Simple Homemade Pickle Recipe

Simple Homemade Pickle Recipe

Today on Facebook Live we found ourselves in a pretty pickle in the kitchen! It's surprisingly easy to make your own pickles and you can customize based on how sour, sweet, or spicy you'd like them to taste.

Ingredients

Cucumbers (mini) – Enough to fill a jar

For Brine Solution:

Apple cider vinegar
2 tbs large grain Himalayan salt

Dried or Fresh Spices Blend:

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Fennel
Pepper
Mustard Seed
Garlic
Coriander
[Optional, but great if you can add it] Fermented probiotic paste

Fresh Herbs:

Coriander
Dill

To make them extra crunchy:

Powdered Coral Calcium
OR fresh oak or bay leaves (3 or 4 for the whole jar)

Directions

  1. Rinse your jar with boiling water to sterilize.
  2. Make your brine: Add 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar and enough salt so that it's saturated (you should have some salt that doesn't dissolve).
  3. Add whichever spices you prefer to the jar.
  4. Add cucumbers to fill the jar, packing tightly.
  5. Add coriander/dill to top.
  6. [Optional] Add the fermented paste.
  7. Fill the rest of the jar with purified water.
  8. Cover and place in the fridge for 3-4 days.
  9. Note: Be sure to turn the jar over every day to get the spices at the top of the jar.

Enjoy!

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Andrea Donsky, RHN
Andrea Donsky, B. COMM is an international TV Health Expert, Best Selling Author, Nutritionist Podcast Host, and Founder of NaturallySavvy.com—a recipient of Healthline’s Best Healthy Living Blogs for 2019. As a pioneer and visionary in the health food industry, Andrea’s passion is to inspire people to make healthier choices. Andrea has combined her background and expertise as both a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and an entrepreneur ("She Boss!") to educate the public on living a healthy lifestyle through the creation of her businesses, books, articles, podcasts, videos, talks, and TV and radio media appearances. Andrea founded Naturally Savvy Media Inc. in 2007 in order to share her passion for healthy living, and love for natural products and companies. Among her numerous publications, Andrea co-authored Unjunk your Junk Food published by Simon and Schuster, a book that journalist, author and mother Maria Shriver endorsed: “Unjunk Your Junk Food has certainly made me more aware about the food that my children eat and the effects it has on our body and mind."</P. Andrea also co-authored two e-books entitled Label Lessons: Your Guide To A Healthy Shopping Cart, and Label Lessons: Unjunk Your Kid’s Lunch Box.