Pickles?
 

I am still on induction and don't wanna mess this up the tiniest bit. It's not on the food list from the DANDR, but cucumbers are.... can I eat 'em?

I can't find a thing on the Atkins sight about pickles. Please help!!

yes, I was wondering the same thing. I have a jar of pickles in the fridge taunting me...

I believe you can eat them as long as there is no sugar. Mount Olive makes a Splenda-sweetened pickle, but I haven't found them yet. Also, watch the sodium - it can make you retain water. I'd say, pick a brand/type that is low carb without sugar and try..

I keep a gallon of Kosher Dills in the fridge. DH loves them, especially when I throw in a big handful of garlic (we've never had a problem doing this) and some hot pepper flakes. There is no sugar of any type listed in the ingredient list. 0 fat,0 cal., 0 carbs, 0 protein, 323 mg. of salt.

I wonder - if I'm being very careful to measure all my veggies so that I make sure I get the 2 cups of salad vegetables and the 1 cup of higher carb veggies... where do you suppose the pickle would fall? Would I go ahead and consider it as cucumber??

My jar of Strub's Baby Dills has the following info:

• serving size 28g (1 oz)
  
  energy - 5 cal
  protein - 0.3g
  fat - 0g
  carbohydrate - 0.9g
  sodium - 290mg
  potassium - 34mg

The pickles are finger-sized ... so 3 of 'em made one ounce.

(in the US, manufacturers are allowed to label an item as zero calories if it's less than 5 per serving, including 4.99999g. Also if a food has less than 1g carb per serving, including 0.9999g, it may be labelled either zero or "<1g" )


hth,

Doreen

sour not dill
 

most sour pickles have no carbs whereas dill ones do.

ive been having a sour pickle at lunch everyday, and it isnt hurting me.

I love those vlasic sweet and tangy pickles. can't have em. sure do miss em. i don't like the sour ones (go figure!!) :D

recipe for sweet pickles quick ones
 

1 cup of splenda
1 cup of vinegar
little salt
peeled cucumbers, sliced
onions...just a little, sliced
jalepeno if desired...remove seeds and slice

heat the ingredients and pour over the veggies....Refrigerate..These are great...

You can add a few sliced cucumbers after consuming some of the first...etc, until the mixture weakens

I'd count the pickle as cucumber, as long as there's no sugar in the pickle brine.

Thank you!!