Indy Food Swappers founder Suzanne Krowiak shows us how to do it right, in just six steps. 1. Prepare cucumbers 8–12 hours in advance. 2. Rinse 1.25 pounds of cucumbers, and trim a quarter-inch off of ...

Relish summer harvests by making pickles and enjoying them throughout the fall and winter. Savor a crisp dill spear with a sandwich or top a hamburger with delicious bread and butters. With The ...

There’s no easy answer, really. What lands in this column sometimes depends on what’s growing in my gardens and what is seasonal. Then again, I may share a recipe that’s caught my eye regardless of ...

For a die-hard pickle enthusiast like me, there's absolutely nothing like a jar of homemade pickles. Done right, homemade pickles are the real deal — and once you've tried the real deal, there's ...

When most people think of making homemade pickles, they imagine a grandmother laboring over a hot stove during an all-day August canning marathon. When makes pickles, there's none of that. No cleaning ...

Wash 5 pint jars, lids and the screw bands in warm soapy water. Rinse and set aside. Place rack in the bottom of the canner. Place jars on top of the rack. Fill canner with water until it covers the ...

Fresh cucumbers can be eaten plain as a snack, an appetizer or sliced up to add to salads. One half cup counts as a serving and provides only 10 calories to your diet. Fresh cucumbers are best eaten ...

Quick-pickle jalapeños, onions, and cucumbers in minutes—no canning, no fuss. Watch the video to see how easy it really is!

My garden — more correctly, my husband’s garden — was overflowing with cucumbers. Lots of tomatoes and peppers, too, along with lesser amounts of carrots, eggplant, Egyptian spinach, zucchini and the ...

When it comes to U-pick fanaticism, berries seem to get all the summer lovin’, followed by corn and pumpkins in the fall. This time of year, however, there’s another important seasonal crop to ...

Pickles are a summertime necessity, whether they're topping a burger or completing a perfect Chicago-style hotdog. But instead of tossing a jar into your shopping cart, try making them instead — ...