Pickled Green Tomatoes

Yesterday at the grocery store in the aisle where there is usually a big display of red tomatoes I was surprised to see a big display of green tomatoes.  I bought some to make pickled green tomatoes.  I put them in the fridge until tonight when I realized I was missing an ingredient and they started to ripen quickly. 

 The recipe was from one of my Sunset - Canning and Pickling books (recipe below).  I made 5 jars of the green tomatoes along with carrots, green peppers, baby carrots, onions, garlic and spices.

The recipe doesn't say how long to wait before trying them.  Thats odd.  Maybe that means it won't be a long time.  I'm anxious to give them a try.  I love pickles and pickled veggies.  Do you like them?

Here is the recipe if you are interested..... Judi xoxo

Silly Dilly Beans

Two weeks ago on Saturday with the humidity down at the cottage Marc and I were in the mood for cooking up something. We set out in the morning to Rush's Fruit and Veggie Market and picked up the fresh green beans, garlic and dill that were on our list....

We washed and boiled canning jars...blanched GREEN beans....


made a vinegar solution...peeled garlic...mixed up spices, added garlic cloves and sprigs of dill.


and VOILA we have Dilly Beans... "Marc and Judi's Silly Dilly Beans" silly coming from the way you do things the FIRST time compared to the way you would plan to do them once you got the hang of it. We did have fun though. Now this Saturday our 2 weeks is up and we're ready to try them and see whether Marc DID in fact put in too much cayenne pepper for me...hmmmmmmm...

Do you enjoy canning? Have a great weekend!...Judi xoxo