Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth

Monday, October 25, 2010

All Cleaned Up

This week my kitchen counters looked like this.  Erin and I made 4 Bean Salad, more bottled tomatoes, and quite a few more batches of tomatillo sauce for the freezer.






Last week my kitchen counters looked like this...
Now that's progress!

Pickled Four Bean Salad
Yield: 7 pints

1 ½ lbs. of green beans
1 ½ lbs. of wax beans
½ lb. of garbanzo beans, cooked and drained
½ lb. of pinto beans, cooked and drained
2 cups of sliced celery (about 3 stalks)
½ lb. of onion, sliced
1 cup of diced sweet red bell pepper
2 ½ cups of sugar
1 Tablespoon of mustard seed
1 teaspoon celery seed
4 teaspoons of pickling salt
3 cups of vinegar
1 ¼ cups of water

Wash the beans, the celery and pepper; drain. Cut green and wax beans into 1 ½-inch pieces. Combine beans, celery, onion, and pepper in a large sauce pot. Cover with boiling water; cook 8 to 10 minutes. Drain; keep hot. Combine sugar, mustard seed, celery seed, salt, vinegar, and water in a large sauce pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes. Pack hot vegetables into hot jars, leaving ¼-inch head space. Ladle hot liquid over vegetables, leaving ¼-inch head space. Remove air bubbles. Adjust two-piece caps. Process in a boiling water canner.

3 comments:

  1. Wow, it just gets better and better! You have so much (beautiful) counter space!

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  2. Wow, that looks delicious. You look like you're well stocked up for the winter.

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  3. It must feel so good to have all that hard work behind you and just in time!

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