Guest guest Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 I love sugar snap peas and snow peas. I buy them a package at a time also. They are the best snack. Jan Haney Look, Sky, no one says you have to try or like or eat sugar snap peas. When I made my original post about them, it was in the spirit of, " Here's something I've tried, enjoyed and found did not affect my bgs, just in case you might like to give them a whirl. " I don't own a sugar snap pea farm, and I'm not a lobbyist for the US sugar snap pea cooperative. 8-) I'm reminded of my husband's saying, No good deed goes unpunished. I'll think twice before posting a suggestion in future, but I'll probably do it just the same. I have an empty sugar snap pea package in front of me right now. I eat about an 8 oz package per day over two meals. The brand is Mann's Sunny Shores. The nutritional info says: Serving size, 85 gm; Servings per package, about 3; Fat, 0 gm; Protein, 2 gm; Carbs, 7 gm; fiber 2 gm. So I figure the 3 servings, with 21 gm carbs and 6 gms fiber net out to 15 gm carbs, or 1 carb exchange over (for me) two meals. I love the crunch which often satisfies me when I have the munchies. Yes, they're bred to be sweet and the peas themselves taste sweet. But the peas are a relatively SMALL portion of the total mass of the vegetable. If you like, I will shell a package, and weigh both the peas and the pods. The pods are a much larger percentage of the mass. The pod does NOT taste sweet, and is more akin (to my palate) to celery. It tastes like a vegetable, not a legume. Believe me, I've shelled many of these babies and eaten the peas and the pods separately, and I know whereof I speak on the taste. Incidentally, I find the pre-packaged brand fresher and more reliable in quality than the ones you find in bulk. HTH. Now let's move on to arguing about how our mileage varies on some other food, OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 Jan, " snack " to me generally implies not cooking, so I'm curious -- are you eating these raw right out of the package, sorta like baby carrots? I can't *STAND* celery, and while I LOVE* baby carrots, they're high on the carb list (tho I don't get TOO much of a spike). I'd love to find some foods that I could tolerate to gnosh on somewhat mindlessly without packing in a lot of carbs or calories. Unfortunately, aside of carrots, I find most veggies need some sort of dip when raw to be palatable. SulaBlue > I love sugar snap peas and snow peas. I buy them a package at a time also. They are the best snack. > > Jan Haney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 I like cashews and almonds. LOVE pecans but they're too expensive to just eat them snackishly, unfortunately. But cashews and almonds do well as snacking material, very low in carbs, and take the edge off the beast of hunger for hours on end as well. Bron Type II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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