Craft the classic crunch of your favorite deli pickles right in your own home. Making your own half sour pickles is easy and requires minimal ingredients. We are going old school, ladies and gentlemen! No vinegar, no canning, no cooking. We are fermenting half sour pickles like its 1899. Don’t let the word “fermenting” scare you….
Roasted Ghost Pepper Sauce
Have you ever wondered what it tastes like to kiss the sun? This Roasted Ghost Pepper Sauce is as close as you will get to experiencing that on earth! If anyone doesn’t believe that I am a full-fledged heat junky, this Roasted Ghost Pepper Sauce recipe should put any such concerns to rest. Ghost peppers…
Homemade Asian Hot Sauce with Thai Peppers
This Homemade Asian Hot Sauce is bursting with sweet heat you’ll want to drip on everything! Similar to sriracha, this sauce is smoother, with a more robust flavor. I was squeezing the last firecracker that would fit into my dad’s five-gallon bucket. It was all a kid could do to entertain himself while playing hooky…
Homemade Strawberry Applesauce
Don’t you hate it when you wake up in the middle of the night, can’t fall back asleep, and find yourself downstairs watching old Andre the Giant videos on YouTube as you contemplate whether 2:30am is too early in the morning to call your brother and reminisce about your favorite childhood wrestler? No? Just me?…
Spicy Cider Dill Pickles
I can’t help but think of my old German ancestors any time I can pickles. To me canning and pickling is a lost art kept alive by those of us with a deep love and respect for food, wishing to preserve the tradition behind and the connection to the food we eat. However, I’m sure…
Spicy Dill Pickled Okra
I was walking underneath the overhang sheltering the gas pumps at my local Kwik Trip when I noticed a giant spider dangling eye level about two feet from my face. I quickly proceeded to back away from it when I felt that familiar sticky tug on my arm alerting me to the fact I had…
Dill Pickled Beets for Canning or Refrigeration
I have been excited to write about this dill pickled beets recipe for a long time. Dill pickled beets are not only a family favorite tied to great memories, but also a fourth generation family recipe originally crafted by my grandma and great grandma over 50 years ago. Great recipes tend to stand the test…
Quick Pickled Red Onions Recipe
The pungent heat from the red onion dissipates into a sweet crunch and a vibrant pink color. The flavor of these quick pickled red onions is as bright as its appearance. Sometimes it seems easy to forget as a blogger that you need to set aside time to, you know, blog. It seemed easy before,…
A Comprehensive Guide to Making Homemade Fermented Sauerkraut
Did you even know you can make homemade fermented sauerkraut? Many people don’t even think about it but with a few important tips it is easy to do and far more nutritious than anything you will purchase from the grocery store. Homemade fermented sauerkraut is made the way traditional sauerkraut has been made for centuries,…