#Homemade Pickled Cucumbers

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Quick & Easy Pickled Cucumber Recipe! 🥒 #PickledCucumber #FamilyFoodTutorials #viralvideo

[tinroofchickens]

1 day of cucumber harvest from my pickle centric year

When I tell you I was throwing these things at people. I had so many cucumbers

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My first cucumber harvest of the season, and the lovely sour dill quick pickles I turned it into 💚

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Ready to go can some green beans and make some pickles and jams 😋

August 26, 2023

[sunsetriders7]

In this simple Chef John recipe, pickling cucumbers in a salt brine with spices only takes about a week to produce crunchy, delectable pickles.

[coleycooks]

This easy recipe for refrigerator dill pickles makes it simple to enjoy crisp, tangy, homemade pickles without any special equipment or complicated steps. All you need are some fresh cucumbers and a handful of basic ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. This is pickling made easy. No canning. No boiling jars. No fuss!

[tilbageidanmark]

My simple go-to, no muss pickle recipe:

Add salt, pepper, chili powder and sugar to simple vinegar.

Shake.

Marinate thinly-sliced vegetable in it.

Eat.

[protorol]

Sauces and Condiments - Homemade Dill Pickles In this simple Chef John recipe, pickling cucumbers in a salt brine with spices only takes about a week to produce crunchy, delectable pickles.

[geckomancyy]

Homemade Dill Pickles Recipe In a salt brine with spices, pickling cucumbers take just a week or so to turn into crunchy, delicious pickles in this easy Chef John recipe. 1 bunch fresh flowering dill weed, 3 bay leaves or more to taste, 4 cloves peeled garlic, 2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns, 2 teaspoons whole coriander seeds, 8 tablespoons kosher salt, 8 cups cold fresh water, 2 pounds very fresh Kirby cucumbers washed thoroughly, 4 whole cloves

[monsterbutch]

i love vinegar so much yum yum

[goodfoodcollective]

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My first cucumber harvest of the season, and the lovely sour dill quick pickles I turned it into 💚

[angelicgirlmj]

an angels guide: healthy eating at school

hi angels! you voted and this came first so here it is, an angels guide to eating healthily and focusing on your body and health goals at school. healthy eating at school can be tricky. you use up so much enegry and time in class and studying that meals can seem a little less important. you might end up skipping a meal or eating a meal that ends up not fitting your health goals all because you ran out of time. i have created three categories of lunches to help you find meal inspo: cold lunches, hot lunches and make the night before lunches. also a bonus snack section and some general tips! enjoy angels and feel free to comment your go to lunches/snacks.

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tips

bring a bottle of cold water with you to school, drinking water regularly helps you look and feel your best.

eat breakfast! even if you don’t get very hungry eating in the morning helps your brain and body function it’s best. try having some fruit or a smoothie if you really struggle to eat in the mornings.

try vitamins/probiotics to help you get all your nutrients and vitamins in.

buy a cute lunch box/food containers to make sure your lunches are adorable.

make a pinterest board of cute healthy lunches to be inspired by!

figure out your health goals and create meal ideas from there. for example: i want to build muscle! that means you need more protein in your diet so plan meals and snacks with lots of protein sources to fit your goal.

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a week of cold lunches:

chicken salad: mix chicken, avocado, tomato, cucumber, carrot, corn, salad leaves (lettuce, rocket etc). add mustard and lemon dressing, season well with salt and pepper and fresh dill. dessert: raspberries and blueberries served with peanut butter and greek yogurt.

tuna and avocado pita: mashed avocado and tuna, seasoned with salt and pepper, fill in pita along with rocket and pickle slices. dessert: pineapple and pomegranate fruit salad.

cold rice bowl: mix cooked salmon, rice, cucumbers, cooked broccoli and sliced carrot. sprinkle with sesame seeds and pepper and salt. garnish with a garlic mayo or homemade yogurt garlic sauce. dessert: chopped strawberries dipped in yogurt and coated in dark chocolate and coconut oil left to harden.

feta and turkey wrap: place lettuce, turkey, tomato in a wrap and sprinkle with feta, pepper and salt. dessert: sliced apple (squeeze lemon over to stop apple going brown) with peanut butter, greek yogurt and cinnamon dip.

cold pesto pasta salad: mix cooked penne pasta, homemade pesto, tomato, rocket, avocado, grated parmesan and season with salt and pepper. dessert: tangerine pieces and kiwi.

cold noodles: mix cooked noodles, shredded red cabbage and carrots, green onions, handful of crushed peanuts, chopped cucumber and cover with sesame peanut sauce. dessert: homemade blueberry banana oat muffin.

salmon bagel: add salmon, cream cheese (or cottage cheese), cucumber, rocket, lemon and pepper to a bagel. dessert: blackberries and mango.

