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Cranberry Sauce With Orange & Ginger


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How to Make Cranberry Sauce with Orange & Ginger

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1 lbs
3 tbsp
1 tbsp
1 inch
1 whole

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Zest and juice the orange into a pot. Next, peel the fresh ginger with a spoon then grate (or finely dice) it. Mix together all ingredients, plus 1/4c water, into the pot. Bring to a boil, then lower heat. Simmer, uncovered, until jam-like. As cranberries soften mash with a potato masher.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Tangy Cranberry Sauce with Orange and Ginger puckers your lips and enlivens your tastebuds. Sweet, tart, and lively, this sauce adds color and zing to your holiday table. Pungent ginger brings spicy excitement to traditional cranberry sauce. No Turkey Dinner is complete without this mouth-watering, vivacious dish.

Too Tired After Turkey?

This year add another helping of your Thanksgiving turkey. When you've overdosed on triptophan (the chemical in turkey that makes you sleepy), the sour tart taste of cranberries refreshes your mind and stimulates your palate with a gush of saliva and juiciness. Did you know sour is the "juicy" taste? From saliva to the skin, from your liver to your GI tract, sourness triggers your body to produce saliva and floods all your glands with juiciness. Digestive juices aid your body in protein digestion. The result, cranberries help your tummy tackle the turkey.

Digesting Fats for the Holidays

Sour taste increases bile production from the liver. Bile breaks up fat into little tiny bits that are easier to digest, a process called emulsification, helping your body manage an overload of rich Thanksgiving yumminess. Cranberries in particular promote good cholesterol. Orange zest stimulates metabolism and reduces stomach stagnation - effective for moving the 'bomb' in your stomach after a hearty Thanksgiving meal.

Sour Detoxifies the Blood

By flushing bile, sour taste assists the liver in detoxifying the blood. You can experience this detoxification as relaxation and refreshment of the eyes. The eyes are the window to the liver and relax whenever toxic liver heat is released from the body. Cranberry is high in antioxidants which detoxifies free radicals. It is also rich in beta-carotene, a liver restorative and blood alterative.

Juicy or Dry?

If the roof of your mouth is rough and dry after drinking cranberry juice, you've experienced astringent taste, one of the six fundamental tastes in Ayurveda. Astringent taste tightens and tones tissues. It is cooling and reduces inflammation. However, astringency is also drying, and will aggravate people with persistent dryness.

Cranberries are an astringent fruit. Their astringency helps them balance the dampness of their natural habitat: the swampy cranberry bog. Despite the gush of saliva from their sourness, cranberries are a strong diuretic and ultimately dehydrating. This recipe includes a sweetener, which reduces cranberries' astringency somewhat. Pungent ginger opposes the cold quality of the cranberry, warming the flavors and making the sauce digestible for all.

WHAT IS CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH ORANGE & GINGER?

Zesty, tangy, and bursting with red freshness, cranberries evoke autumn hues and celebration flavors. Sour, sweet, and spicy, this sauce adds color and zing to the holiday table.

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Metabolic Nature of Cranberry Sauce with Orange & Ginger

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

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DRY

ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food. Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body. Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food. Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods. Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion. Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste. One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes. The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?

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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

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DOSHAS

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

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PACIFIES
Kapha pacifying Pitta pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Vata aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Wet & cold. When out of balance becomes congested, stagnant, and overweight. Loving, trusting, and patient.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot & moist. Full-blooded, vigorous. Vivacious, social, and epicurean. Bullish.

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AGGRAVATES
MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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Other

Aromatic

AROMATIC

Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Cranberry Sauce with Orange & Ginger
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary. The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.

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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

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Carminative

CARMINATIVE

Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.

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Constipative

CONSTIPATIVE

An herb that binds stools / stops diarrhea. When used in excess, these herbs and foods can cause constipation.

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Burns Toxins

BURNS-TOXINS

An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

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Makes You Tired

MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

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, Makes Jittery
Refreshing

REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Anti Inflammatory

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.

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Cardiac Stimulant

CARDIAC-STIMULANT

Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.

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Styptic

STYPTIC

A herb that contracts tissue or blood vessels. Generally styptics are astringent. They are often used topically as a hemostatic to stop bleeding, or to reduce secretions.

