By Judy Davie
For further information about food and nutrition, visit Judy Davie’s website at www.thefoodcoach.com.au
Are pickles OK to eat on a diet? I love them!
A little pickle served with a meal is excellent to stimulate the production of saliva in the mouth to help with complete digestion. Pickled gherkins or capers are much better than picallili or sweet mustard pickle as they have less added sugar and are therefore lower in calories/kilojoules. In saying that, provided you restrict your intake to a tablespoon of the sweetened pickles you can happily add them to sandwiches, or as a condiment with a main meal.
A favourite sandwich of mine is a simple salad wholegrain grain roll with avocado and capers. With avocado replacing the butter, grated carrot, beetroot, lettuce, sprouts, and capers to give it some zing it clocks up 2 of the recommended serves of vegetable a day and tastes fantastic.
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