Availableyear-round in the frozen form, if you do buy them fresh, look out for plump,blemish-free, bright green pods, where the peas inside are glossy, crunchy andsweet.
If the pods have started to wrinkle and lose their colour, it meansthey’re past their ‘best by’ date.
As well as fibre and B vitamins like niacinand thiamin, a half-cup serve of cooked peas contains 25 per cent of your dailyvitamin C requirements.