Quick and Easy Pickled Vegetables - Brighter Bites

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• ½ cup white (or apple cider) vinegar
• 1½ Tbsp granulated sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• Pinch of whole black pepper
• 1 garlic clove, cut in half
• 1 bay leaf (optional: recommended for cauliflower, carrots, and radishes)
• 1 cucumber, sliced (or other vegetables: radish, carrots, cauliflower, red onion, okra)