Beans are the Party Animals of the Garden

Beans go with so many wonderful flavours its hard to know where to start. They sizzle so well with butter or olive oil and garlic.

They party with nuts like almonds, peanuts, cashews, pine nuts and walnuts. Beans are happy to be seen with herbs like parsley, chives and mint.

Our family got hooked on a Madhur Jaffrey bean recipe years ago. You boil your beans for a few minutes and then you wok fry them in a mixture of soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, garlic and dried pepper and salt.

It is a bold stand out recipe that goes well with chicken. I wonder what you are doing with your bean crop?