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a week of hot lunches:

pizza toast: spread homemade tomato sauce on a piece of sourdough bread, cover with mozzarella, add your favourite toppings such as ham, mushroom, olive, pepper etc and bake until cheese melted, serve with rocket. dessert: banana bread and greek yogurt.

stuffed aubergine (or eggplant): sauté aubergine, onion, garlic, pepper, zucchini and olive, add in tomato paste and season. put in aubergine and sprinkle with cheese. bake until cheese melted. dessert: sautéed apples served warm with yogurt and granola.

chicken meatballs: homemade chicken meatballs cooked with a soy based sauce and red peppers. serve with cooked rice. dessert: strawberry oat crumble.

gyozas: heat or make some gyozas and serve with a cucumber and carrot salad with soy sauce to dip. dessert: hot matcha tea with strawberries.

soup: make your favourite soup and serve with some warm sourdough toast. dessert: watermelon slices.

quesadilla style wrap: fill a whole wheat wrap with cheese, turkey, tomatoes and avocado. cook until cheese melted and warm. dessert: green grapes, blueberries and raspberries.

grilled chicken burrito bowl: mix grilled chicken, rice, avocado, black beans, corn, tomatoes, red onions, cilantro and sour cream with cooked rice and squeeze over lime and season as preferred. dessert: rice cakes with greek yogurt strawberries and melted dark chocolate.

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snack ideas:

veggie sticks and hummus.

fruit salad.

frozen banana, peanut butter and chocolate slices.

pretzel thins and sliced cheese.

frozen grapes and lime.

salty popcorn.

yogurt parfait.

cucumber and cream cheese rice cakes.

cookie dough protein bites.

banana peanut butter rice cakes.

homemade oatmeal cookies.

smoothie.

chia pudding.

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thank you for reading! happy back to school season. remember to nourish and take care of your body - you deserve it! love, m.

[cheeseatlantic]

Cheese, the Johnny and Reader cheese where she accidentally finds his sketchbook, and he was embarrassed but still so gentle and loving was so beautiful. It’s so lovely. Thank you. 🙏🏻 Please more Johnny coziness and loveliness.

AHHHH RHANK YOU I LOVE YOU ANON MWAwaMWAH

FEEDING STUPID(S)

It started with a lovingly packed lunch.

Homemade bánh mì with slow-roasted pork belly, crisp pickled vegetables, soft baguette. A little container of lemongrass broth on the side. Some spiced mango slices and a tiny handwritten note taped to the lid: “Don’t share. You deserve nice things. Love you.”

Johnny pulled it out during break, beaming with the pride of a man deeply loved—and deeply fed.

Kyle and Price immediately leaned over.

“The hell is that?” Kyle blinked at the sandwich like it might sing. “Did your partner cook for you again?”

Johnny, smug as anything, nodded. “Aye. Said I need proper fuel for blowin’ shite up.”

Price whistled low. “That’s better than what we get in the mess three times over.”

But before Johnny could even get the lid fully open—

A gloved hand came from behind.

Quick. Silent. Precise.

And yoinked the entire container.

Johnny squawked. “OI—, you absolute gobshite, give that back!”

Simon didn’t even look guilty. He just cracked the container open and took a bite, still walking.

“Mmm,” Ghost said around a mouthful of Johnny’s lunch. “Weird. Thought this was mine.”

Johnny stared, slack-jawed. “You don’t even bring lunch!”

“Exactly. Must’ve got mixed up.”

“You walked in with empty hands!”

Simon glanced over his shoulder. “You imagining things again, MacTavish? Worryin’ me.”

Johnny turned to Price and Kyle. “You saw that, right?! That’s my sandwich!”

Price took a sip of his tea. “Bit hard to say, Sergeant. It was pretty fast.”

Kyle nodded solemnly. “Could’ve been anyone.”

Johnny threw his arms up. “Unbelievable. Gaslit by my own bloody mates.”

