Were convinced that the only reason homemade pickles arent more common is because people are intimidated. (The fear of botulism is strong.) While that worry shouldnt hold you back from preserving the produce in your crisper drawer ' as long as you follow proper canning procedure,you will be safe ' there is a simple way around this: refrigerator pickles.Refrigerator pickles are (obviously) kept in the refrigerator, so the jar isnt sterilized and sealed the way traditional pickles are (meaning you cant keep them at room temperature in the pantry). This means you dont have to worry about the safety guidelines that are so crucial in canning. Theyre a little easier to make because theres no need for more than a couple of steps. Plus, with the easiest refrigerator pickle recipe in the worldyou can go from cucumber to pickle in under an hour.Refrigerator pickles dont last nearly as long as canned pickles ' only about a week in the fridge. You wont be able to dig into a jar of these pickles in the dead of winter, and not even next month. But they will help you happily eat up the rest of your cucumber stockpile once salad fatigue has set in. And theyre really tasty pickles.The refrigerator pickle recipe we found by Foodie Crush is easier than the others because you dont even have to chop the cucumbers for pickling. Just quickly run them through the spiralizer. If you dont have one, you can just chop them, too. Thats fine.Add the spiralized or chopped cucumbers to a sterilized jar with onions. Top with a homemade brine made up of vinegar, water, salt and dill. Then refrigerate for at least a half hour (though four hours will yield tastier results) ' and thats it. So simple.Get the recipe for this super easy refrigerator dill pickle recipe from food blogger Foodie Crushand get started on your pickle-making adventures.Please help support Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, a nonprofit that operates in 12 cities across the United States, providing solutions to ensure excess food goes to people in need. Donate via the Crowdrise button below:#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget div.crDonateWidget{ margin-left: 0 !important; margin-right: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; height:78px; }#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .crDonateWidget h4{ display: none; }#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .crDonateTriangle{ display: none !important;}#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .crImageAndTitleOuter{ display: none !important;}#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .CRShadowImage{ display: none !important;}#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .crDonateWidgetOuter{ border:0 !important; box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; margin-top: 0 !important; margin-right: 0 !important; margin-bottom: 0 !important; margin-left: 0 !important; background: url("https://www.crowdrise.com/media/static/custom_donate_widget-nototal-short.png") 0 0 no-repeat !important; }#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .crDonateWidget{ margin:0 !important; box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; background-color: inherit !important; padding: 0 10px !important; }#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .startFundraiser{ display: none !important;}#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .gradientButton{ width: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0 !important; }#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .crDonated{ margin: 0 !important; font: bold 14px/16px Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif !important; width: 185px; padding-top: 9px !important; display: none; }#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .crLogo img{ display: none !important;}#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .crDonatedLabel{ display: none !important; }#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .gradientButton{ background: none !important; -ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0)" !important; filter: alpha(opacity=0) !important; opacity: 0 !important; border: 0 !important; width: inherit !important; height: 21px !important; margin-top:15px !important; }#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .donateNow{ font: normal 9px Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif !important; -ms-filter:"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=0)"; filter: alpha(opacity=0); opacity: 0; border: 0 !important; width: inherit !important; height: 36px !important; margin-top:0 !important; padding-top: 0 !important; }#take_action_button_crowdrise_widget .donateButtonOff{ display:none; }Rescuing Leftover Cuisine on CrowdRise -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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