Quick & Easy Sugar-Free Pickled Red Onions
Tangy, crisp, and ready in minutes ✨ These sugar-free pickled red onions are the easiest way to make tacos, salads, and sandwiches instantly more delicious. 🌮🥗🥪
Quick & Easy Sugar-Free Pickled Red Onions
These Quick & Easy Sugar-Free Pickled Red Onions are the perfect way to add a burst of bright, tangy flavor to any dish. Ready in minutes, they’re made without refined sugar and are naturally vegan. Crisp, zesty, and a little bit sweet from natural ingredients, these onions make tacos pop, salads shine, and sandwiches taste gourmet. A simple recipe that proves big flavor doesn’t have to be complicated!
Ingredients
Instructions
- Thinly slice the onion (mandoline is the best for uniformly thin slices, but I'm often lazy and go the knife route!) t. The thinner the onion slices the quicker the onions will pickle!
- Transfer onions to a mason jar so it's about 3/4 full.
- In a small bowl mix together the vinegar, water, salt until the salt is dissolved.
- Pour over the onion and press down until all onion is submerged under the picking liquid.
- Transfer to the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes or up to overnight before using.
Notes
- Store in the refrigerator. They should last 1-2 weeks.
- I use these on everything to give meals that extra pop of flavor and texture! I love on BBQ chicken salads, eggs, sammies, tacos, burgers. I've even eaten straight out of the jar for a sweet, tangy snack!
Prayer While You Prepare
Lord, thank You for teaching me to be content in every season—whether it’s feast or famine, chaos or calm, fancy meals or quick pickled onions. Help me to laugh at the little hiccups of life, savor the simple joys, and rest in the truth that You are always enough for me. Amen.
Light & Cozy Cactus Chili
This isn’t your heavy, weigh-you-down, fat-bomb chili recipe—it’s a lighter, nourishing, high-fiber version that still brings all the comfort you crave! Made with lean ground turkey, tender cactus (nopales), hearty beans, and fresh spinach, this bowl is both cozy and nourishing. The cactus, one of the richest known sources of soluble fiber, adds a unique texture and helps stabilize blood sugar. And- bonus!- the added fiber the cactus and beans provide help reduce appetite. Perfect for when you want a satisfying meal that feels good for your body, too.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Add 1 Tbsp olive oil to a large stockpot. Add garlic and onion and saute until onion is translucent.
- Add the ground turkey and brown until no longer pink (about 5 minutes)
- Add the remaining ingredients and stir (drained cactus, full cans of tomatoes and beans, spinach, tomato paste, and all spices)
- Simmer on low for at least 30 minutes. Top with shredded cheese, sour cream and sliced green onion, if desired (or a dollop plain greek yogurt & nutritional yeast for dairy-free!)
Notes
- Nopales sound exotic but they are easy to find in the Mexican food section at almost any grocery store.
- You can also let this simmer on the stove for more than 30 minutes and the flavor improves, but it's nearly as good with the quicker cooking time!
- I love to serve this with a green salad and crusty bread, or even over baked potatoes.
Prayer While You Prepare
Prayer of Comfort
Heavenly Father, thank You for being my refuge and my source of peace. When my heart feels heavy or my mind is troubled, help me to run to You first. Remind me that true comfort isn’t found in things of this world, but in Your presence and promises. Wrap me in Your love, quiet my anxious thoughts, and fill me with the peace that only You can give. Amen.