A note about "shredding" apples...I had never done that before and didn't know what to expect, so I just used my cheese shredder (which I already had out for the carrots). Well, my granny smith cooking apple didn't exactly turn into nice stringy pieces, it ended up looking more like applesauce. Actually, it went brown immediately too, so to be honest it looked like throw-up. Yum! :) So I had another apple on hand which I peeled and cubed. (I liked cubed apples in my baking anyway.) They came out really good. Also, I substituted applesauce (including the goop I had made, lol) for oil since it's a shame to have all these healthy ingredients and then blow it with the oil. Other than that though, the recipe does not need any tinkering. AND it's AMAZING served with a little bit of low-fat cream cheese. I'm not kidding guys, you'll really want the cream cheese.

Reviewed On: Jan. 18, 2009

Cranberry relish is better than cranberry sauce because sauce can slide off your turkey when you're eating it, but sticky relish bits cling all over the meat when you have it on your fork. I made this for Thanksgiving and it was a big hit. I made it the day before, which was convenient, and after it had chilled the flavors mingled well and it took on more of the orange/citrusy flavor. The only thing I changed was using 1/2 cup of sugar because I wanted to retain the tartness of the cranberries and we don't like things too sweet around here. Oh, and I learned that 3.5 cups cranberries equals one 12oz bag. Enjoy, this one's a keeper!

Reviewed On: Nov. 29, 2008

I changed the recipe a lot: I skipped the hot pepper sauce and substituted more tomatoes and avocado for the corn. I made it ahead of time to give to someone and forgot that avocados go brown after a few hours, just FYI if you want to make it ahead of time and chill it, you should probably add the avocados at the end. I'm still looking for a good summer bean salad and will probably keep looking, but this one wasn't bad.

Reviewed On: May 23, 2007