Natural Cranberry

Here is an excellent recipe for cranberry rice pudding; a sweet treat that isn’t too fattening. 

Ingredients:

1 cup uncooked medium grain rice
1 ½ cups water
2 tablespoons of orange peel
½ cup dried cranberries
¼ teaspoon salt
3 cups milk
1/3 cup sugar

Directions:

Combine rice, water, orange peel and salt in a saucepan.  Heat until boiling, stirring occasionally.  Reduce the heat, cover the saucepan, and let simmer 15 minutes or until liquid is gone.  Removing the cover, increase the heat to medium-high and add sugar, milk, and dried cranberries.  Heat until boiling, stirring often.  Reduce the heat to medium-low, cook until thick and creamy, 25 or so minutes, stirring occasionally.  Wait to cool before eating.

1/2 cup fresh cranberries
1 small ripe banana, peeled, sliced
1 cup vanilla rice milk or hemp milk
A splash of cranberry juice
1 tablespoon agave nectar, to taste
1-2 tablespoons vanilla rice protein powder, to taste

Combine the ingredients in a blender, cover and blend on a lower speed to process the cranberries.  Add 1/4 cup or so crushed ice if you like your smoothies very cold.  Freeze cranberries and banana if you prefer.  Rev it up to high till smooth and frothy. 

Serves: 1