Pickle Juice

I smell like a pickle. 

An extra juicy vinegar filled pickle.

Not from eating them but from making them. 

My aspiration is to be a modern day Suzy Homemaker. 

Quite literally. 

Supper served by 6, house clean as a whistle, and craft projects galore. 

One day I will be that complete package, but until then I will settle for letting a "glimpse" of her surface every once in a while.

Tonight she showed up while Cam and I made homemade pickles. 

I felt right at home slicing and dicing in the kitchen. 

He cut the onions, because they make me cry every time, 

and I prepared most everything else. 

I would like to say I made my grandmother's recipe, but I chose to try my hand at refrigerator pickles instead to get my feet wet. 

You can find the original source of my recipe here.

I adapted this recipe by adding red onion to my jars instead of red peppers and cauliflower. You can pickle anything, but cauliflower didn't sound too good to me. I think the carrots give the jars a nice pop of color though, and pickled carrots are actually quite delicious! All 8 jars sealed after canning them, which means we don't have to refrigerate them after all.  

In a few days we will open a jar to test them, but I think the others will do best to sit and season for a month or so. I'm excited to try them, and even more excited to let my inner Suzy shine in the future with more than just pickle juice.