{"id":6211,"date":"2014-08-14T08:45:45","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T12:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eyecandypopper.com\/?p=6211"},"modified":"2017-05-06T15:04:32","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T19:04:32","slug":"easy-tips-kitchen-diy-how-to-pickle-your-own-err-pickles-vegan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flexitariannutrition.com\/easy-tips-kitchen-diy-how-to-pickle-your-own-err-pickles-vegan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen DIY: How to make your own pickles | Vegan"},"content":{"rendered":"

I canned my first-ever pickles a couple of weeks ago! I cannot believe how easy that was!<\/p>\n

We live in a society where we think everything needs to be made by a company (i.e., machines), that we, somehow are not able to can our own produce ourselves (even though this has been done in home kitchens for a couple of centuries)!<\/p>\n

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How To Make Your Own Pickles?<\/h2>\n

Last year, I started making my own jam<\/a>, pickled beets, spicy maple-pear salsa<\/a>, and spaghetti sauce. This year, I intend on doing all that, and more! So far, I’ve already made all of my Strawberry, Rhubarb, and Chia jam<\/a> for the year (I have about 18 x 250 mL jars), I also have 8 x 500 mL jars of pickled beets already made (recipe to come), 1 large jar of hot jalapeno peppers, and 7 x 1 L jars of pickles, which I am sharing today. It’s a lot of work, but the process itself is very simple, and once you get the hang of it, can be done fairly quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n

This is a great basic recipe, and all of my ingredients were organic, including the white vinegar and all the spices – buying organic white vinegar is very important as most cheap white vinegar is made from GMO corn. It turned out great! The only thing I would change in the future would be to use smaller pickles if I have the chance next time. I’ve never been a huge fan of those big slices of pickles, I prefer smaller ones, but I used what I got in my organic produce delivery! haha I simply cut each cucumber in quarters lengthwise. The result was delicious, and since we don’t eat pickles that often, that means we’re set for the coming year! No pickles to buy for a whole year! And those 7 jars cost me only about $25 to make (not including the jars) for all organic ingredients!<\/p>\n

*** Note that this recipe cannot be done entirely on the same day as it needs to soak overnight before canning them. ***<\/p>\n

*** Another tip is to make sure to have all your ingredients & set-up ready, because you don’t want your jars to cool down too much while you’re putting the ingredients in, otherwise they might break when you plunge them back into the hot water.***<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

ECP xo<\/p>\n

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