When life gives you lemons...

...make lemonade!  Right?

I found out last week that one of my favorite summer restaurants won't be open this summer.  It's become a tradition that Mike and I visit his mom on the beach every summer and we always go to Pronto Pups for a Pronto Pup and fried dill pickles.  Mike's mom posted on Facebook about the situation, and so many people commented how disappointed they were that they couldn't get Pronto Pups or pickles there anymore.

Mike and I were among the disappointed.  We moped around for a few days (lol) and then I got busy.  I figured that if we couldn't buy our fried dill pickles, I'd just have to make them!  I came up with a really good recipe, we were both quite pleased with it!

You can click on the picture to get the recipe!

Next recipe to remake...Pronto Pups!

Why Pickles?

You may remember when I posted about Christmas, that I posted a picture about Mike and I with a big jar of pickles.

I wish I had a really funny story to share about why we receive such a gift, but it goes like this.

Mike and I both love pickles. As in: we'll have a pickle for a snack, Mike drinks the pickle juice, and my burger isn't complete unless it has at least 4 pickle slices on it!


When Mike would come over for dinner when we were dating, and we had a meal like hamburgers, he'd always go grab the jar of pickles from the fridge. If we were ever out, he'd add pickles to my mom's grocery list.


So last year, my mom saw this enormous jar of pickles and couldn't resist buying it for Mike and I!


This year there was a large bag under the tree for Mike and I. We were pleasantly surprised to realize it was another huge jar of pickles!
Here's one of our favorite ways to eat pickles!!!