This dish of pasta with celery and basil sauce, served here with broad beans, is an amalgam of a fondly remembered dish from childhood via what happens when you start nosing around in the British Library. Highfalutin bibliographic japes aside, it's also easy to cook.

A chorizo and chickpea stew (potaje) from the north of Spain full of vegetable goodness. In addition to the core ingredients, it includes shallots, sweet peppers, tomatoes, broad beans and a plethora of leafy green herbs.

This recipe for pasta in a Roman-style cream sauce with peas, broad beans and spinach is incredibly quick and easy; perfect for summer

A new recipe for a vegan spring risotto that combines some old French cooking ideas with green, fresh spring flavours

A distinctly Greek take on the British tradition of Sunday roast lamb served with roast tatties, carrots with sesame and minted broad beans

A delicious meal soup dish from the north of Spain with chicken, chorizo, vegetables, herbs and spices

Greek octopus salad and a broad beans side dish with a Greek salad-style "salsa", a great combination for warmer weather