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Summer bean recipes

If you're growing beans in your garden we have plenty of ideas for how to use French, broad and runner beans.
Tagliatelle with green beans and pesto
by Theo Randall

Homemade pesto takes pasta to new heights in this classic Italian recipe.

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French bean and potato sabzi

by Romy Gill
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Broad bean and Little Gem salad

by Mary Berry
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Spicy mozzarella aubergines with green beans and chickpeas

by Rukmini Iyer
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Lokanta stew

by Nigel Slater
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Risotto primavera

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Summery green coleslaw

by The Hairy Bikers
Side dishes

Chilli bean stir-fry

by Dr Rupy Aujla
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Broad bean risotto

by The Hairy Bikers
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Leftover stir fry

by Jeremy Pang
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Spring chicken salad

by Philippa Davis
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Broad bean and goats’ cheese bruschetta

by Sabrina Ghayour
Light meals & snacks

Jumbo couscous salad

by The Hairy Bikers
Side dishes

Anchovy salade Niçoise

by Simon Hopkinson
Light meals & snacks

Broad bean and feta frittata

by Valentine Warner
Light meals & snacks

Broad bean and runner bean risotto

by Gary Rhodes
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Vegan Buddha bowl

by Lucy Parker
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Oyster sauce chicken with Chinese leaf

by Ching-He Huang
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Pesto pasta salad

by Annie Rigg
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Chicken and aubergine massaman curry

by Sunil Vijayakar
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Butternut squash and chickpea curry

by Tom Kerridge
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Greens with giant couscous and tahini

by Rukmini Iyer
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