A yummy side dish full of fresh vegetables from the garden and stored in mason jars.

What You Will Need

Cucumbers, red onion, green bell pepper, salt, white vinegar, sugar, celery flakes, and red pepper flakes are the only ingredients you need for this simple recipe. You will need a small pot for boiling liquid and mason jars to store the cucumber salad in.

Step by Step Instructions

Prepare your vegetables. Slice cucumbers into thin coin-shaped slices.

Dice the red onion and green bell pepper into bite sized pieces.

Add the cucumber, red onion, and green bell pepper into a large bowl.

Season with salt.

Sliced cucumbers, red onion, and green bell pepper

Gently stir together until well combined. Set aside.

In a small pot on the stovetop, add white vinegar.

Add sugar, celery flakes, and red pepper flakes.

White vinegar, sugar, celery flakes, and red pepper flakes.

Whisk together and bring to a boil.

Boiling white vinegar, sugar, celery flakes, and red pepper flakes

Remove from heat and add a couple handfuls of ice until melted.

Stuff your vegetables into two large-mouthed quart sized mason jars.

Pour the liquid mixture into the mason jars until full.

Pouring liquid into cucumber salad mason jars

Seal and store in the refrigerator. Pull them out and enjoy whenever you are ready!

Tips & Advice

This is a great way to use vegetables from your garden!

Feel free to experiment with different vegetables like adding tomatoes, or using jalapenos instead of green bell peppers.

I’ve heard you can also chop this up and it makes for a great relish!

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Cucumber Salad

A yummy side dish full of fresh vegetables from the garden and stored in mason jars.

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Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Ingredients

4 Cucumbers
1/2 Red Onion
1 Green Bell Pepper
Salt to taste
2 cups White Vinegar
1 1/2 cups Sugar
1 tsp Celery Flakes
1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes

Instructions

Prepare your vegetables. Slice cucumbers into thin coin-shaped slices. Dice the red onion and green bell pepper into bite sized pieces.
Add the cucumber, red onion, and green bell pepper into a large bowl.
Season with salt.
Gently stir together until well combined. Set aside.
In a small pot on the stovetop, add white vinegar, sugar, celery flakes, and red pepper flakes.
Whisk together and bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and add a couple handfuls of ice until melted.
Stuff your vegetables into two large-mouthed quart sized mason jars.
Pour the liquid mixture into the mason jars until full.
Seal and store in the refrigerator. Pull them out and enjoy whenever you are ready!