This is the first time I have made tagliatelle using chickpea flour and I have to say I am impressed with how easy it is! Chickpeas are high in protein and this seasonal pasta dish is a clever way of incoporating the bean. Walnuts and tarragon add a creamy earthiness to the fresh, green taste of the broad beans and spinach, brought to life by the lemon and garlic.
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Broad Bean Soup
Taking my classic bean soup, and adding broad beans, this feel good soup is exactly what’s needed on a brisk summer’s day.
Summer Salad (8* plant points)
Designed to be calcium rich this salad draws on all its ingredients to provide a healthy kick. Offering 270mg of calcium, this is more than a third of your RDA – not bad for a salad! Using the last of the winter lettuce (I know, I know, it’s supposed to be a summer salad) the dish takes on the freshness of the oregano combined with the earthy nuttiness of a tahini yoghurt dressing. Not for the faint hearted, this is one mean salad.
Baby Broad Beans and Mediterranean Couscous (5* plant points)
Fresh from the garden, broad beans are the first things to be ready to harvest after winter. If you pick them young, the whole of the pod is edible: a crunchy green case full of sweet baby beans. I fry minein lemon juice and wholegrain mustard, served on a bed of garlic greens and Meditarranean couscous.
Sarasvati Flow 