Holiday Cranberry Jalapeño Dip

Ingredients:

12 oz fresh, uncooked cranberries

¼ cup green onion diced

1-2 fresh jalapeno peppers

2 Tbsp. cilantro (optional)

¾ to 1 cup sugar (according to taste)

1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice or lime juice

1/8 tsp salt

16 oz cream cheese (whipped) (can do 1/2 cream cheese if wanted)

Directions:

Use food chopper to chop cranberries (or if in food processor do in batches and only pulse a few times)

Chop green onion, jalapeño and cilantro

Mix chopped ingredients in a medium sized bowl

Add sugar, lemon juice and salt and stir gently until blended

Cover and place in refrigerator (at least a few hour or overnight)

Whip softened cream cheese about 2 minutes on high, and spread into pie plate. Drain cranberry mixture and spoon over top of cream cheese. Serve with Ritz crackers or tortilla chips.