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That night, Johnny came home, dramatically flopping onto the kitchen counter as you plated dinner.

“Love of me life,” he groaned, “I need a tactical solution.”

You blinked. “…To what?”

He pouted. “LT keeps nickin’ my lunch. Full-on stealth op. He even stole the mango slices. And lied about it.”

You tried not to laugh. “Do you want me to pack you extra?”

“Nah, I want retribution—”

But the next morning, when Simon opened his gear bag, he found a perfectly packed lunch inside. Carefully labeled in blocky handwriting:

“Simon! Yes, this one’s actually for you. Eat it and stop stealing Johnny’s. Also I know you took the mango. – [Your Name]”

He stared at it in silence for a moment.

Then cracked the lid.

Inside: slow-roasted beef rendang, coconut rice, crispy shallots on top. A side of Thai cucumber salad. Mango sticky rice wrapped in wax paper.

“…Oh,” he muttered. “…Shit.”

Johnny caught him halfway through his first bite. “That’s right, ya thief. My spouse made you your own. No more grand larceny!”

Simon just hummed. “Yours was still better last week.”

“YOU—!”

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By the end of the month, you were meal-prepping for three.

Price quietly asked if he could “get in on that action too, if it’s not too much trouble.” Kyle offered to wash every dish in your house in exchange for one of your burritos.

And Johnny?

Johnny never shut up about you. Not once.

Not about your cooking. Not about the notes.

Not about how lucky he was.

Because he was—and he knew it.

[dontforgetukraine]

This month, Olena Vladymyrets, a Holodomor witness from the Vinnytsia region,celebrated her 95th birthday. Ms Olena was born on November 4,1929. She is the only one of 3 daughters of Oleksandr and Marta Tsvylyk who survived the Holodomor. Photo from Nina Vladymyrets' Fb page. "We lived in Tomashpil village in the Khmilnytskyi district, Vinnytsia region.There were 3 of us: the eldest, Larysa, born in 1927; me, in 1929; the youngest, Mariyka, in 1932. Both of my sisters didn’t survive. Mariyka was only 5 months old," she told our museum staff in an interview. During the Holodomor, she was very young, but she heard from her parents that before collectivization, people lived decently. "Those who worked, they lived..." But then, all their bread was taken away. "You know, as they used to say: 'Lenin told Stalin to take away the 'surpluses' but Stalin thought: take everything to the last crumb!' And so they did. My mother managed to earn a small amount of grain and put it in a pot to cook. She placed the pot in the oven, covering it with cauldron of water as if she were only heating the water. Activists broke in, poured out the water, removed the small pot of grain, and dumped it into their bag. Neither tears nor pleas helped. They took everything from everyone, and that is how the famine began." In 1946-1947, Olena Oleksandrivna experienced yet another man-made famine. "Mother and five of us, children, (four were born after the Holodomor) were already without a father (he died in the war). In the winter of 1947, Mother travelled to Western Ukraine seven times to trade some household goods for food." Ms Olena recalls. "She took all the essential items we had at home, including linens, towels, and various other things. It was a hard journey; they travelled in boxcars,got caught,and were forced off. And I, at 16, stayed home alone with the children. When Mum returned from the West, she brought a bit of grain. We kept a little for ourselves,then took the rest to the market in Bykiv, 8–10 km away. There, Mum sold the grain and bought clothes—jackets, skirts, dresses, scarves to go back to the West, as we had already sold out everything we had. I looked at those clothes and wanted a dress or a skirt so badly; after all, I was a girl! But what could I say to my mother? There were still younger children at home who were asking for food…" Today, Ms Olena, along with all of Ukraine, is going through another hardship—the war unleashed by Russia. Despite her age, she helps her daughter Nina make trench candles for Ukrainian soldiers. In addition, throughout the summer, the women made homemade treats for the soldiers they grew themselves: pastila, adjika, pickled cucumbers, tomatoes, fruits, vegetables, and berries! Although our birthday celebrant needs a walker to move, she actively contributes to volunteer work. She rolls cardboard for candles, peels fruits and vegetables, and assists her daughter as much as she can. Her daughter has also sent five drones to the front lines and provided medications, tourniquets and other essential items requested by the soldiers. We wish Ms Olena health,a long life,and a speedy Victory,which she dreams of more than anything else! May her dream come true! —Holodomor Museum