Superfoods part 26

Welcome to our health & self help blog.

In it we post health commentary & reviews of books, eBooks, & other things that improve or protect your health or which enable you to live longer, to be more prosperous, & to be more effective.

Today’s post: Monday, 5-22-2006

Superfoods & Honor Roll Foods, part 26

Black-eyed peas.

In this series, I’m including a variety of beans & other plant foods that are good sources of protein to try. That way, my hope is you’ll find some you like & will always know several kinds of plant foods that are good sources of protein to try when you want variety. So, here’s another plant food that’s a good source of protein, Black-eyed peas.

You can buy them canned & already cooked in most supermarkets.

They are basically a kind of bean; but have a very different flavor than most cooked beans.

So, in addition to their protein, they are high in fiber & heart-protective soluble fiber in particular.

You can add them & walnuts to a vegetarian salad to add some extra fiber, protein, & a filling quality to the salad. (Just drain off the water they come in or that you cook them in first.)

Or you can have them by themselves top them with some flavors or health enhancing fats that you like.

Try guacamole & a salsa you like as a topping, for example.

Or cook them with some chunks of lean or fat trimmed ham, diced onion, shrimp, & extra virgin olive oil & Cajun spices.