The centerpiece roast turkey, the spread of casseroles, the pumpkin pie (and, likely, the apple pie too) — there's no shortage of to-dos come Thanksgiving. So when there's an opportunity to make your prep work a tad easier, it's indeed tempting to give in. Hear from The Kitchen's Sunny Anderson about how she transforms a tried-and-true store-bought staple — the infamous canned cranberries — into an all-new side dish.

According to Sunny, one of her go-to holiday hacks is "cranberry sauce out of the can." But that doesn't mean she doesn't dress it up. When it comes to the jellied stuff and the whole-cranberry option, she explains: "You can mix it together. ... I take the jelly. I don’t slice it; that looks crazy. You just beat it with a whisk until it becomes a little bit loose, and then you add in the [canned whole cranberries]." To add an extra boost of homemade flavor, she brightens up the sauce with citrus. "A little bit of orange juice, some orange rind or, you know, zested. It kind of feels like it’s your own," she explains. She also adds that you can mix in chopped fresh rosemary. "It looks like you made it, but you didn’t," says Sunny.

Get all of the holiday recipes from this morning's episode of The Kitchen right here.