Cranberry cilantro lime salsa

Cranberry lime salsa
http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2011/11/recipe-for-trinas-low-sugar-fresh.html
Ingredients:
1 bag (12 oz.) fresh cranberries
3/4 cup Splenda, Stevia In the Raw Granulated, or sugar (use Splenda or Stevia for South Beach Diet)
1 bunch green onions, sliced (about 3/4 cup sliced green onion)
1 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped (about 3/4 cup chopped cilantro, or use more to taste)
2 fresh jalapenos, seeds removed and chopped  
(use more if you like it spicy; could also use a few tsp. of Green Tabasco Sauce)
1 T olive oil
1 T fresh lime juice (I used my fresh-frozen lime juice)

Instructions:
Chop the green onions and cilantro.  Then WEAR RUBBER GLOVES for chopping the jalapenos, being careful not to touch your face or eyes or let the juice squirt up.  (I don't put jalapeno seeds into the disposal either, because the fumes when they are grinding can irritate your eyes.  If you're worried about handling the jalapenos, I've had good luck making this with Green Tabasco Sauce.)

Put the cranberries into a food processor or blender and pulse until they are partly chopped.  Add sweetener of your choice and pulse a few times more to combine.  Add sliced green onions, chopped cilantro, chopped jalapenos (or Green Tabasco Sauce), olive oil, and lime juice and pulse until all ingredients are chopped and the mixture is well combined.  (If you're not sure about using 2 jalapenos, add one and taste the mixture before you add the other, but I'm kind of a lightweight on spicy things and this was just right for me.)

Put mixture into a glass or plastic container with a tight-fitting lid and chill for several hours or overnight.

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ANOTHER VERSION

From  http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/cranberry_salsa/

Cranberry Salsa Recipe
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yield: Just over one cup of salsa

Roughly chopped ingredients to place in a food processor. If you don't have a food processor, grate the ginger, and finely chop or mince the cranberries, apple, chile, green onions, and cilantro.

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups of fresh or frozen cranberries
1/2 an apple, peeled, cored, roughly chopped
1/2 jalapeño, seeds removed, roughly chopped (less or more to taste, depending on how hot the chile is and how hot you would like your salsa to be)
2 green onions (scallions), chopped, including light green parts (about 1/4 cup)
4 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
1 Tbsp peeled chopped ginger
1 Tbsp lime or lemon juice
Dash of salt

Instructions
1 Place the cranberries, apple, chile, green onions, sugar, cilantro, ginger, lime juice and salt (all of the ingredients) in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse several times until everything is finely chopped and well blended.

2 Let salsa sit at least 15 minutes for sugar to soften the chopped cranberries. Store chilled in an airtight container until ready to serve. 
This makes a great side to pork, chicken, turkey, or steak. You can also place a dollop over a cracker spread with cream cheese for an appetizer.


*** My notes: I didn't like the first recipe alone- so I continued on ,combing the two by adding the apple. For the ginger , I actually used candied ginger. It worked well. I would suggest some red onion as well, maybe 1/4 cup. Next time I may even add some red pepper.