Baby fava beans, bright and shiny, are so sweet and tender you need to rush them right from market to kitchen. Run, don't walk, before the natural sugars inside the tiny beans turn to starch. So ...

Broad bean plants are loved by slugs and snails when they are young and birds when they grow taller, so adding some ...

In the world of legumes, fava beans stand out. They are the oldest variety; there's evidence of fava bean cultivation as long as 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. They stand out visually ...

Buy your fava beans at farmers markets while you still can. Here's what to do with them next. Skip to content. ... In the spring, her pockets would overflow with bright-green fava bean pods.

Broad beans are at their best from the end of May through to mid-July, when the pods are pale green and soft and the beans are still small. Only brief steaming or cooking is required when broad ...

Fava bean leaves are great to wilt into pasta dishes, and the beans themselves can make a puree that's great to fold into the pasta dough, giving it that vibrant green color.

Among the bean family, fava beans have been celebrated as one of the richest plant-based protein sources available, with ...

Bring a medium saucepan filled with water to a boil over medium-high. Prepare an ice bath in a large bowl. Add beans to boiling water, and boil until tender, 2 to 3 minutes.