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Antioxidant

ANTIOXIDANT

An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals that lead to a chain reaction causing damage or death to cells. Antioxidants terminate these oxidation reactions.

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Alterative

ALTERATIVE

Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.

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Diuretic

DIURETIC

Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.

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Livotonic

LIVOTONIC

An herb that strengthens the liver. It is helpful for people with a history of substance abuse, chronic liver issues from hepatitis and hemolytic anemias. Generally, liver tonics are oily, cool, sweet, mildly sour, or contain beta-carotene.

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Constituents:
Catechins

CATECHINS

Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.

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, Tannins, Vitamin C, Soluble Fiber,
Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

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, Carbohydrate,
Resveratrol

RESVERATROL

Antioxidant frequently used for anti-aging. Protects airways and blood vessels. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic.

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Polyphenols

POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

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, Vitamin E,
Flavonoids

FLAVONOIDS

Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.

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    Burns-toxins, Diuretic, Styptic, Alterative, Carminative, Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Stimulates-energy

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  • Ajwain

    Ajwain has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Wakes-you-up, Carminative, Refreshing, Burns-toxins

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  • Green Tea

    Green Tea has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Antioxidant, Diuretic, Wakes-you-up

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  • Ginger (Fresh)

    Ginger (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing

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  • Cranberry Juice

    Cranberry Juice has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Constipative, Styptic, Anti-inflammatory, Diuretic, Antioxidant, Livotonic

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  • Cranberry

    Cranberry has these Actions in Common

    Styptic, Anti-inflammatory, Diuretic, Antioxidant, Livotonic, Alterative, Constipative

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  • Strawberries

    Strawberries has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Refreshing, Alterative, Digestive, Wakes-you-up, Anti-inflammatory, Livotonic

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  • Nigella (black cumin)

    Nigella (black cumin) has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Burns-toxins, Digestive, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic

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  • Dandelion Leaves

    Dandelion Leaves has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Diuretic, Antioxidant, Livotonic, Alterative, Digestive, Stimulates-energy

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  • Saffron

    Saffron has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Livotonic, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Burns-toxins, Diuretic, Styptic

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  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon has these Actions in Common

    Burns-toxins, Digestive, Styptic, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Carminative, Stimulates-energy

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Cranberry Sauce with Orange & Ginger

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Styptic, Alterative, Wakes-you-up, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Carminative, Digestive, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

    Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Cardiac-stimulant, Carminative, Digestive, Diuretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Punarnava

    Punarnava has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Burns-toxins, Cardiac-stimulant, Constipative, Diuretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Nagaradi Kashaya (Amruthotharam)

    Nagaradi Kashaya (Amruthotharam) has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant, Burns-toxins, Carminative, Digestive

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  • Bitter Orange Peel

    Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Carminative, Digestive, Refreshing

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  • Shilajit Tonic

    Shilajit Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory, Cardiac-stimulant

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  • Elecampane

    Elecampane has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Styptic

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  • Breathing Exercises

    Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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    Arjuna has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Constipative, Diuretic, Styptic, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory

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John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda. His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. His wife and family of 7 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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Lu Bellamak Scottsdale, AZ
2012-11-20
“Can this be eaten raw? without boiling out all the the organic nutrients? I really wanted to eat my cranberrie sauce raw this year. Most Sincerely, Lu Bellamak"
Carole Madan-Momma Nature Johns creek, GA
2012-11-21
“I'm going to try this - the ginger must add an incredible flavor Momma Nature "
Sally Bond Chapel hill, NC
2012-11-21
“So, if eating fruit with other foods is discouraged, how does this work? Sal"
“Great question! Lemons, limes, as well as sauces such as tamarind, and cranberry, can combine with other foods and actually enhance digestion. Other fruits, which are sugary and high in fibers, can provoke mucus and fermentation in the GI. Of course, the ability to digest certain combinations varies with the individual."
Sally Bond Chapel hill, NC
2012-11-21
“Great news! Thanks, John...Sal"
Natalie Immel Asheville, NC
2014-12-26
“It serves 10 people!"
Gina Phelps Warrenton, VA
2019-12-02
“Made this for Thanksgiving. It was a hit! The taste was sour, astrigent and a hint of sweetness. It has been great on mung bean pancakes."
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