Mung beans

[Egre4926]

So I was wondering about mung beans. After doing some research, I noted that they are a seed of a plant and not a legume (in he traditional sense). So what's the deal.....yeah or nay?

[melbournegirl]

Mung beans are a member of the legume family of plants still, similar to green peas..... Beans, peas and sprouts can all be legumes

[Tom Denham]

I think it would be okay to eat the sprouts if you want to soak your mung beans and get them to sprout, but the beans themselves are best left out of a Whole30.

[percypat]

Tom, does that mean discarding the yellow bean part at the end, and just eating the white crunchy bit? (If so, hurrah. That's the bit I like best).

[Tom Denham]

By the time you sprout the bean, I think it would be okay to eat the whole thing without worrying about discarding the end. Kind of like the way the Whole9 allows green beans during a Whole30 because it is more pod than bean.

[Egre4926]

Ok cool...still trying to get my head around peas being legumes, so I guess I'll be throwing the mung beans into that category

[Susan W]

Peas are legumes but Tom was saying mung beans are okay.

[missmary]

Peas are legumes but Tom was saying mung beans are okay.

no...at least how I read it,...Tom was saying mung bean sprouts are okay. the beans, not ok still.

[Susan W]

no...at least how I read it,...Tom was saying mung bean sprouts are okay. the beans, not ok still.

Ohhhh...I totally missed the fact that the sprout was not mentioned in the op. Thanks MM.