Organic Refrigerator Pickles Recipe

These pickles are tasty and fast to make. The jars make lovely gifts, and it’s a fun project to do with the kids. Try to get organic cucumbers. There have been tests on what fruits and veggies have more pesticides and toxins, and cucumbers are on the top of the list. Look for smaller cucumbers; the large ones taste bad.

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Ingredients

12 to 15 Small Summer Cucumbers sliced in spears or cut in rounds
2 cups Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
2 cups Water
Two tablespoons Honey
Two tablespoons Pink Himalayan Salt
I put in 1 teaspoon per jar Hot Pepper Flakes to taste
3 per jar 12 Cloves of Garlic Whole
Big bunch of fresh dill
Four tablespoons of pickling spice one tablespoon per jar

Instructions

Put jars, lids and rings of your pint jars through the dishwasher, right before you plan to make the pickles. In each jar put your spices, garlic and 3 or 4 dill sprigs. Take your sliced pickles and arrange nicely in the jar. Pack as tight as you can.
In sauce pan take your water, vinegar, honey and salt and simmer for 15 minutes or so. Ladle your hot liquid over your cucumbers. Fill to the top.
Put rings and lids on and let sit until cool, about 2 hours on the counter. When cool place in frig for five days. The pickles are good for about four weeks in the frig.