Cooked Broad Beans as a Snack

[YukisHeart]

So I'm standing in the crisps aisle in Sainsbury's five days into a (probably not very sensible) crash diet, drooling like Pavlov's dog. I don't buy nuts, giving into peer pressure because the guy I'm with has just started saying "It's a total fallacy that nuts are any better than crisps; they're actually worse for you, it's total bollocks, etc."

In a moment of weakness, I buy an 80g bag of "Habas Fritas" (lightly spiced cooked broad beans) from the Tyrrell's "Alternatives" range, half expecting to later discover they're actually worse for you than tortilla chips or something:

Tyrrells Alternatives Habas Fritas (80g) in Ocado | mySupermarket

Nutrient per 100g - per 1/2 pack
Energy kCal 526kCal - 210kCal
Energy kJ 2,200kJ - 880kJ
Protein 15.3g - 6.1g
Carbohydrate 51.7g - 20.6g
of which sugars 2.0g - 0.8g
Fat 28.7g - 11.5g
of which saturates 12.8g - 5.1g
Fibre 12.8g - 5.1g
Sodium 0.1g - 0.04g
Salt N/A - N/A

I don't really know how best to interpret these tables, to be honest. And a quick Sherdog search revealed a couple of people saying broad beans are the Devil. So is this something I really would have been better off avoiding, or what?

 

[rozzer58]

Nuts are much better than crisps mate. U can pick up a 200g of salted peanuts of sainsburys for 40p !! Lots of good healthy natural fats, high in protein and low in carbs. Much better than chilli heat wave doritoes lol

 

[ValeTudo95]

How do they taste?

 

[YukisHeart]

Nuts are much better than crisps mate. U can pick up a 200g of salted peanuts of sainsburys for 40p !! Lots of good healthy natural fats, high in protein and low in carbs. Much better than chilli heat wave doritoes lol

I know, I know. Peer pressure. :icon_sad:

How do they taste?

They're really nice, actually.

EDIT - Which only makes me more suspicious of their implied status as a healthy alternative to the usual fare.

 

[JSN]

any food made in england is automatically disgusting bad for you.

 

[ValeTudo95]

How do they taste?

They're really nice, actually.

Must be a good snack, then... Everything in moderation. Except beer.

 

[rozzer58]

any food made in england is automatically disgusting bad for you.

Not sure about that, you know the american frosties cereal has 40% more sugar than the packs sold gram for gram in the uk. I could go on for days

 

[JSN]

that's why it tastes good.