Name: Quickles (Quick Pickled Cucumbers and Onions)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 cucumber (peeled and thinly sliced); 1/2 sweet onion (thinly sliced); 1 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar; 1/2 cup water (or more if desired); 1 tsp salt; black pepper (a couple turns)

Quickles are also known as Vinegar Cucumbers and Onions and they are a delicious summer snack!

Quickles (Quick Pickled Cucumbers and Onions)

cucumber

sweet onion (thinly sliced)

apple cider vinegar

water (or more if desired)

salt

black pepper (a couple turns)

Place your cucumbers and onions in a tupperware or large jar and fill with the vinegar, water, salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Keep covered in the refrigerator for up to one week.

What are your thoughts on canning these?  Maybe similar procedure to dill pickles?  I don't think you could ever pressure can these, but maybe a boiling water bath for 20-30 minutes?  I have so many cukes this year and I love your recipe.  I really want to try this.

My mom and grandmother both made these with a couple of changes that may well be just a matter of individual adjustment according to personal taste.

They used 1/2 white vinegar and 1/2 water, approximately. Really, they did the taste test and adjusted to personal taste. My grandmother used pepper, though not as much. My mom didn't use pepper and neither do I since I'm not a great lover of pepper. Both added a bit of sugar - again, personal taste taste.

As for me, I still use approx. half and half water and white vinegar (except for a few times when I only had cider vinegar on hand). For years, I added sugar but now I add a 0 or low calorie sweetener because i struggle with weight and blood sugar. The disadvantage of this is that real sugar is a preservative so if you use the substitute, they don't last as long. Then again, they never last long at my house, anyway. Finally, I avoid the pepper but add dill. I know that dill is not something everyone likes, but I do and it is wonderful in this dish, imo. I eat it plain, as a side dish or snack or with cottage cheese. I'm definitely going to try it with cream cheese, as someone suggested. Also, if you use a metal lid (I use old mayonnaise or Prego spaghetti sauce jars), you can put wax paper over the jar and then screw them on to avoid metal contamination. I don't use plastic anymore, even if it is supposed to be food grade. There's too much plastic waste in the world (not intending to insult those who use it, just explaining my point of view. And I find things last longer when stored in glass. My only exception to this rule is my food saver for meat. I wrap in freezer wrap or wax paper and then seal in the plastic bags.

I had never thought of putting them with cream cheese! Sounds yummy and I'm going to try it!

My boyfriend loved these. My question is have you tried this with other vegetables other than cucumbers. I was thinking of carrots and was wondering if they should be cooked first.

I remember my Grandmother and my mother making this now I do .Love it. It is delicious on cream cheese sandwiches. They also made their own cream cheese..

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We can't get enough of these quick pickles! No need to wait for this guilt-free snack!

Quickles (Quick Pickled Cucumbers and Onions)

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total: 15 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Shawn

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