This recipe is a vegetarian spin on shrimp scampi in which meaty, sweet favas replace the similarly charactered crustaceans. A simple treatment–a little garlic, some chile flakes, a good dose of white ...

Instructions: Bring a large pan of cold salted water to a boil, add beans, and cook until tender but firm, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain, refresh in ice-cold water, and rub off thin skins. In a medium bowl, ...

A food mill makes shorter work of this fava bean purée that I love to make at this time of year. Yes, the dip is easy to make in a food processor — but first you have to skin three pounds of fresh ...

Fava Bean Falafel Burger topped with a cucumber yogurt sauce. Falafel are deep-fried fritters made from ground chickpeas or fava beans. The best-tasting veggie burger I've ever met is falafel. A ...

Preheat oven to 400°F. Place bread in medium bowl. Drizzle oil over, tossing to coat. Scatter bread pieces on small rimmed baking sheet. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt. Bake until bread is golden ...

The only place I could find fresh fava beans earlier this month was on a small, potted plant at the St. Joseph Day altar at St. Cletus Church in Gretna. I tried, folks. I checked in at farmers markets ...

If you’re not from the Middle East, the idea of eating a bowl of stewed fava beans for breakfast might not strike your fancy, at least at first glance. But plenty of cultures start their day with ...

They are nutty. They are creamy. They are so different from any other bean out there. And they are in season right now. They are lovely when simply sautéed or when used in risottos, dips or pastas.

Quick fava beans -- that's an oxymoron, as my friend Debbie likes to say. It's true that shelling fava beans and then blanching them to remove their outer skin is time-consuming. And after all that, ...

It was a case of mistaken identity. I was at the freezer case and in a hurry. And instead of grabbing the shelled edamame I wanted, I got the fava beans. I didn't notice until I was home. Despite the ...