You know how my Gardner Guy loves Hamburgers, he loves good Hot Dogs also....when we got married I made him some relish, we had taken a day trip to Brigham City to eat at Maddox's steakhouse and to visit their produce stands. This is where I loaded up on the ingredients to make a batch of relish I knew he would love. Since then he took to the garden and continues to bring me more things to cook!!!

Zucchini Relish

12 cups grated zucchini (sometimes  I have added yellow crook neck squash)

4 cups grated or chopped onion

3 red peppers finely diced/chopped

3 green pepper diced/chopped (can use a mixture of colored peppers)

1 bag of Soybeans or Lima beans (frozen kind)

5 Tablespoons of kloser salt/pickling salt

Mix and add enough water to cover all ingredients & let sit in fridge for at least 3 hours or overnight

Rinse and drain well

Make the Syrup

2 1/4 cups vinegar

1 tsp. dried mustard

1 tsp. nutmeg

1 tsp. turmeric

2 TBS cornstarch (mix in blender with vinegar)

1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper

2 TBS celery seed

6 cups sugar

Combine syrup mixture with your zucchini mixture and cook for 30 minutes on a medium high heat...fill sterilized jars and seal. I like to then place them in a hot water bath for 20 minutes.

For my family and friends I made 60 1/2 pints for Christmas 2011 gifts...
It is that good and worth sharing!!!

I like to add color

A lima bean or soybean looks pretty in this relish

This is a huge recipe so use a very large pot

Almost done...

My oh my how pretty!!!