Jacket potatoes with home-baked beans

Cold nights require comfort food, and there's no better than jacket potatoes – give yours a health boost with home-baked beans

Broad beans with tomatoes & anchovies

Gloriously colourful broad beans with tomatoes and anchovies, perfect with spring lamb

Fettuccine with beans & pancetta

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
Put your glut of runner beans to good use in this speedy supper

Greek beans with seared lamb

Braise butter beans or ‘gigantes’ with tomatoes, onion and garlic and serve with tender lamb fillet and crumbled feta cheese

Broad beans with parsley, feta & almonds

A lovely green, summery starter to serve before a meaty main

Garlicky green beans

A simple sauté of fresh beans with lightly fried garlic and a touch of olive oil makes a healthy, versatile side

Lamb & potato kebabs with minty broad beans

A low-calorie supper of skewered, marinated meat with peppers, beans and a hint of lemon

Full English frittata with smoky beans

Contains pork – recipe is for non-Muslims only
This healthy baked omelette with classic fry up ingredients is versatile enough for brunch or supper

Runner beans with shallot butter

A special twist to the under-rated fresh flavoured runner bean – serve with ‘A good steak and kidney pie’

Fennel & black olive gratin

This deliciously creamy Italian gratin dish is quick to prepare and uses only 5 ingredients

Black bean beef meatballs with stir-fried noodles

Try out a new idea with beef mince – served in balls in a Chinese sauce with sweet chilli and five-spice

Mexican chicken stew with quinoa & beans

Spicy chicken casserole with a healthy superfood side dish of protein-rich quinoa