VICTORY GARDENS: On Super Easy Ways To Pickle All Your Beets And Green Beans

by Lisa Giroday, Sandra Lopuch and Sam Philips | Summer harvest is in full force, and there is an utter abundance of vegetables to consider for pickling. For those of you who haven’t tried it, pickling is easy (in this case, we mean the canning kind of pickling, not the fermentation kind). And how perfect is it that beans, garlic, and dill are all in season together? Just pack ‘em all in a jar, add some vinegar, and presto – you’ve got pickled beans in the making. Add some class to your hair-of-the-dog cocktail of choice or use your pickled beans as a punchy component in an antipasto.  Check out a couple of recipes for pickling liquids: one for green (and yellow and purple) beans, and one for beets, after the leap… Read more