Fermented Dill Pickles
I’m a dill pickle girl all the way. My mother’s dill pickles are the #2 thing I can in the house after tomatoes. So imagine my surprise when I found a fermented version that almost rivals my mom’s? Read more ›
Pickling Archive
Fermented Cauliflower Pickles
I just opened a jar of fermented cauliflower pickles that I put up last July from a huge head of cauliflower from my garden. The pickles are crisp and tangy, laced with tarragon, garlic, chili and mustard. Best of all, the pickle juice is carbonated. Read more ›
Preserving Winter Citrus
The dead of winter is where we’re at. Heading for -25 windchill tomorrow and I, for one, need as much sparkle in my life as I can muster. The irony is that citrus, the sunniest of fruits, is in season in the middle of winter. Read more ›
Turkish Pickled Golden Beets
I developed this Turkish-style pickled beet with my friend Megan during an afternoon of canning. I love the rich flavors of turmeric, cinnamon, bay leaf and cumin together in this sweet yet savory preparation. What could be better during a cold winter’s Read more ›
Indian Summer Giardiniera Pickle
We are deep in indian summer here in Minnesota. A couple light frosts have hit the gardens, but produce still continues to ripen, unaware that it’s almost October. Peppers seem to be the last thing to arrive in the garden, and with 80 degree days, they just keep coming. To preserve the late bounty of my garden, I made Italian-style giardiniera. Read more ›
Pickled Dilly Beans
Summer holds such promise – big, bountiful gardens, lots of fruits and vegetables, excellent foraging and amazing farmer’s markets. In deep winter I plan all the amazing things I will do with summer produce, along with the great blog posts I will make to accompany them. Then summer hits me like a full bucket of water, and I am deluged with the harvest. Read more ›
Quick Pickled Baby Beets with Stems
We’ve had plentiful rain and moderate summer temps the last few weeks and the garden grows by the minute. Sweet snap peas are bountiful, greens overflow my crisper and the tomato plants are 3 feet tall. The winding row of mixed color beets are beginning to crowd one another as I never have the heart to thin them. Read more ›
Chive Blossom Vinegar Recipe
While cruising through Instagram the other day I came across a number of photos of beautiful chive blossoms and several posts about chive blossom vinegar. Doh! I totally forgot to make my chive blossom vinegar! And my garden chives are covered in blossoms. The time is now. Read more ›
Spicy Asparagus Carrot Refrigerator Pickles
It’s spring in Minnesota! And it’s a whole two weeks early. Unlike the east coast, who will probably be two weeks late this year, Minnesota is enjoying an unseasonably warm and lovely spring. Pale green leaves are peeking out of bare branches, Read more ›
Red Onions en Escabeche
I like to serve homemade preserved goods with a meal, but this late in winter, my pickle supply is running rather low. Last week we had a few friends over for a decidedly non-winter meal. Read more ›
Daikon Kimchi
I like radishes. In the spring there’s an explosion of little red globes, followed again three months later by the fall radish boom. But our Minnesota summers make radishes pithy, bitter and hot, so there’s a long pause in radish season, which I find wholly unacceptable. Then I met the daikon radish. Read more ›