So make sure what you bring is full of herbs and spices to help digest all of the food and to keep the sickness away!

Make sure you have this condiment on your plate and the colds don’t stand a chance!

The antimicrobial properties in ginger, jalapeno and onions are powerful cold and flu fighters. Sometimes I switch this recipe up a bit. If I have fresh pomegranates, I change the recipe to half cranberries and half pomegranates. But either way, it is delicious.

This is one of my top favorite holiday appetizer recipes. People love it. And really, getting as many of this antimicrobial herbs and spices into your food is a good cold prevention strategy during the holidays.

This is a great appetizer any time of the year really, however I like to take a little extra precaution during all the winter celebrations. It is hard to miss the parties once the holiday seasonal gatherings get under way.

And the truth is, people just keep going, even if they are sick. So bottom line, there will be sick people at the parties. Not trying to be a Scrooge about it, just sayin….

So make sure what you bring is full of herbs and spices to help digest all of the food and to keep the sickness away!

This Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa can be used as a condiment for a main meal or put on crackers and soft cheese and eaten as an appetizer. Ok, I confess, I put some in a bowl and just eat it plain~~~

Here it is, I hope you enjoy it~

Ok, gather your ingredients

Mince the cranberries in a food processer. Well, you can do it by hand with a knife, I’ve done that before, once…

Add green onions and orange juice. You can squeeze your own fresh orange juice or buy it at the store.

Coconut palm sugar is next

Using the smallest grater you have, grate fresh ginger. You don’t want to have big chunks of ginger in your salsa. You want pieces that are finely grated.

Now, use the SHARPEST grater that you have. My small grater isn’t sharp enough to cut through the orange peel. Grate the orange peel and you now have orange zest.

Mince the cilantro

And the jalapeno. You get to decide how much jalapeno you want…

Stir everything together

Crackers, goat cheese and Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa!

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Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa

Author: Kami McBride

Ingredients

8 cups fresh cranberries
2 cups minced cilantro leaf
1 cup chopped green onions
¾ cup coconut palm sugar or sweetener of choice
3 tbsp grated fresh ginger root (use the smallest hole on the grater, you want the tiniest pieces of ginger you can get)
½ cup fresh squeezed orange juice
2 tbsp orange zest
1 to 3 tbsp de-seeded and finely minced jalepeno (depending on how spicy you like it)

Instructions

In a food processor or blender, mince cranberries into small pieces
Put minced cranberries into a bowl
Add the rest of the ingredients except cilantro to the cranberries and mix together thoroughly. Basically you need one orange to get the juice and zest that you need.
Add cilantro
Let sit in a covered bowl for several hours to let flavors develop before serving.