Quick Refrigerator Sweet Pickles

Easy-to-make, sugar-free sweet refrigerator pickles.

Recipe Ingredients:

5 cups thinly sliced cucumbers
2 cloves garlic, halved
2 cups water
1 teaspoon mustard seed
1 teaspoon celery seed
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 cups sliced onions
1 cup julienne-strip carrots
2 cups vinegar
36 packets Equal® or 3 tablespoons plus 1 3/4 teaspoons Equal® for Recipes

Cooking Directions:

1. Place sliced cucumbers and garlic in a glass or crockery bowl.
2. In a medium saucepan combine water, mustard seed, celery seed and turmeric. Bring to boiling. Add onion and carrots; cook 2 minutes. Add vinegar; bring just to boiling.
3. Remove from heat; stir in Equal®. Pour over cucumbers and garlic.
4. Cool. Cover and chill at least 24 hours before serving.
5. Store in refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

Makes about 6 cups.

Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/4 cup): 8 cal., 0 g pro., 3 g carbo., 0 g fat, 3 mg sodium.

Food Exchanges: Free food.

Recipe provided courtesy of Merisant Corporation ® and the NutraSweet Company, makers of Equal®.

Information on the artificial sweetener Aspartame.