Desperation Cranberry Smoothie

I always seem to have cans of cranberry sauce in my cupboard, left over from thanksgiving. I usually make my own fresh sauce or cranberry relish, but I have to keep a can of that jellied sauce that comes in one piece for those people who insist on Thanksgiving "just like Mom used to open". Anyhow, I was hot and thirsty last night and was tired of drinking ice water, and craved something sweet when I spotted a can of that jellied cranberry sauce. So on a whim I filled a big bender with ice and about 1/2 cup of water (maybe more) then dumped the can of cranberry sauce on top. I added a couple of teaspoons of lemon juice to counteract the sugar in the sauce, and blended the whole thing until smooth.

I was all set to chuck the whole thing down the crapper if it tasted as bad as I thought it might. Instead, I chugged the whole damned pitcher. It was friggin' delicious, sweet, tart, fruity, cold and thick (kind of like my ex). I couldn't stop drinking it. I wish I had more exact measurements to give y'all, but since it was just a weird experiment, I didn't pay attention. The one thing that would have been nice is some soda water instead of plain old tap water. Anyhow, if you have a can of cranberry sauce that has been kicking around your cabinet since last Turkey Day, you should give it a try. Some vodka or light rum might have made for
nice alcoholic version (and if you want to really get carried away, a sprig of mint).

d4v3 wrote:I added a couple of teaspoons of lemon juice to counteract the sugar in the sauce

What did you do to counteract the 1,000 calories?

spinynorman99 wrote:

d4v3 wrote:I added a couple of teaspoons of lemon juice to counteract the sugar in the sauce

What did you do to counteract the 1,000 calories?

Do lunges while it blends.

spinynorman99 wrote:

d4v3 wrote:I added a couple of teaspoons of lemon juice to counteract the sugar in the sauce

What did you do to counteract the 1,000 calories?

Didn't even think about it. Now that I look at it, I didn't use the jellied kind, It was just regular canned cranberry sauce. The cranberry jelly looks just like flourescent red gelatin. The sauce I used had whole berries in it. Anyhow, it was good. I wouldbn't drink it every day, but I would try it again.