Inspired by the best meal we had in Paris, at Un Jour a Peyrassol. Goes with the potato gnocchi.

Basic Cranberry Sauce

1 bag (12 oz, 3 cups) fresh cranberries
1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup water

Horseradish Cranberry Sauce

Modified from http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Cranberry-Horseradish-Sauce...

1 (12-oz) bag fresh or frozen cranberries
1/4 cup firmly packed finely grated peeled fresh horseradish (perhaps more?)
1/3 heaping cup sugar
1/3 cup water

Simmer all ingredients together, stirring often to break down the berries, 10 minutes.

Jalapeno Cranberry Sauce

Cornbread from scratch; this is equivalent to 1 pkg. corn kits. Useful for Turkey and Dressing (the full recipe of which requires 3 corn-kits)!

One Kit
1 c. yellow cornmeal (Not stone ground)
1 c. flour
4 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1 c. milk
1/4 c. shortening
1 egg

Three Kits
3 c. yellow cornmeal (Not stone ground)
3 c. flour
4 Tbsp baking powder
1 1/2 t. salt
3 c. milk
3/4 c. shortening
3 eggs

From deliciousmagazine.co.uk Difficult to form, but tasty! Freezing them gives a good snack/side later on

2 tbsp butter
1 cup assorted wild or chestnut mushrooms, wiped clean and sliced
1 onion, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
1.5 cups arborio rice
1/3 cup white wine
3 cups vegetable stock, hot (approx - make more if needed)
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
4 oz buffalo mozzarella ball, cut into 12 pieces
4 tbsp plain flour, seasoned
3 tbsp sunflower oil

This was in response to our taking advantage of a recent livinggrouponsocial deal with Arganica, and opting for one of their more CSA-like "give me a box of random local, organic goodies." We're already, honestly, pretty damned tired of kale and brussel sprouts, and hoped this would provide something slightly different. We got... chard and turnips. Well, OK. The dinner turned out quite good, and is somewhere between classic French and New American. We made the chard into a warm salad by wilting it and steaming it with a bit of apple cider, then tossing it with vinegar and adding pecans.