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Spring Greens Salad w/ Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing

Common Salad Green Chart We've had some very hot weather the past week or so...I'm talking 80+F! It seems like we skipped right over Spring and went two feet into Summer.  While I'm not complaining, it has been very nice and sunny, I wasn't quite expecting this so soon. Luckily our garden is over-joyed about the weather blossoming, sprouting and blooming.  This has lead to an abundance of leafy greens, perfect for light Spring/Summer Salads on these hot days. Since we are growing our vegetables for Summer, I like to grow a wide variety of leafy greens so as not to get bored. For this Spring Salad I used a mix of lettuce, spinach, chard, and sprouts, then topped it with a tart honey lemon poppy seed dressing. This dish is a perfectly simple appetizer or side dish; the dressing complements the individual flavors of the greens without over powering them, while the carrot adds a hint of sweetness, and the hemps seeds an extra bit of crunch and a whopping
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How to Tuesday: Quick Pickles



We had a wonderful Memorial Day BBQ this year, but right in the middle of the festivities I realized that we had run out of pickles! No time to go to the store, what do we do!? The answer was simple, into the kitchen I went to make some quick pickles out of red onions, cucumbers, and radishes. 
The trick to making successful quick pickles is how thinly you cut the veggies. I would strongly suggest a mandoline but please make sure to use the finger guard, nobody wants pieces of finger in their pickles. This recipe is for about 1 cup juicy, sweet and tangy pickles. 

Quick Veggie Pickles

Quick Veggie Pickles

Emily (Cooking for Kishore)
Perfectly pickled veggies for salads, sandwiches, burgers, and hotdogs. You can use this recipe to pickle cucumbers, onions, radishes, etc.

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Medium Red Onion, sliced finely
  • 1 Tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp Sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 tsp Ground Black Pepper

Instructions

  1. Mix vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
  2. Add vinegar mix to thinly sliced Red Onion, or other Veggie and mix well.
  3. Let sit for 5 minutes, then it's ready to use on your burgers, hotdogs, and sandwiches.
Yield: 1 Cup
Prep Time: 5 mins.
Cook time: 5 mins.
Total time: 10 mins.
Tags: quick pickle, quick pickle recipe, sandwich pickle recipe, pickled onion recipe

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  1. ShaheenJune 9, 2018 at 11:51 AM

    Liking this. Quick pickles are a handy recipe to have up your sleeve.
    PS Hope you will join in EatYourGreens this month, I am hosting.

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  2. Every BlogDecember 13, 2023 at 11:41 PM

    Great post thanks for sharing! read also: How to pickle cucumbers

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