Summertime cooking requires quick to prepare, healthy recipes, full of fresh ingredients with bags of flavour.

Take your pick of the season’s ‘nutty’ broad beans, juicy runner and green beans and the sweetest tasting peas from your nearest farmers’ market or supermarket and create the following seasonal stunners.

The selection includes ideas for starters, salads and main course dishes and there are even a few ideas here where the kids can give you a hand!

After that simply dust off the garden furniture and invite family and friends over for a fabulous summertime feast or pack the kids into the car and head for the nearest coastline to enjoy British summertime as its best.

However you choose to enjoy British Beans and Peas have a great summer!

Starters, soups, salads, snacks and side dishes
Salad Niçoise with Fresh British Beans & Peas	British Broad Beans and Peas with Butter, Lemon and Black Pepper	Bruschetta with Smashed Peas and Crispy Pancetta
British Green Beans with Roasted Hazelnut Butter	Rustic Rolls, filled with British Broad Beans, Beetroot, Goats Cheese and Serrano Ham	British Green Bean, Pea, Tomato and Mozzarella Salad with Grilled Flat Breads
French Bread Pizzas with British Peas, Cherry Tomatos and Mozzarella	British Pea, Pecorino and Hazelnut Pesto Dip	British Runner Beans with Olive Oil and Sherry Vinegar
British Pea, Broad Bean and Avocado Dip	Chilled pea, mint and mascarpone soup	Minty broad bean dip
Crostini with Marinated Broad Beans, Red Peppers and Ricotta	Green Bean, Rice Noodle and Prawn Salad	Runner Beans with a Warm Caper, Parsley and Olive Oil Dressing - a side dish
Scrambled Eggs with Serrano Ham, Peas and Mint, Served on Sourdough Toast - breakfast or brunch	Summer Vegetable Soup with Mint, Coriander and Parsley, Served with Pitta Crisps	Thai Coconut Chicken Soup with Green Beans and Peas
Warm New Potato, Broad Bean and Chorizo Salad with Garlic Mayonnaise	Summer bean, pea and feta salad	Broad bean crostini
Runner bean and pea couscous salad	Green bean and roasted pepper salad with pine nuts	Pea, cream cheese and tomato dip
Main courses
Smoked Haddock and British Runner Bean Risotto	Grilled Lamb Skewers with Crushed British Peas, Tzatziki and Chilli	Pea, Smoked Salmon and Dill Tart
Pappardelle with Green Beans in a Cream, Herb and Lemon Sauce	Broad bean and sun-dried tomato salad with griddled lamb	Pea puree with haddock goujons
Green bean and ham cannelloni	Pasta salad with broad bean pesto	Runner bean and parma ham risotto
Broad bean, gruyere and bacon omelette