Pickled obsession

Kelly_2013

Okay...

My biggest craving/obsession are things like pickle juice, banana peppers and banana pepper juice, pickled bologna so on and so forth... Anyone have any idea on healthier things to replace with?

Escape_Artist

What makes them unhealthy for you? Aside from being high in sodium (if you don't take the low sodium option) there's nothing wrong with them.. It's vegetables with vinegar and salt (well not the bologna, but I personally don't eat meat so I just eat pickled veggies)

enterdanger

I love pickled veggies. Maybe if you are worried about the store pickled stuff make your own? That way you can control the sugar and salt level? I love some quick pickled veggies on sandwiches and stuff. I found this on some diabetes web site....although I use the full salt regular recipes myself.

http://www.diabetes.org/mfa-recipes/recipes/2014-07-08-low-sodium-sugar-free-pickles.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/

Never hurts to experiment, though.

janejellyroll

If it's the sodium you're worried about, have you tried including more vinegar in your diet? I also love pickled everything so when I've had enough sodium I often put vinegar on things like vegetables.

Kelly_2013

I absolutely love white vinegar as well... Ugh as embarrassing as it is to type this... I would sometimes pour me a small amount and use a spoon to sip it like soup *Smacks forehead* so I figured that wasn't good for my teeth or my stomach so I quit keeping it at home. The Sodium is pretty much my main concern because the calories are very minimum. At least for the banana peppers and pickle juice.

Queenmunchy

I pickle my own things, and I am salt sensitive, so I replace with no-salt (I need the potassium too).

janejellyroll

Kelly_2013 wrote: »

I absolutely love white vinegar as well... Ugh as embarrassing as it is to type this... I would sometimes pour me a small amount and use a spoon to sip it like soup *Smacks forehead* so I figured that wasn't good for my teeth or my stomach so I quit keeping it at home. The Sodium is pretty much my main concern because the calories are very minimum. At least for the banana peppers and pickle juice.

You could also check out naturally fermented foods like kimchi or sauerkraut. I find them more filling than pickles so it helps me eat less of them. They still have sodium, but some brands have less of it than pickles do.

lynn_glenmont

Kelly_2013 wrote: »

I absolutely love white vinegar as well... Ugh as embarrassing as it is to type this... I would sometimes pour me a small amount and use a spoon to sip it like soup *Smacks forehead* so I figured that wasn't good for my teeth or my stomach so I quit keeping it at home. The Sodium is pretty much my main concern because the calories are very minimum. At least for the banana peppers and pickle juice.

Not good for teeth, possibly, but your stomach is more acidic than household white vinegar.

vingogly

Sodium is only one issue to consider. Cultures that eat a lot of pickled vegetables have a higher rate of gastric cancers. Some of the studies I've seen suggest this may be due to the microbes involved in the fermentation process. I eat pickles occasionally, but not as a daily thing.

MonkeyMel21

My mouth is watering so bad right now.

MostlyWater

DH has IBS so I get him naturally fermented sauerkraut from Trader Joe and goat milk kfir. He also eats sour dough bread. Does any of that help you?

He didn't like kombuchi.