Pickled Refrigerator Cauliflower Recipe

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Pickled refrigerator cauliflower? Oh yes, please!! If you’ve ever had refrigerator pickles, you won’t want to miss trying the same with cauliflower! Yum!

I realize this may sound like an odd recipe, but stick with me a minute. A while back, I shared my mom’s recipe for refrigerator pickles. And after I had shared that with you guys, my mom mentioned some of the other refrigerator pickling she does.

At first, pickled cauliflower just did not sound very appetizing at all. I believe the question that came to my mind was…. “why?”.

But boy did I get put in my place when I tried it!

Pickling cauliflower in the fridge makes it light, with a tiny touch of crunch. The flavor is mild and a tiny bit sweet. My mom didn’t add any salt because she can’t have it. But I can see where some salt would do wonderful things here if you can have it. But even without it, this was a fabulous, light and crunchy, mid-afternoon snack!

Those of you who keep to lower quantities of fats and calories will be happy here and even low carb folks will be happy with the carb count on this.

I know it’s an odd comparison, but it reminds me of eating vinegar chips (years and years ago, I swear!). So if you like those, you’ll most likely like this, and it will totally bump up your veggie quota for the day too!

My mom added some mushrooms and onions to the batch in the photo, but you don’t have to do that. You can fill your jar with cauliflower and it will be just as good, though the onions do add a nice flavor to this. I will have a separate recipe coming up on doing refrigerator pickled garlic mushrooms.

Note: This will approximately fill a quart-sized canning jar.

ANOTHER PICKLED VEGETABLE RECIPE:

• Easy Refrigerator Pickles

PICKLED REFRIGERATOR CAULIFLOWER:

Pickled Refrigerator Cauliflower

A delicious and simple way to pickle your veggies!

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Course: Vegetables

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Pickling Time: 5 days days

Total Time: 5 days days 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 quart (including liquids)

Calories: 294kcal

Equipment

• Quart-size canning jar

Ingredients

• 3 cups water
• ½ small head of cauliflower (or as much as you can get in the jar you are using)
• 1 cup white balsamic vinegar
• ¼ medium yellow onion (chopped or sliced - however much will fit in the jar after the cauliflower)
• 4 large whole garlic cloves (peeled)
• 1 tbsp. dried dill weed
• salt and pepper (to taste - optional)

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in your jar or bowl with a tight fitting lid.
• Allow this to sit in your fridge for 4-5 days before eating.
• Eat these straight out of the jar or add them to salads for a nice, flavorful addition. 

Notes

Please note that the nutrition data given here is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible. Note that the majority of carbs are from the vinegar. If you don't drink that, you are getting very minimal carbs.

Nutrition

Serving: 1entire recipe | Calories: 294kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 145mg | Potassium: 869mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 42g | Vitamin A: 176IU | Vitamin C: 71mg | Calcium: 196mg | Iron: 4mg