Crangria (aka Cranberry Sangria)

Regular sangria just won't do for the holidays, crangria (cranberry sangria) is a festive twist on this delicious drink! 

 So the holidays are coming. Two possible scenarios...

You're hanging with friends, going to a party well this is the answer. Be at the butt of everyone's toasts with this holiday spin on a classic sangria.

Or your hosting some family- in that case make the crangria early and maybe IV drip it in... Before the chaos and the asking of my ovaries business begins.

White Sangria Fruit Salad

This ain't your mama's fruit salad, it has been kicked up a notch with some white wine and honey dressing for a sangria spin.

You know I don't do boring... Like if someone asked me I make them fruit salad, it wouldn't be just some fruit in a bowl. Nope!!

So you know what also has fruit? Sangria! So why not fuse the two and make sangria fruits salad. Like regular sangria with the wine as more of a dressing...

I mean who doesn't like some alcohol in their fruit salad?! It's still healthy since there is just a little bit... just a little, it doesn't count right?

I looked up some traditional white sangria recipes and the fruit they used did not thrill me. Since this is a white sangria I wanted to keep the flavors sweet and use fruit with similar textures and flavors and lighter in color more in line with the taste of a white wine. I chose peaches, nectarines, pineapple and apricots.

I then went a little wild and added some fresh ginger to awaken the senses and I thought it would also pair nicely with the white wine and it totally did! Then to add some sweetness I added a little honey as well!

BAM! Not yo mama's fruit salad!

What you need

1 cup fresh pineapple
2 apricots, pitted and sliced
1 large ripe peach, pitted and sliced
1 large nectarine, pitted and sliced

Dressing

1 teaspoon grated ginger
2 teaspoons honey
1/3 cup Pino Grigio wine

How to make it

1- in a large bowl combine all the fruit
2- In a smaller bowl whisk together all dressing ingredients
3- Toss dressing into the fruit and mix it in.
4- Serve it all fancy and shit in a martini glass!

Nutritional Information

See still great nutritional stats, even with little bit of fun added ;)

Roasted Sangria Pork Loin with Rosemary and Lemon

 

Why is this a Foodgasm? Mmmm Mmmm Pork add in some Sangria reduction a little lemon and rosemary and you got something amazingly sweet savory and succulent! It is so tender and sweet you will think it should be illegal!

This is a 4 point foodgasm (per 3 oz. of pork)