Cranberries with Roasted Chicken

Never knew I loved cranberries until Thanksgiving came around.

Seriously -- who eats cranberries? ...funny-looking little fruit.

But look at me now! Huge fan of these sweet/tart little ruby bits of heaven.

And you know me. I have to take something generally presented as a sweet and turn it into a savory dish. Here I present roasted chicken with cranberries served with a side of bean sprouts stir fried with mushrooms, green onion and garlic. 

For the cranberries, I boiled them in brown sugar until the little ones began to burst at the seams. Some of them turned to mush quite quickly, but this was no bother. It gave me a sort of cranberry sauce. I wish I'd added something like cumin or a bit of cayenne to the cranberries to give them a hint of something new.

It's not your holiday leftovers, but it's not bad either!