pickled veggies

[kgold1]

Im going shopping right now and i was wondering if pickles, pickled tomatoes were ok during induction? I know pickles have 0 carbs... is that ok? even if there is a lot of sodium..?

[Moochiecat]

As long as they're just pickled in regular pickle stuff (vinegar, spices) and you take into account that there's a lot of sodium and compensate with more water, then they should be fine. :yes

[kgold1]

thank you! i loveddd pickeled veggies.. what hsould i look out for in the ingredients though? sugar is obvious.. anything else?

[not2late]

Sugar has many different names. If you check out the stickie above called "Carb counts, sguar, etc." it contains a partial list of the sugar aliases.

The other thing you should look out for in terms of ingredients are illegal ingredients, like the higher carb veggies or fruit.

[Moochiecat]

Sugar is pretty much the only real no-no...I can't for the life think of anything that you'd put in a pickle jar that you'd need to be wary of.

Of course you will have to count your carbs for the pickled veggies, and I'm figuring they should have the same # of carbs as they would have if raw...but check the jars for carb count when in doubt.

What kind of pickled veggies do you like? I haven't eaten many myself, and they sound good! My mom used to do carrots up as dill pickles (not that I could have them now, mind you) and green beans were good done that way as well.

[not2late]

My auntie used to pickle green beans! Yummy stuff.

[spydergrl80]

Mount Olive makes some YUMMY bread and butter pickles made with splenda! They are really great for when a sweet tooth hits.

[Laurenfra]

My kids love pickled califlower. The only way my youngest will eat it.

[kgold1]

when i was at the food store today.. i looked at a jar of pickeled green tomatoes... for one whole tomatoe it had 2 carbs... I didn't get them tho because i knew if i got them, i would eat the whole jar cuz i just love it so much.. There is also pickeled peppers... I didn't look too long cuz i needed to get away befoore i baught the whole store... instead i got string cheese and pepperoni's Im starting induction all over tommarro because I hate atkins advantage bars throughout the weeek, which is obviously a nono. I ordered the new book off e-bay, hope to get it soon, I was following the old version of atkins.