Summer is here and that means bounty is going to be coming out of the garden. If you have a vegetable garden in the spring and summer then you know you are busier than a one armed paper hanger this time of year! There is pickling, jamming and canning to be done. Some don't wish to go to those lengths and would just love to pop down to the local farm stand or benefit from the benevolence of a neighbor with an over abundance of produce. Today I am sharing some delicious refrigerator pickles using the green beans my father's neighbor gave him! These are full flavored, dilly, garlickly, oniony and just plain delicious. They are easy to make and do not require any canning equipment, because as the name implies, these are kept in the refrigerator! I love refrigerator pickles! They are easy and you can just make a couple jars if you want to. You don't have to go to lengths of sterilizing, water bathing or more. This is perfect if you love pickles without a lot of work! I have several refrigerator pickle recipes on the channel and if you want to have a look you can find the playlist here: https://bit.ly/35N23zQ These start off with some fresh green beans that have been well washed and the ends cut off. I like to do this in pint and a half jars, but whatever containers you have will work. Just make sure they have a tight fitting lid and that the liquid will come up over the vegetables. The pickles are enhanced by the addition of garlic, onion, pepper corns and dill seed. If you have access to fresh dill you can use it by just stuffing some of the fronds into the jar with the rest of the veggies. I do not like to use dried dill weed because it makes the liquid murky. Instead I prefer the dill seed since I had no fresh dill. You can also add some mustard seed here if you like. I was out. Bummer! If you would like to use pickling spice then you should feel free to do that as well! The brine is mixed up using apple cider vinegar, water, salt, sugar and minced garlic. You can leave out the garlic or the onion if you do not prefer those flavors in your pickle, but you need to leave in the salt and the sugar. These are important to the pickling process as well ad the balance of flavor. Pour all the brine ingredients into a saucepan and place over medium heat until it comes to a simmer. While you are waiting for that to happen, it's time to prep our jars. You can place the beans in first or last, up to you. I have mine in the jars already for speed. I placed the dill seed and peppercorns in the jars along with the sweet sliced onion. The beauty here is that there is no wrong way to do it. As long as you keep your brine ratios the same you are going to be fine. When the brine comes to a simmer, it's time to ladle it into the jars t ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bjk-nJmmvQ

Today I am sharing a recipe straight out of my grandmother's recipe box! This sweet and sour dressing will be used in a delicious vegetable slaw coming up later in the week, but this is just as at home on your nightly side salad or as a marinade for chicken or pork. It hits all the notes, sweet, sour, tangy, salty and creamy. I love this for the slaw we make with it, but it is delicious on a pecan and apple salad full of fall flavors as well or as a dipping sauce for grilled chicken. I know you are going to love this! The original recipe for this dressing uses granulated sugar. I am choosing to use a stevia sweetener because we are avoiding processed sugars when at all possible on our quest for optimal health. If you want to, please use granulated sugar in place of the sweetener I used. Along with the stevia/sugar this has neutral oil, vinegar, water and a bunch of spices. I used onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, mustard powder and celery seed. This really reminds me of the sweet and sour Amish dressing I used to have as a kid from the farmer's market. I put all the dry ingredients into a mason jar first then poured the liquids on top. I am using my immersion blender to make this because it emulsifies everything to perfection, but you can easily do this with a hand whisk or even in the blender if you so choose. Use what works for you. Since I have used sweetener in place of the sugar my dressing came out a bit thin. I chose to add a couple tablespoons of Cornaby's ultra gel to thicken it up a bit. I will leave a link to a shopping list below so you can reference some of the things I used in this video. The ultra gel did the trick and gave this dressing just the right bit of body. Perfect for clinging to shredded veggies for our next recipe! This dressing will taste delicious and keep for up to a week in your fridge. I will say that Nanny's recipe is a bit heavy on the vinegar. I suggest you adjust this recipe to suit your needs and your taste and if you are not keen on the super tangy taste reduce the vinegar by half and move on from there. You can also adjust the the sweetener/sugar to your liking by starting with less and adding more to suit your palate. I love this dressing and it hits on all cylinders for me. Rick loves it just as much and he could eat the entire bowl of slaw once I make it! I cannot wait to share that with you soon! Please stay tuned so you don't miss out! I hope you give this sweet and sour dressing a try some time soon and I hope you love it! Happy Eating! You can find a printable version of this recipe coming soon https://bit.ly/3dsGJBW Here is a shopping list of some of the items I used in this video: https://amzn.to/3gLlQ79 Get my cookbooks here: http://bit.ly/1czqM5R Busines ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fk3STnk97Y

Summer is upon us. Today was the last day of early college for my youngest daughter Micah. With the last day of school summer arrive in our house. It may not be the "official" beginning of summer as the calendar dictates, but it is summer nonetheless. The time when teenagers retreat to their rooms only to emerge for potty breaks, food, drink and more food. Sometimes for the occasional movie trip with their friends. Usually in the summer we have lots and lots of drinks in our fridge, whether they be Rick's favorite fruit punch or my standby unsweet iced tea or fresh lemonade, drinks are always plentiful in our fridge all year round, but especially in the summer when we want to always stay hydrated. I see lately that fruit tea is becoming a very popular thing. Every combination can be found to suit your liking. Today for #Torani Friday, I am going to share with you how to make a delicious ruby red grapefruit iced tea that you will love sipping on this summer. This grapefruit tea is not overly sweet, which I like, because, as I said, I prefer unsweet tea as my beverage of choice. This tea has a hit of grapefruit tang and citrus flavor enhanced by the addition of both unsweetened, all natural grapefruit juice as well as the star of our drink, the Torani, ruby red grapefruit syrup. This fresh fruit tea is super easy to make and even easier to drink! I just added grapefruit juice, Torani ruby red grapefruit syrup and very strong brewed black tea to a jar over two cups of ice and gave it a good stir. You can prepare this tea to your taste by adding more or less of both the juice and the syrup. This recipe is not very sweet and tastes more like grapefruit than sugar, which I wanted. You do you and you make this to suit your liking. You, of course can always add fresh slices of grapefruit if you like and allow the tea to steep so that the fresh juices will lend their flavor to the tea as well. You can even add lemons, limes and oranges if you choose for a very nice citrus fruit tea. If you don't have the Torani syrup, you can use simple syrup which is nothing but equal parts of granulated sugar and water boiled until the sugar dissolves and then allowed to cool. I always have simple syrup on hand in my fridge for ice coffee and other recipes. So, I hope this inspires you to go and make some fresh fruit tea for yourself! I find using a two quart mason jar helps a lot, this way you can make half a gallon of tea and it goes quick, then you can move on to a different flavor it you like! So experiment and explore and make some ruby red grapefruit tea to cool off and enjoy this summer! I hope you give this fruit tea a try and I hope you love it! Happy Sipping! You can find Torani syrups directly from their website: http://bit.ly/Tora ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojrtl2HMZMU

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