It's green bean season in gardens across Britain, and runner beans are one of the favourites of our kitchen garden cook, Melanie Johnson. 'Runner beans are a bold and hearty summer green,' says ...

Remove the strings from the runner beans using a peeler and running it down the edges of the runner beans then top, tail and chop them into 2cm chunks. Heat a teaspoon of the butter in a frying pan.

There are no rules about when or how to eat classic baked beans; in fact, they work with many of the nation's favourite meals. But one thing they lack is freshness and seasonality. That's where summer ...