Food allergy-friendly recipe: Holiday berry sauce

Even if your kids don't have food allergies, you’ll likely be cooking for someone who does this holiday season. So, it’s good to have an allergy-friendly recipe ready in your back pocket. The top eight food allergy triggers include: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat.

Enjoy this recipe to help make an allergy-friendly holiday meal.

Holiday Berry Sauce

(recipe courtesy of Whole Foods Market)

Ingredients:

• 6 cups fresh cranberries, rinsed and drained

• 1/2 cup orange juice, more if needed

• 1 16oz. package frozen blueberries

• 1 12oz. package frozen raspberries

• Zest of 1 orange

• 1 1/2 cups agave nectar or honey

• 1 cup sugar, or to taste

Directions:

1. Place cranberries in a large saucepan.

2. Add orange juice and cook over medium heat for 7 to 10 minutes or until cranberries start to pop.

3. Add blueberries, raspberries, orange zest, nectar and sugar. You may need to add a little more orange juice at this time if the mixture is not slightly wet.

4. Cook an additional 10 minutes, mashing cranberries if desired with a potato masher. Let mixture cool before serving.

Serves 12 as a side condiment

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Other food allergy-friendly holiday recipes

• Sweet Potato Apple Casserole

• ​Herbed Prime Rib Roast

• ​Chocolate Cake

See more tips for navigating food allergies during the holidays.