Sophia's Pickles

Sophia went to a birthday party for one of her friends last weekend and they made homemade refrigerator pickles there.  The girls each brought home a jar and the recipe in case we wanted to make them ourselves.  Sophia LOVES pickles; her and myself are really the only ones in our household to indulge.  So, I promised her that I would get the necessary items from the store and we could do it together.

Measuring out the spices by the teaspoon:

She added them all to a bowl and then we split them between the various jars that we planned to fill:

Adding fresh dill to each of the jars:

We boiled cloves of garlic on the stove top and then added vinegar and salt:

Stirring the pot and you can just sense her happiness over this project:

Cutting up the small cucumbers with close supervision:

Stuffing the jars full of sliced cucumbers:

The final jars, just waiting to be put in the fridge.  The pickles are ready to eat within one day of refrigeration ... and I think that it is safe to say that we will be making these all summer long!