"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
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> percy wrote:
>> Prickly pear fruit are on special next week three for a buck. Anybody
>> have tips and/or recipes they want to share?
>>
>> Vicki
>
> Prickly pear fruit are "tunas" Nopales are the peeled and sliced leaves.
> IIRC, the nopales are low in carbs, but the fruit is sweet. I can't find a
> carb count for prickly pears on USDA, but I'd treat one like an apple.
>
> JMHO.
>
> Nopales are great cooked in your scrambled eggs.
>
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> Janet Wilder
> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
> Good Friends. Good Life
Try he 1 cup is 14 carbs and 5.4 fiber
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/