Pulses

We're constantly being urged to eat more chickpeas, cannellini beans, lentils and other pulses, as they're extremely nutritious as well as being cheap and easy to cook.

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Boston Baked Beans

This is how baked beans should be – the real American sort and not a bit like the ones that come in tins. ...

This is how baked beans should be – the real American sort and not a bit like the ones that come in tins. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to prepare garl...

6 hours

to cook

Braised Sausages with Borlotti Beans

You can use any beans in this recipe, but borlotti are the best of all. The smokiness of the pancetta is...

You can use any beans in this recipe, but borlotti are the best of all. The smokiness of the pancetta is also important, but if you can’t get it, use smoked bacon. ...

3 hours

to cook

Butter Bean, Bacon and Parsley Soup

Butter beans, boiled on their own (as I remember them at school) tend to be dull, but they make a good, thi...

Butter beans, boiled on their own (as I remember them at school) tend to be dull, but they make a good, thick, creamy soup and have the great virtue of being able to a...

20 minutes - 30 minutes

to cook

Egg and Lentil Curry

This is one of my very favourite storecupboard recipes. If you always keep a stock of spices and lentils...

This is one of my very favourite storecupboard recipes. If you always keep a stock of spices and lentils handy and a pack of creamed coconut stashed away in the fri...

45 minutes

to cook

Vegetarian

Mashed Black-eyed Beancakes with Ginger Onion Marmalade

Black-eyed beans are the lovely nutty beans that are popular in recipes from the deep south of America and,...

Black-eyed beans are the lovely nutty beans that are popular in recipes from the deep south of America and, with the addition of other vegetables, they make very good ...

Vegetarian

Split Pea Soup

Yellow or green split peas will do for this deliciously thick and substantial soup. The Delia Online Coo...

Yellow or green split peas will do for this deliciously thick and substantial soup. The Delia Online Cookery School: Watch how to chop onions in our video, press th...

1 hour - 2 hours

to cook

The London Particular

This soup, made with the bacon stock from Boiled Smoked Bacon, is so named because of the thick, dense 'pea...

This soup, made with the bacon stock from Boiled Smoked Bacon, is so named because of the thick, dense 'peasouper' London fogs that were so prevalent during the first ...

40 minutes - 50 minutes

to cook

Tuscan Bean and Pasta Soup

This is a big, hefty soup, perfect for the winter months with a light main course to follow. Alternative...

This is a big, hefty soup, perfect for the winter months with a light main course to follow. Alternatively, it is a complete lunch, with just some cheese and a sala...

Vegetarian

Tuscan White Bean Soup

If you look down the list of ingredients here you might be forgiven for thinking this doesn't sound very ex...

If you look down the list of ingredients here you might be forgiven for thinking this doesn't sound very exciting. Yet Italian cannellini beans transformed into a...

White Bean and Tuna Salad

This is my version of an old Italian favourite, and I think the addition of a sharp lemon dressing and some...

This is my version of an old Italian favourite, and I think the addition of a sharp lemon dressing and some buttery rocket leaves gives a lovely edge. If you forget...