They are also good for flavouring meat stews or lamb dishes. Egyptian ful medames is a dish of cooked broad beans (a small dried variety called ‘ful’) flavoured with garlic and lemon.

Dried pinto beans are soaked overnight, cooked, then mashed before they are fried in oil with finely minced onions, garlic and peppers. The key to success is to take it slow on the cooking, then save ...

Fava beans are nestled inside fuzzy chartreuse green pods that hold the wide, flat, tough, light green beans inside. They can be labor intensive to prepare, especially since they ...

While fresh fava beans are only available seasonally, you can buy dried fava beans, both whole and split, year-round. "Dried favas taste like a cross between a white bean and a chickpea," says ...

I often snack on dried fruit, healthy chips, or a creative treat I've never tried. Never would I think about eating beans, much less broad (aka fava) beans. I actually hate broad beans in their ...

I love the addition of blanched broad beans but the salad will still be lovely without them if you cannot find them. This is a brilliant vegetarian dish, inspired by a recipe I adapted from one of ...