Recipes using beans, grains and pulses

In an extract from Lugma: Abundant Dishes And Stories From My Middle East, Noor Murad offers a warming and moreish recipe for Arabic Baked Beans.

A hearty vegetarian dish from Pulse by Eleanor Maidment

A warming ragu that happens to be plant based

Pockets of warming pastry, perfect for picnics and parties

The combination of beans and pork has stood the test of time and Carla Lalli Music's soup recipe adds a new dimension to the relationship

A hearty bean dish perfect for cold nights, from New York-based chef and writer Caroline Fidanza

Aaron Bertelsen's lentil soup recipe is inspired by the vegetables he grows in the kitchen garden at Great Dixter, on which he's written a wonderful cookbook

Pears and blue cheese are a winning combination in this salad recipe from Carole Bamford's cookbook of Daylesford dishes.

Nisha Parmar brings lentils to new heights with this red thai daal recipe

Nisha Parmar's recipe for hispi cabbage takes it to the next level

Helen Graham presents a delightful way to spice up celeriac

This soup is sour and rather wonderful

The late restaurateur, writer and broadcaster Russell Norman shares a traditional Tuscan ribollita from his book, Brutto: A (Simple) Florentine Cookbook

Sophie Godwin shares a colourful Dal recipe from her cookbook 'Sundays'

You can sub in any other greens in this show-stopping soup, depending on the season – asparagus, kale, green beans.

Delicious, spicy-sweet carrots on a bed of creamy whipped feta. 

This is a weeknight staple, whipped up in 10 minutes

 Amelia Christie-Miller. shares this comforting and hearty dish from her book Bold Beans

A zesty, herby and healthy dinner option from Mindful Chef

The spice rub on the outside of the salmon is cooked over a high heat, giving it a deliciously smoky and crisp exterior with perfectly cooked fish in the centre