ONe day I went to Costco and I got a sample of the following:

PIckled Asparagus
Ham slice
cream cheese

YOu take the ham slice and spread the cream cheese on it, then wrap it around the asparagus. I am not sure what goes into the pickled asparagus, but do you think this could be modified somehow to work?


LInda

Hello Linda!

That sounds fine as long as the cream cheese is a low fat version and the ham is lean. I've made those before but my asparagus wasn't the pickled kind. They're very good.

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I would add that when you don't know what went into something, you don't know for sure whether all the ingredients are SBD-friendly. There could be added sugars & fats. If sauces or marinades taste sweet, they probably have extra sugar. SBD doesn't recommend honey or sugar glazed meats.

I hate to be a wet blanket, but I know for me, I like to have an idea whether something might lead to craving before I eat it.

Pickled asparagus is most often made with pickling spice, vinegar and water and sometimes chili peppers for heat..here's a basic recipe

http://pickledfoods.org/asparagus.html

If you buy them already pickled just be sure and read the ingredients, I've never seen one with sugar though so you are probably safe with those.

Linda, as Nancy posted, it's best to stay away from honey roasted ham or honey anything in the title when you're buying your meat. I know you didn't say what kind of ham you used, but I just thought I'd mention it here. And don't use anything that's sweet pickled. Unless it's sugar free sweet pickles like the Mt. Olive brands.

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P.S. ...
I'm sorry if my post on 4/3 caused confusion. I was thinking about getting a random sample in a store. It slipped my mind that you were talking about making your own, when YOU have control over the ingredients.

My guess is that if you can't taste anything sweet in the pickling juice if it is storebought, the sugar content is probably low enough (if any) to be acceptable. Sweet is the natural coutnerbalance to sour, so usually a dab of sugar is added for balance,but that is usually a very small amounth. And 3 grams or under is the SB guideline.

But you will only be able to judge sweetness by taste after you have been away from sugar long enough to get an extra sensitive radar about the taste of sugar in anything.

Until that happens, it is best to know what went into the pickling.

I have a friend that makes these with dill pickle spears.

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I've never done it that way before. Sounds good.

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