Perfectly Pickled Red Onions

Perfectly Pickled Red Onions

Recipe by The Nutrition Professor, Timaree Hagenburger, MPH, RD, EP-c (www.TheNutritionProfessor.com) and published in The Foodie Bar Way: One meal. Lots of options. Everyone’s happy. available at www.FoodieBars.com

I always keep these on hand, as they are fabulous on salads, hot or cold sandwiches, pizzas, burgers and all by themselves!

Ingredients
2 cup of apple cider vinegar
2 cup of water, room temperature or cold
3 Tbsp coconut sugar, date sugar or date syrup
1 tsp salt
1 tsp whole peppercorns
2 bay leaves
4 medium red onions, thinly sliced (food processor works well)

Procedure
Bring a large pot full of water to a boil.

Combine the vinegar, 1 cup of water, sugar, salt, bay leaves in a medium sized bowl and stir until sugar dissolves. Add the peppercorns in an empty “tea bag” or stainless steel tea infuser.

Place onion slices in colander in sink and pour all boiling water over onions (will wilt a bit).

Drain well and transfer onions to bowl with marinade.

Cover and allow to marinate at room temp for 1 hour and then refrigerate.

I like to transfer the onions and marinade into canning jars, as they will keep in refrigerator for several weeks.

Recipe slightly adapted by The Nutrition Professor from Vegetable Dishes I Can’t Live Without by Mollie Katzen.

Read the newspaper article about the amazing attributes of onions that featured this recipe and one for Caramelized Onions! This recipe and many others are included in my fun and useful cookbook, The Foodie Bar Way! Order your copy today, if you don’t have one yet, or loaned it to a friend!

Timaree Hagenburger, a plant-based registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN), certified exercise physiologist with a master’s degree in public health, has over 20 years of experience as a nutrition professor. She is a sought after speaker, media personality and author, who works with private clients, and in corporate wellness, has contributed to several cookbooks and published her own cookbook, The Foodie Bar Way: One Meal, Lots of Options, Everyone’s Happy (www.foodiebars.com)! Timaree is also the founder of an incredible online membership community, The Foodie Bar Way of Life, that makes loving the food (and living a life) that loves us back… simple, satisfying, sustainable AND FUN! You can contact her about working with her through 1:1 dietitian nutrition coaching, for hands-on cooking instruction and to inquire about arranging a speaking engagement.