What? You don't have a sink full of cucumbers in ice and a vase full of dill flowers? Why not? It is pickling season! Paul has been making his favorite garlic dill pickles and I am going to try some spiced pickles with our next round of cucumbers.
It is also zucchini bread season. Or, chocolate zucchini bread/cake if you are like me. Chocolate and zucchini are a fabulous combo. This is my tried and true recipe, but I am also looking to branch out this year and try other recipes. Like this one with coffee and cardamom!
This year I made serrano cucumber pickles and habenero cucumber pickles and both turned out great! I used the brine recipe from the garlic pickles, but subbed rice vinegar instead of white and left out the dill. I did add garlic. So each jar had lots of cucumbers (I made spears), 2 chilis, and maybe 3-4 garlic cloves and the brine. They got rave reviews from my family!
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