Vegan Old Fashioned Apple Crisp

    A ramekin filled with vegan apple crisp with cranberries next to a scoop of vegan vanilla ice cream.

    Easy Vegan Old Fashioned Apple Crisp 🍎 A simply sweet & scrumptious vegan version of a classic apple dessert made even tastier with a splash of orange juice, a sprinkle of tart cranberries and a crispy caramelized oat topping. Oh my, it’s easier than pie!

    See the recipe🥕

    And last, but certainly not least . . . get ready for it . . .

    Vegan Retro Jello Cranberry Salad (Wobbler)

    A vegan retro 1970's Jello cranberry wobbler with fresh orange slices, cranberries, walnuts and mint leaves on top.

    Vegan Retro Jello Cranberry Salad 🌱 Experience a blast to the past with this all vegan version of a classic Thanksgiving Jello Cranberry Wobbler salad. Created with a colorful combo of fresh cranberries, oranges, walnuts and spices in a citrusy-sweet plant-based gelatin.

    See the recipe🥕

    Did you enjoy these cranberry recipes? I want to hear about it!

    Please rate them ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on the recipe pages. Sharing your experience helps others decide if they want to give them a try too. Thanks a bunch!🥕

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