Cranberries and Oranges are a great taste combination and make for a wonderful, rich pudding. Great as a side dish at Thanksgiving or a side dish, snack, or dessert any time year, it's almost addicting once you start.

Cranberry Orange Pudding

• 16 medium dates
• 4 cups cooked sweet potato or squash
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 navel oranges, peeled, cut in half lengthwise and pulled into sections
• 1 thin slice of the orange peel, small dice
• 2 cups fresh cranberries
• 1 medium apple, large dice
• 1/3 cup walnuts (optional)

Add dates to food processor and process until they just start to form a ball. Don’t let them ball up or they don’t blend in well with the other ingredients.

Add sweet potato and cinnamon and blend well.

Add one orange and orange peel and process until smooth.

Add the second orange, cranberries, and apple, and pulse to get the texture you like, chunky or smooth. We like chunky.

Add walnuts if using them and pulse to fold them in, or garnish each serving with them.

Serve and enjoy