Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I was served green beans the other day and realised I didn't know if they were a legume or a vegetable. Can you tell me? Also, I think I knoe that peas are legumes, am I correct?

Thanks all.

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Karen · Answer 1 · 2011-08-01 12:44:15Z UTC

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Botanically they're legumes. Personally, I regard young bean and pea pods and pea shoots as acceptable vegetables since the problematic compounds develop in the more mature seeds.

answered Aug 1 2011 at 12:44

Karen
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Yup. Snap peas are fine. Peas are a legume, but I'd rather eat peas than corn... – Dave S. Aug 1 2011 at 12:57

Thanks, that is quite helpful. – Cave Tomboy Aug 2 2011 at 7:56

Shari Bambino · Answer 2 · 2011-08-01 15:03:25Z UTC

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They're the legume you can eat! (Cause you can have my green bean fries when you pry them from my cold, dead hands.)

answered Aug 1 2011 at 15:03

Shari Bambino
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	+1 for a recipe I've GOT to try. – Karen Aug 1 2011 at 15:07
	Oh, thank you Shari - I not only have tonight's dinner, but a potential recipe teh bloggy. – JansSushiBar Aug 1 2011 at 15:09
	ps this works just as well with frozen green beans as long as they aren't the little short cut ones. Trader Joe's frozen GB's work well – Shari Bambino Aug 1 2011 at 15:56
	Oh and keep your eye on them the last 5 minutes or so. They go from perfectly roasted to burned to a crisp in the blink of an eye. These are also great with CO instead of olive oil and usually how I make them. If you have a paleo ketchup recipe now would be the time to make it. Seriously. – Shari Bambino Aug 1 2011 at 15:58
	MMMMMMMM...yummy – JayJay Aug 1 2011 at 18:00

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Zack · Answer 3 · 2013-05-18 01:00:05Z UTC

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i am highly allergic to anything in the legume family and i can have green beans i cant have peas why i have no clue but thats your answer

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Most likely because they have virtually no lectins to speak of. Lectins are not 1 single thing, but a family of proteins, and some legumes have potent lectins, and some do not. Green beans, snap peas, snow peas, have very little to virtually zero. – greymouser May 18 at 13:36

General Hydroponics · Answer 4 · 2012-02-21 06:58:44Z UTC

Peas are legumes, but most legumes are vegetables. Beans are also legumes, and they are vegetables. It's sort of like a volcano is a mountain, but not all mountains are volcanoes. A legume is a vegetable, but not all vegetables are legumes.

Green beans — vegetable or legume?

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