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Killer Spicy Garlic Dill Pickles

A healthy dose of fresh, peeled garlic cloves, a homemade pickling spice, and hot peppers give these spicy pickles a seriously delicious kick.

Homemade Spicy Pickle Recipe

Let’s be clear about one thing: I am a lot of things, but a mathematician I am not. Instead of adding up numbers or figuring out right quadrangles, I’ve always been more of a visual kind of gal.

I can tell with one sideways glance when a picture frame is slightly askew. Let’s just hop over and fix that. There. Much better. I notice when the grocery store clerk gets a haircut. “Looks great!” “Oh, why thank you.” And it’s second nature for me to pick out the subtle variations of Periwinkle from Azure. Periwinkle for the win.

Therein lies the reason I was an art major.

I suck at math.

So when figuring out exactly how many cucumbers are in a bushel to share for this crazy good spicy pickle recipe, well…you’re just going to have to join me and go with the flow on this one. Even though I did indeed get out my pencil, my calculator, and conferred deeply with Google, my calculations may not be exact science.

But, then, except for baking, when ever IS cooking a science?continue to the recipe… about Killer Spicy Garlic Dill Pickles

Spiralized Refrigerator Quick Dill Pickles

These quick and easy dill pickles cured in the refrigerator deliver amazing pucker power and are ready to eat in just a few hours time.

My mom always called these dilly cucumbers. For as long as I can remember, they’ve signaled the height of summer. I can vividly remember standing in the kitchen as a kid. It was usually after coming inside from re-enacting Sound of Music with the neighbor kids (I NEVER got to be Gretel), riding my bike and hitting jumps like the boys did or practicing hitting tennis balls against the brick carport wall.

Pokemon Go? Musical.ly? Not even. We were outside doing and going. All. Day. Long.

We didn’t have air conditioning at our house. Instead the swamp cooler in the hallway at the end of the kitchen tried as hard as it might to chug out cold air in the dry, always oppressive, Utah summer heat.

Like we’ve always said, “It’s a different kind of heat. Not humid. Just damn hot.”

continue to the recipe… about Spiralized Refrigerator Quick Dill Pickles

Dilly Bean Recipe and 10 Pickled Recipes to Love

There’s this thing I inherited from my mother. Besides her blue eyes, our inability to remember names of acquaintances in the grocery store and our shared aptitude for back-seat driving.

I inherited her love of pickled green beans. Specifically my mom’s BFF’s Dilly Bean Recipe.

My mom’s best friend Mary is the queen of the dilly bean. Mary deserves a crown, or a pretty green bean tiara or a sash that has QUEEN DILLY BEAN bedazzled upon it. Every year she bequeaths a few bottles to my mom, of which I imploringly ask for for in exchange for my undying love.

My mom usually says yes. But certainly not always.