Green Beans, Carrots Or Cauliflower Marinated In Dill

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs green beans or 2 lbs baby carrots or 2 lbs cauliflower florets
• 2 quarts water
• 3 tablespoons kosher salt
• 2 teaspoons mustard seeds
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dill weed
• 1 teaspoon dried hot chili peppers, crushed
• 1 teaspoon dill seed
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cups water
• 2 cups sake or 2 cups vinegar
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons splenda sugar substitute

Recipe

• 1 if using green beans, snip ends from beans and wash thoroughly; leave whole or cut in half if long.
• 2 in a large pan bring the 2 quarts water to boil; add the vegetable of your choice and 1 tablespoon of the salt.
• 3 let water return to a boil and cook veggies, uncovered until veggies are fork tender but still brightly colored (about 3 minutes for cauliflower, 5 minutes for beans or 7 minutes for carrots).
• 4 drain immediately and cool.
• 5 pack veggies into a refrigerator container, and add mustard seed, dill weed, chiles, dill seed and garlic.
• 6 bring to a boil the 2 cups water, wine or vinegar, sugar and remaining 2 tablespoons salt; pour over veggies.
• 7 cool, cover and chill overnight or as long as 2 weeks.