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Old 10-09-2011, 01:29 PM   #1  
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What's the story with peppers? What colors? Cooked or raw? I'm going to make fish tacos for the family tonight (I'll be eating just fish and veggies), but need to know how to treat the peppers.

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I asked my coach about this because I think it just said green peppers on the protocol sheet. She said they were all fine. But I think other coaches said watch the coloured ones, I think they have more carbs.
But I eat green ones and the other colours all the time.
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I asked my coach about this because I think it just said green peppers on the protocol sheet. She said they were all fine. But I think other coaches said watch the coloured ones, I think they have more carbs.
But I eat green ones and the other colours all the time.
Do you cook them or eat them raw? I know we don't cook onions, but I'm confused about peppers.
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According to my coach all colors have essentially the same carb count. Peppers can be cooked...

BTW...the dinner for your family sounds DELISH!!! :-)
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My understanding is we can use all colors...cook how you want....just noting that we are advised against cooking any vegetable so long that the composition of it changes to sugar (carmelizing). With Fish Tacos, I would recommend grilling them on the barbeque or in the oven (with a light spray of olive oil), then chopping. Its less likely to caremelize than frying a pan.

The ideal protein official cookbooks have many recipes using multi-colored peppers which are grilled, cooked, roasted, and fried.

According to Fitday,
a large yellow pepper has 11.76 total carbs, and 1.67 fiber;
and a large green pepper has 10.55 total carbs and 2.95 fiber
and a large red pepper has 10.55 total carbs with 3.28 fiber.

In general:
Large= 11carbs,3 fiber
Med= 8carbs, 2 fiber
Small= 5carbs, 1 fiber

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According to my coach all colors have essentially the same carb count. Peppers can be cooked...

BTW...the dinner for your family sounds DELISH!!! :-)
Thanks, I like that answer. I'm so happy to have a child who likes just about everything we eat, including fish and veggies. Makes life a little easier.
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