Legumes include beans, lentils, and peas. Beans grow in pods or capsules that develop from flowers. They are available dry, canned, or frozen. They differ nutritionally from green beans or wax ...

There are three main types of green peas: English, snap, and snow. English Peas: pods are too tough to be edible; peas must be shelled out. Snap Peas: pods are edible with fattened peas inside. Snow ...

To shell, squeeze the pods between your thumbs and fingers on the seams to pop them open. Hold the pod over a bowl and run ...