My Thanksgiving Guilty Pleasure: Canned Cranberry Sauce 🥫🍂
As an Italian, Thanksgiving at my house is usually a big, over-the-top production: homemade pasta, antipasto for days, garlic in everything, and enough wine to stock a vineyard. It’s all very... traditional. And there's nothing wrong with that!
And then there’s me, sitting there, quietly loving the canned cranberry sauce. You know the one. Jiggly, perfectly ridged, and making that glorious shloop sound as it slides out of the can. Every year, my family loses it.
“Andrea, you’re Italian! You make everything from scratch! How can you eat that?” Cue the laughter, the side-eyes, and the inevitable, “Well, more for you, I guess.”
But honestly? That little can of cranberry joy reminds me it’s okay to love the simple things. Not everything needs to be homemade or gourmet to be perfect. Sometimes, the simplest traditions bring the biggest smiles—and I’ll take those ridges over a fancy cranberry relish any day.
So, what’s your “canned cranberry sauce”? The thing that brings you joy even if it doesn’t match the rest of the holiday vibe? Let’s hear it (and yes, it’s fine if your family mocks you too).
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