No salt Dill Pickles

[ccrawford]

An unusually warm spring helped the garden and I had a gazillion cucumbers coming on strong. Found the following recipe and tried it yesterday. The results were really great and I happily munched on the product with supper last nite. Ingredients:
4 cups (2 lbs) of cucs sliced crossways (unpeeled)
1 cup water
3/4 cup cider vinegar
1 tablespoon dill seeds
1 tablespoon whole pickling spices
1 tablespoon sugar
2 medium cloves garlic - minced
4 or 5 sprigs of dill weed (optional)
In a large pan, bring all the ingredients except the cucs to a boil, reduce heat to medium, add the cucs and cook for about 3 minutes, stirring occasionaly. Spoon the cucs and juices into pickle jars then refrigerate, or use canning jars and normal canning methods. In my opinion, this recipe beats the commercial variety and of course is pretty economical.

 

[Missy]

Sounds yummy! I printed your post as my sister has garden and I might get cukes. If they do any good. Last year she had wonderful garden. Actually her husband does most of it. Not as big this year though. Too much trouble to take care of the veggies. Even sharing.
Thanks for sharing the recipe and I am going to pass it on.

 

[Nancy]

You can also order all sorts of no salt pickles from the Healthy Heart Market

http://healthyheartmarket.com/search.aspx?find=pickles

I used to make Kosher dills for Joe all the time. They are easy to do. I didn't can them, so they didn't keep as long as canned ones. But they were fine for a couple of days, and they were gone by then anyway. I made small batches.

 

[Gnusgal]

OMG, I LOOOOVE pickles. Pickles and olives are my salty weakness. I have managed to find reduced sodium green olives, but had yet to find low sodium pickles. I will have to check these out! Thanks, Nancy! You're a treasure trove of knowledge, as usual.

 

[drivetopless]

Thanks for the recipe . . 'cause Salt is the new Carb. . ..

 

[Eva]

Thanks for sharing the recipe. Will definitely try it as I and my family avoid using salt.

 

[njean]

Thank you much for this recipe. I'm always looking for anything that is no-salt or low-sodium. I had a huge garden last year ---- wish I had had this recipe then!

In fact, I love beets but never could find low-sodium canned beets. Well, not too long ago, I found no-salt canned beets at the store. I thought my eyes were deceiving me!

 

[njean]

You can also order all sorts of no salt pickles from the Healthy Heart Market

http://healthyheartmarket.com/search.aspx?find=pickles

I used to make Kosher dills for Joe all the time. They are easy to do. I didn't can them, so they didn't keep as long as canned ones. But they were fine for a couple of days, and they were gone by then anyway. I made small batches.

Just went into the HHM Nancy to see about those pickles & they are no longer available. Shucks! But they still have an abundance of other no salt items.