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Cucumber Lime Sorbet (3 Ingredients, No-Churn Option)

August 17, 2026July 12, 2021 by Angi Schneider

cucumber lime sorbet in white ramakin dish

I know what you’re thinking – cucumber sorbet? Trust me on this one. The flavor is clean, cool, and just tart enough from the lime that it doesn’t taste like a vegetable at all. It tastes like summer. This recipe came out of my garden, the way a lot of my best recipes do. Every …

Preserving the Harvest….Cucumbers

August 11, 2025June 17, 2015 by Angi Schneider

Canning pickles is not the only way to preserve cucumbers. You can also ferment, dehydrate and even freeze them.

It seems to be feast or famine with cucumbers at our little homestead. Some years I just cannot get them to produce at all and other years I’m wondering what in the world we’re going to do with them all. We’re in a feasting year this year. Normally that would be a good thing but …