Tuesday
Monday
Cucumber Salad
Ingredients
- 4 large cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and sliced (about 1 qt.)
- 1 large onion, halved and sliced
- 8oz fresh chilies, seeded and sliced
- 2 cups water
- 4 cups apple cider vinegar
- 1T chopped garlic
- Lawry's, salt, black pepper, crushed red pepper to taste
- 1 cup sugar
Preparation
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl
- Stir well to dissolve sugar
- Chill and marinate for a minimum of 6 hours or up to several days
- This recipe will make approximately 2 qt.
Comments
- Chilies can be adjusted to taste; add more or less and change up the variety!
- Changing up the vinegar is a fun way to play with this recipe; the apple cider is the standard one I use.
- When using hot chilies, the heat will intensify over time; either be careful or go crazy!
- This is a perfect side for anything coming off the grill this summer. We serve it with most of our holiday cookouts.
Tuesday
Summer Sorbet
- 1 cup water
- 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 lb. summer fruit, frozen/fresh (berries, peaches, etc.)
- fresh herbs, spices, zest, or other flavorings to taste
- 2 T lemon juice
Preparation
- Measure fruit and place in a 2 qt, container.
- Add lemon juice to the fruit.
- In a small sauce pan, bring sugar and water to a boil.
- Allow to boil for 1-2 minutes and turn off heat.
- Add flavorings such as fresh herbs, spices, and/or zest and allow to steep for several minutes.
- Strain sugar water into fruit container, removing the herbs, etc.
- Puree fruit with flavored sugar water using a hand held blender until smooth; if the fruit was frozen you may need to wait a few minutes until it thaws.
- Depending on fruit used it may be necessary to strain this pureed sorbet before freezing to remove seeds (blackberries, raspberries).
- Transfer sorbet to a freezer safe container and freeze. You may use an ice cream freezer or simply place in freezer and stir occasionally over the next several hours if you are not in a rush.
- Freezing time will vary based on the temperature of your freezer, so it is usually best made the day before.
Comments
- This recipe is quick to prepare, just make sure to allow time for freezing.
- It is a fruit heavy recipe with a denser consistency than a lot of juice only recipes
- We have made many combinations of fruit and flavorings with this versatile recipe
- Some combinations that worked well are raspberry lemongrass, blackberry rosemary, peach mint, strawberry lime, and blueberry orange zest.
- This recipe will make approximately 4 cups depending on the fruit used.
- This is a great finish to a summer evening all by itself, paired with some fresh fruit and nuts, or in a specialty cocktail with club soda.
- Have fun playing with all the different fruits and flavor combinations this summer!
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