Had some prunes and what remained of the potato chips for lunch- woke late and was too busy for breakfast... I know, chips, seriously- they were a single serving bag and now there is no binge food in the house. Yippee. Plus, 0 binges today. 0.
Dinner was a pizza date with mom. Had a huge tossed salad and two small pieces of sausage with it. Dessert was fruit: a plum and some water melon.
Took an 8.9 mile bike ride this evening. And had some sun flower seeds followed by apple sauce and honey. I'm not craving colder weather, but would absolutely love something pumpkin and creamy with a pinch of cardamom right now.
Tonight I made pickles.
It's a recipe modified from a pickle cookbook. The original name is Patty Spear's Solar Glow Honey Spears. I didn't want onions in my pickles, didn't want to make 5-6 pints and completely forgot that I don't have celery seed on hand, so I did what I always do: I made crap up.
Marty's Marvelous Honey Spears
4-5 large pickling cucumbers
Enough water to cover
2 Tbs salt
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1 cup honey
1 Tbs mustard seed
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp celery salt
Halve the cucumbers and remove seeds. Cut into spears. Place in a bowl and add enough water to cover. Add salt and agitate to mix. Cover and leave over night.
The next day, drain the cucumbers. Mix the last six ingredients in a large pot and heat over medium high for five minutes. Add the cucumbers and bring to a boil. Place the still warm pickles in jars and finish canning process.
I may have used too much liquid, there was a bunch left over, but it was so delicious. I also didn't do the canning/ sealing jazz. I'm planning on eating these within a week, but will be learning how as soon as these cucumber plants really start taking off.
Definitely making these again.
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