If you like pickles, you have to check out this list of 9 keto refrigerator pickled vegetables. With fresh summer veggies from your garden these quick pickles are healthy and tasty keto snacks you can feel good about.
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It’s the end of summer and I don’t know about you but we are still getting a lot of vegetables from our garden. My husband has been pickling everything and quite honestly they are delicious!
I thought I’d share with you 9 of our keto refrigerator pickled vegetables recipes because they not only make a great keto snack but can also be cute and tasty gifts for friends and family.
Because they are refrigerator pickles, they are extremely easy to make and my hubby’s pickling brine is delish!
What Are Refrigerator Pickles?
Refrigerator pickles are also referred to as a quick pickle in which you are pickling vegetables but not canning them. That is the vegetables are often pickled in vinegar, water and salt and then stored in the refrigerator. Where as canning is one step further when you submerge them in a hot bath to seal them so they can be shelf stable.
So the quick pickle process is basically making a brine on the stove and then pouring it into a jar full of vegetables. Then you put on a lid on and store it in the refrigerator.
How Long Can You Store Refrigerator Pickles?
I’ve read that refrigerator pickles can last from 2 weeks to 3 months. I personally have kept them up to a month but to be safe make smaller batches with smaller, pint size jars so you eat them quickly. It’s so easy to do that you can quickly make them whenever you want.
If you want them to last longer I suggest you can them but note that they will end up being a little less crunchy when you do.
Above you can see one of my hubby’s pickling creations of pickled zucchini that I love because it’s very low carb and a tasty snack. Cutting them into spears almost makes them taste like real pickles (cucumbers).
How To Make A Low Carb Pickling Brine
Most of the ingredients in a brine are already low carb such as the vinegar, herbs and spices. However there are sometimes a bit of sweetness to counterbalance the tangy vinegar and that is usually white sugar.
To make my hubby’s brine keto, all you have to do is use a sweetener instead of white sugar. I like to use Swerve sweetener, usually the granular kind. Below are the ratios for a basic low carb refrigerator brine.
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup vinegar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 3 tablespoons Swerve sweetener
- 1 ½ teaspoons (herbs and spices like garlic, basil, hot pepper flakes, oregano, etc.)
Keto Refrigerator Pickled Vegetables
Now let me share with you those 9 keto quick pickles. These are mainly vegetables that we grow in our garden and you’ll notice a lot of them involve peppers. We like a bit of spice that we get from jalapenos, cayennes and serene peppers. Enjoy!
9 Low Carb Pickled Vegetables
Here are 9 low carb pickled vegetables recipes for you to try. They make great keto snacks as well as gifts of your garden you can give to others. Try one out and see how you like it.
Pickled Zucchini
This was my first cold pickle recipe and one that I quite enjoy. It's a bit milder then regular cucumber pickles when you use the zucchini. It's a great way to use all that zucchini from your garden. Eat as is for a snack or chop them up to put on a salad.
The nutritional information for 1 piece of pickled zucchini is: 2 cals / 0.3g carbs / 0.1g protein
Hot Pickled Cauliflower
This is my husband's recipe. The cauliflower is crunchy and has the spice from the hot peppers. To make it low carb just add Swerve or some other sweetener instead of sugar.
The nutritional information for ⅛ of a quart jar serving is: 8 cals / 0.1g fat / 9.2g carbs / 8.2g fiber / 0.6g protein = 1g net carbs
Spicy Pickled Green Beans - a low carb refrigerator pickle
PIckled green beans make for a tasty snack. The brine is sweet and tangy and the bean crunchy. Try snacking on some of these instead of salty snacks.
The nutrition for about ¼ of a pint jar which is roughly 10 green beans is:
17 cals / 0.1g fat / 2.7g carbs / 0.8g fiber / 0.5g protein = 1.9g net carbs
Pickled Peppers Stuffed with Sauerkraut
This is another one of my hubby's recipes. His aunt Marge used to make these when he was little and it's one of his most popular posts. Sauerkraut is low carb so all you need to do is substitute sweetner for sugar to make it low carb.
Based on 10 stuffed peppers per quart jar, 1 pepper is:
19 cals / 0.2g fat / 3g carbs / 2.2g fiber / 0.6g protein = 0.8g net carbs
Pickled Jalapeño Peppers Recipe from Rick's Garden to Yours!
My hubby has been making these for years and many of his friends hound him for jars. Once you had homemade pickled jalapenos, you won't want to buy them anymore. They are firmer and tastier than store bought. Just sub sweetener for sugar.
The nutritional information is for 1 out 12 servings in a pint of jalapenos and using sweetener instead of sugar:
6 cals / 0.1g fat / 6.2g carb s / 5.5g fiber / 0.2g protein = 0.7g net carbs
Hot Pepper Relish
This is a new recipe that my hubby made and I just love it! You can eat this one sandwiches or mix it with cauliflower rice for a nice salad. So many things you can make with it. Once again, sub the sugar with sweetener.
So 1 pint of the sliced pickled peppers makes ½ pint of relish which will give you about 16 tablespoons of relish. Therefore 1 tablespoon of relish is:
9 cals / 0.1g fat / 1.9g carbs / 0.3g fiber / 0.5g protein = 1.6g net carbs
Refrigerator Pickled Ratatouille Vegetables
This was a fun vegetable pickle that goes great on a relish tray. I used grape tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, red onions and bell peppers.
The nutritional information for 1 out of 8 servings using my pickle recipe and the following quantities of vegetables (1 c tomatoes, 1 ½ c zucchini, ½ c eggplant, ¾ c zucchini, ¼ c red onion) is:
26 cals / 0.3g fat / 5.3g carbs / 1.7g fiber / 1.1g protein = 3.5g net carbs
Pickled Red Onions
This post is really from a low carb mini fried chicken sliders but pickled onios are great on sandwiches, burgers and salads. It's super easy so it's worth checking out.
1 tablespoons of pickled red onions is roughly:
4 cals / 0.9 carbs / 0.2g fiber / 0.1g protein = 0.7g net carbs
Pickled Vegetable Antipasto Salad
This recipe is just to show you how you can take some of these pickled vegetables and mix them with meats and cheeses to make a tasty antipasto salad.
This was a little difficult to calculate based on the pickled vegetables (which I used the sugar free versions of my recipes) but the approximate nutritional information for 1 serving is:
213 cals / 14.2g fat / 10.9g carbs / 4.9g fiber / 12.4g protein = 6g net carbs
Well I hope you have fun playing around with these low carb pickle recipes. We have pickled lots of peppers, green beans, zucchini, cucumber, peppers, carrots, cauliflower, onions, radishes and more. I personally want to try okra next.
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Mama E
Have you tried pickled eggs?
Denise
Hi,
I have not. My sister makes them in beet juice but that would have a bit of carbs so I don’t think that would work.
Debbie
This is the perfect list of refrigerator pickled vegetables! Exactly what I was searching for!