{"id":23086,"date":"2011-12-22T09:05:09","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T14:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=23086"},"modified":"2016-02-09T03:50:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T08:50:17","slug":"perfect-for-christmas-cranberry-ginger-mulled-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=23086","title":{"rendered":"Perfect for Christmas: Cranberry Ginger Mulled Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I love mulled wine, but I haven&#8217;t made much of it at home. I think the first time I had it was when my mother made a batch at Christmastime.\u00a0 It was such a lovely drink, warm and comforting with the spices and sugar, and so perfect for the holiday season.\u00a0 Unlike many mulled wine recipes, this has a tanginess to it from the cranberries and the lemon that offset the sweetness and the spices. Now, keep in mind that I like tart things, and so I kept the sweetener at a minimum compared to most mulled wines.\u00a0 This is everything mulled wine should be&#8230;sweet, comforting, spicy, but with it&#8217;s own tangy, cranberry taste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As you probably know, conventional mulled wine takes sugar.\u00a0 Since sugar isn&#8217;t an option for me, I used Swerve the new erythritol sweetener I&#8217;ve mentioned a few times on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alldayidreamaboutfood.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>.\u00a0 Swerve is having a fun contest on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Swerve-Sweetener\/182197565191252\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> page. Just post your New Year&#8217;s Resolution to win a pound bag of the granular or powdered Swerve sweetener. So far, I&#8217;ve only had great results with it, so I think it&#8217;s a contest worth entering. 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