If you do anything homemade this Thanksgiving please let it be the cranberry sauce because it’s so easy and tastes nothing like the store-bought stuff. I despise the jellied canned stuff and hate it when someone brings it. I do love to have homemade cranberry sauce with my turkey and I have developed a palate for sweet and tart with savory.
When I bought the cranberries this year I had in mind to try something different other than apples with my cranberries and cherries seemed perfect. I bought a bag of frozen sweet cherries and cooked the cranberries and cherries in orange juice and sugar. There is so much more you could add to this sauce, but I actually liked it rather simple. Make this sauce a day in advance and let sit in the refrigerator and it tastes really good the next day and thereafter. Cranberry sauce goes perfectly with turkey sandwiches too so enjoy those leftovers.
Cranberry Cherry Sauce
6 ounces of fresh cranberries (half a 12 0z. bag)
1/2 cup sweet dark cherries (I used frozen)
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup orange juice
zest of one orange
Directions:
Step 1: Rinse the cranberries and add all ingredients to a medium-size saucepan and cook over medium heat until it has cooked down and thickened, about 20 min. Refrigerate covered overnight and serve at room temperature with turkey.

Here are a couple of links to some other cranberry sauce recipes:

I love the idea of cranberries and cherries combined. So pretty too Suzanne!
Thank you Chris, I love trying different fruits with my cranberries!