Spicy Quick Refrigerator Pickled Red Onions - Monthly Recipe Theme

This month the recipe theme is "pickled." One of the best ways to preserve fresh veggies is to brine, ferment or pickle them.  The act of placing veggies in vinegar or salt saves the attributes and makes a great snacking or condiment item.  Many folks shy away from pickling because they see it as too difficult, but I have recipes for easy refrigerator or quick pickles as well as canned pickles too.

And this month we will launch our new DIY Refrigerator Pickle Kits.  They come with everything you need to make quick pickles including seasonings, instructions and the jar to make them in.

Spicy Quick Refrigerator Pickled Red Onions

1 Tbls. Sea salt

1 large organic red onion, thickly sliced

1 tsp whole black peppercorns

1 tsp dried oregano

1 tsp cumin seeds

1/8 tsp red chili flakes

1 bay leaf

3 cloves garlic, peeled and halved

1 1/2 cups red wine vinegar

Directions: 

Toss salt and sliced onions together in a bowl.  Allow to sit for 30 minutes or until the onion begins to release juice.  In a sterilized pint jar, mix together the peppercorns, oregano, cumin, bay leaf chili flakes and garlic.  Add the onion, salt and juice to the jar and pour vinegar to the top.  Be sure to cover the onion completely.  Seal with a lid and refrigerate overnight before using.  Enjoy on salad, sandwiches, tacos, pizza and wraps.

RECIPE THEME

Each month a theme is chosen and a number of recipes on that theme from my massive archive will be shared.  This year we have 12 new topics, different from the topics of last year.  To find the recipes of last year, check out this recipe link or search the blog with the topic Recipe2018, or Recipe2019 

You can search the monthly theme by looking for the theme keyword in the search box and it will pull up the recipes on that theme as posted, so look at the bottom of the recipe in each posting for the KEYWORD in the () to search for each  month.  All recipes this year will be tagged Recipe2020 so you can find them all.

The themes are:

Feb 2020 - Footbal Tailgate Favorites (AppFeb)

March 2020 - Kabobs (KabobMar)

April 2020 - Brunch (BrunchApr) more in 2021 also

May 2020 - Non-Traditional Pizza (PizzaMay)

June 2020 - Stir Fry Dishes (StirJun)

July 2020 - Salads with no lettuce (SaladJul)

August 2020 - Pickled things (PickleAug)

September 2020 - Quiche (QuicheSep)

October 2020 - Squash Soups (SquashOct)

November 2020 - Pumpkin (again) (PumpNov)

December 2020 - Turkey Recipes (TurkDec)