Pickles
Favorite 2021 Posts: It’s All About Pickles and Homesteading
When the pandemic started, we turned our efforts to sourdough and baking. But 2021 turned sour – as in pickles! It’s always interesting to take a look back and review the year. For me personally, 2021 was a busy year filled with writing two books, followed by a...
Cherry Tomato Salsa
Turn backyard cherry tomatoes into a colorful, and tasty, salsa.
Fresh Dill Pickles
Not too sweet, not too sour – these fresh pack dill pickles are just right!
Peach Chutney
Looking for an unusual way to preserve fresh peaches? Turn them into piquant chutney!
Turn Hard Boiled Easter Eggs into Pickled Eggs
Wondering what to do with all those colorful leftover Easter eggs? Pickle them! Do you have a plethora of leftover, hard-boiled Easter eggs? Don’t worry, your immediate future doesn’t have to be filled with egg salad sandwiches morning, noon, and night. Preserve those...
Lemony Pickled Carrots
Make a quick jar of pickled carrots for snacks and appetizers. The countdown is on. Soon, we will have fresh fruits and vegetables available for canning. But until then, we are filling our time making quick pickles. Pickled vegetables are a great way to jazz up your...
Spiced Apple Rings
Nostalgic for some tasty, old-fashioned treats? Start with spiced, candied apple rings. If you grew up in the 1950’s or 60’s you may fondly remember spiced apple rings. In an age when boxed spaghetti and sauce and brightly colored Kool-Aid® (with cyclamates!) were de...
Pickled Skinny Beans
Skinny, purple filet beans are fun to grow and make an unusual pickle. Growing French Beans I have been growing these skinny purple beans for a few years now. Like most backyard green beans, they are easy to grow and quite prolific, so you get a lot of food for little...
Sweet Pickles from Ripe Cucumbers
Those huge, end-of-the-garden cucumbers make wonderful sweet pickles. Just follow this long-time family recipe. When I was a child in the 60's and 70's most meals at Nana's house included homemade Russian Bear Pickles. The recipe had been passed down from Nana's...
