• 🙂 high protein — “Green peas are one of the best plant-based sources of protein” [1]
• 🙂 high fiber
• 🙂 … surprisingly filling in my experience
• 🙂 relatively low calorie among starchy foods — ## low-cal foods
• 🙂 🙂 often premixed with low-cal frozen veg, enhancing fiber and calorie
• 🙂 cheap; easy to buy, store (frozen), microwave and serve with no seasoning required 🙂
• 🙂 starchy and satisfying on its own, better than rice/bread/biscuits. I can eat this regularly and in quantity.
• 14g carb out of 100g [2]
• 🙁 over-eating may give you too much starch
• 🙂 compared to banana — slight less calorie, 5 times higher protein, more fiber, less sugar
• see the nutritional comparison with other starchy foods in ## lighter starch

[1] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/green-peas-are-healthy

[2] https://www.nutrition-and-you.com/green-peas.html has USDA data