Who does not love fresh pickles? My husband and I love anything pickled. Seriously anything. A few weeks ago, we were craving those salty, crunchy, delicious bites. So, I have a recipe for you all that requires NO sugar, fresh dill, or crazy ingredients.
For this recipe, I used dill seed, not dill weed. They are definitely not the same thing. Dill seed are the little seed of the plant. While, dill weed, are the leaves of the plant. Dill weed goes great in potato salad, and dill seed is great for this recipe. It is not too hard to find dill seed in your local grocery store. Next year, I plan on drying the heads of dill, and making my own dill seed and sill weed. Stay tuned for the journey.
Refrigerator Pickles
- 1 large cucumber
- 1 and 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup vinegar
- 1 tbsp dill seed
- 2 1/4 tsp pickling spices
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 2 dried chilies (or 1 and 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes)
- 2 tbsp salt
This is probably one of my easiest recipes yet.
- Bring vinegar and water to a boil.
- Add salt, dill seeds, and pickling spices.
- Place garlic, cucumber, chilies into a jar.
- Pour liquid into the jar. Mix.
- Shake jar once per day.
- Let sit at least 3 days. For the best flavor wait at least 7 days.
I hope you find this recipe delicious as we do. Let me know how your batch turns out!
Love, Liv
Natural Liv 