One of mine and Truett’s favorite things to snack on are Craisins.  We LOVE them.  I even used them in his class’s Valentine’s Day goodie bags.  One of the little girls is allergic to red dye so I kept trying to find a ‘red’ snack that she could eat and Ocean Spray’s Craisins were it!

Anyways, something else we like is cranberry juice, which also happens to be made by Ocean Spray.  Well they came out with a new flavor called Cran-Cherry and I thought it would be fun to see Truett’s thoughts on it.  I guess I should have waited until he wasn’t so tired ’cause he’s not real energetic but he does love the juice.  In fact, all my boys love the juice so much that one bottle was gone in one day.  Anyways, here’s what he said….

I guess I also should have cleaned his face before putting him on camera too huh?  *sigh*  Anyways, we really do love the juice and wanted to share that with y’all.  Every since I’ve slowly cut my soda intake down, I’ve been trying new juices, flavored waters, etc and it’s been like a fun adventure.  I get to see what I like but also what my family likes and doesn’t.

I’m thinking the juice could be used in a recipe somehow…have any ideas?  I’d sure like to try something!! Oh! They have diet cran-cherry too!

Okay, I’m out but if you have a recipe that might be a good fit using this juice, let me know and I’ll try it.  Have a good’un!

Last week I made Lemon Bread, this week is Orange Pound Cake.  I’m sucker for pound cake anyways but wanted to try adding a little flavor to one. This was a hit to say the least and gone in about 30 seconds.  Would have been sooner but they had to pause and drink some milk with it.

p.s. I would love to see you join the new foodie community.  I already gave away two fabulous prizes to active members and that’s only the beginning;)

INGREDIENTS

• 1 stick butter (1/2cup), Unsalted & room temp
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 6 tbsp orange juice (1/4cup if freshly squeezed)
• 1/4 cup milk (you can use 2% if you want)
• 1/2 tsp grated orange rind

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 325′ and have your 9×5 loaf pan buttered and ready to go.

Cream butter & sugar, then add eggs and mix well; set aside.  In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt.  In a measuring cup combine orange juice, milk and orange zest and start adding butter mixture alternating with the flour mixture until light & creamy.

Spoon (pour) into pan and bake for 45min or until center comes out clean with toothpick.  Cool in pan and then remove from pan and drizzle with glaze.

OPTIONAL GLAZE

• 2tbsp orange juice
• 1/3 cup confectioner’s sugar

Mix together and drizzle on cake while still warm.