07/11/2025
Broad beans π« ...mean spring time πΌ
And 'the hungry gap' in the garden for many.
Despite the abundance of flowers and booming new growth, spring is betwixt our booms of winter and summer.
Aka - your winter crops are probably done and the summer ones aren't ready yet.
Fill you tum with leafy greens, broad beans, rhubarb, and those potatoes and pumpkins you stored over winter.
π€ What are you growing in the 'gap'?
π Bonus broad bean nutrition facts:
Good source of:
*Fibre
*Vitamin C
Source of:
*B3 (Niacin)
*B5 (Pantothenic acid)
*Iron
π΄ Eat them fresh when young and tender (straight from the pods while you're standing in the garden!)
π΄ Cook them up in your favourite hotpot
π΄ Lightly steam and add some olive oil, lemon, and pepper
π΄ Cook and and smash them with lemon, smoked paprika, pepper, olive oil, salt, and a bit of tahini
