Cucumber Relish

I don't normally eat relish. I don't know why really, maybe it has to do with the freaky bright green color that it usually is, or that it has to do with the ground up mushy looking factor. I do however like Bic's Dill Pickle Relish - that stuff is good and it tastes just like dill pickles.

So, why would I of all people decide to make a huge batch of relish? Because I had an insane amount of cucumbers that needed to be used up, and I knew other people in the family would eat it - so I could pawn it all off on them! HA! Really though I did keep a jar - a small one, because I actually liked this stuff. I think it tastes way better then any store bought stuff. The colors are muted so it's not screaming neon at you, and it had a few other veggies in there to make it interesting.

I also have been holding onto this recipe for awhile and didn't write down the source. I'm think it was mostly from a gluten free site, but I have two recipes written down one after another and can't  remember anymore!

I didn't own my large 12 cup food processor when I made this recipe. I only had my little 3 cup food processor bought from No Frills - and that thing was a beast. It did take longer to go through all the cucumbers and veggies but it did the job. Come to think about it, I don't know where that baby processor ended up?!

This was easy to make, it was one of the first things I taught myself to can. And if you have a proper size food processor then it won't take nearly as long. I did de-seed the cucumbers - there were seeds left, I just scraped out most of them. I think you could add really whatever you wanted to this since it cooks down and all becomes soft - so finely shredded carrots, and any colored peppers you grew. I think the extra pop of color that the red peppers gave to this makes it look better and a little more interesting then a boring totally green relish would look.

Rating:
****/5

Relish pot filled to the brim

Cucumber Relish