Dill Pickles Slices

3/4 cup white vinegar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons celery seeds
2 tablespoons crushed garlic
1 tablespoon dill weed
1 tablespoon mustard seed
1 and 1/2 large cucumbers or 2 medium ones

Boil water and vinegar in a saucepan for 3-5 minutes.
Then let it cool completely.
Cut cucumbers about 1/2 inch thick.
Place, celery, garlic, dill, and mustard in the cool vinegar mix.
Place cucumbers in the canning jar.
Pour mix over the top of cucumbers.
Place a lid on airtight, shake then and refrigerate for 7 days.
Makes one 32oz jar full.

Just the cut cucumbers!

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Dog Treats

1 cup pumpkin
1/2 cup homemade peanut butter
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
3 tablespoons bacon grease
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon bacon bits

Preheat oven to 350°.
Combine pumpkin, peanut butter, oil, and eggs in a bowl.
Sift baking soda, flour.
Fold until a dough forms and all flour is incorporated.
Knead dough a few times.
Roll dough out on a floured surface, about 1/4 of an inch thick.
Using a bone or a round cookie cutter, cut your treat shapes.
Place them on a baking sheet.
Bake for 15 mins.
They make 68 treats.

The dogs keep begging for them.

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Watermelon Slushies

1/2 cup ice
2 1/2 cups chopped watermelon
2 tsp Sweetener if you wish (I don't think watermelon needs it.)
Blender

Place watermelon in blender, then ice and sweetener.
Blend till smooth.

P.S. if you like you can line the rim of the glass with green sugar and make it a mocktail for you guests that are designated drivers.

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