One of the things that I love about Christmas is doing some festive cooking! Nothing beats the house being warm, cosy and full of Christmassy fragrances! One of the things that I usually prepare in late November or early December is my homemade cranberry sauce.

At this time of year fresh cranberries are readily available in all of the supermarkets, and are usually really cheap to buy. I have also occasionally bought the ones that are heavily reduced after Christmas and frozen them for the following year!

Although of course you can buy ready made cranberry sauce, the homemade version tastes so much better, and it is super easy to do, it really can’t go wrong! The other thing that I love about doing a homemade cranberry sauce is that you can customise it. I always add some orange zest and juice, as the flavour is gorgeous, but you could always make a mulled version (some star anise, cinnamon, red wine) or even add some chilli in to spice it up!