🫛🇬🇧 Fresh British Bobby Beans – Crisp, Tender & Fresh
Our Fresh British Tender Bobby Beans are beautifully crisp, slender green beans with a mild, fresh flavour and a tender bite.
Also commonly known as green beans, Bobby Beans are quick to prepare and incredibly versatile. Steam them and finish with butter, sauté them with garlic, toss them into stir-fries or add them to colourful salads and casseroles.
Their delicate flavour works particularly well with garlic, lemon, butter, toasted almonds and fresh herbs.
Our Fresh British Tender Bobby Beans are carefully selected for freshness, colour and quality.
Crisp. Tender. Fresh. A brilliant everyday green vegetable. 🫛💚
🫛 About Fresh British Tender Bobby Beans
Bobby Beans are a type of fresh green bean harvested while the pods are young and tender.
Our Fresh British Tender Bobby Beans are eaten whole, so there’s no shelling required. Simply wash them, trim the ends and cook until tender.
Most modern varieties have little or no troublesome string, making preparation particularly straightforward.
Perfect for:
🥗 Salads
🍽️ Vegetable sides
🥢 Stir-fries
🥘 Casseroles
🥔 Roast dinners
🐟 Fish dishes
🥩 Grilled meats
🧈 Buttered vegetables
🍝 Pasta dishes
💫 Crisp, Mild & Tender
Crisp 💥 | Tender 💚 | Mild 🌿 | Fresh ✨ | Gently Sweet 🫛
Fresh Bobby Beans have a clean green flavour with gentle natural sweetness.
Brief cooking softens the beans while allowing them to retain some of their characteristic bite.
Try pairing them with:
🧄 Garlic
🧈 Butter
🍋 Lemon
🌰 Almonds
🌿 Parsley
🌿 Mint
🍅 Tomatoes
🧀 Feta
🥔 Potatoes
🫒 Olive oil
💚 British Bobby Bean Nutrition & Natural Goodness
British Bobby Beans naturally provide fibre, vitamins and minerals as part of a varied and balanced diet.
🌾 Provides Dietary Fibre
Fresh green beans naturally provide dietary fibre.
🍊 Naturally Contains Vitamin C
Bobby Beans naturally contain vitamin C.
🌿 Contains Folate
Fresh green beans naturally provide folate.
⚡ Contains Minerals
Bobby Beans naturally contain minerals including potassium and magnesium.
🌱 Naturally Low in Fat
Plain Fresh Bobby Beans naturally contain very little fat.
📊 Typical Bobby Bean Nutritional Information
Approximate values per 100g:
- 🔥 Calories: Approx. 31 kcal
- 🌾 Carbohydrates: Approx. 7g
- 🌱 Fibre: Approx. 3.4g
- 💪 Protein: Approx. 1.8g
- 🥑 Fat: Approx. 0.2g
- 🍊 Naturally contains vitamin C
- 🌿 Contains folate
- ⚡ Contains useful minerals
Values are approximate and can vary according to variety, maturity and growing conditions.
🔪 Preparing Fresh British Tender Bobby Beans
Fresh Bobby Beans require very little preparation.
- Rinse thoroughly under cool running water.
- Trim the stem ends.
- Check for any tougher strings and remove if necessary.
- Leave the beans whole or cut them into smaller pieces.
- Steam, boil, sauté or stir-fry until tender.
🫛 Fruit Bowl Tip
Don’t overcook your Bobby Beans.
They’re particularly delicious when tender while still retaining a little bite.
Once cooked, a small knob of butter and squeeze of fresh lemon may be all they need.
🍽️ Delicious Ways to Cook Fresh Bobby Beans
♨️ Steam until tender
🧈 Toss with butter
🧄 Sauté with garlic
🍋 Finish with lemon
🌰 Add toasted almonds
🥢 Toss into stir-fries
🥗 Add to salads
🥘 Stir into casseroles
🥔 Serve with roast dinners
🍅 Combine with tomatoes
🧀 Pair with feta
🧄🧈 Garlic Butter British Bobby Beans
Fresh British Bobby Beans are delicious simply cooked with butter and garlic.
🛒 Ingredients – Serves 2–3
- 200g Bobby Beans 🫛
- 20g butter 🧈
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 🧄
- Black pepper
- Fresh parsley 🌿
- Lemon – optional 🍋
👩🍳 Method
- Wash and trim the Bobby Beans.
- Steam or boil briefly until tender.
- Drain thoroughly.
- Melt the butter in a frying pan.
- Add the garlic and cook briefly.
- Add the cooked beans.
- Toss until lightly coated.
- Finish with black pepper and parsley.
- Add a squeeze of lemon if desired.
✨ Simple, fresh and brilliant alongside almost any main meal.
🍋🌰 Fresh Bobby Beans with Lemon & Almonds
Tender Fresh Bobby Beans pair beautifully with toasted almonds and fresh lemon.
🛒 Ingredients – Serves 2–3
- 200g Bobby Beans 🫛
- 25g flaked almonds 🌰
- 1 tbsp olive oil 🫒
- Juice of ½ lemon 🍋
- Black pepper
👩🍳 Method
- Prepare and cook the Bobby Beans until tender.
- Toast the almonds gently in a dry frying pan.
- Drain the beans thoroughly.
- Toss with olive oil.
- Add fresh lemon juice.
- Finish with black pepper.
- Sprinkle over the toasted almonds.
- Serve immediately.
✨ Fresh, crunchy and excellent with chicken or fish.
🥗🍅 Bobby Bean Summer Salad
Fresh green beans add fantastic colour and texture to a simple summer salad.
🛒 Ingredients – Serves 2–3
- 200g Bobby Beans 🫛
- 150g cherry tomatoes 🍅
- ¼ red onion, finely sliced 🧅
- 40g feta 🧀
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Juice of ½ lemon 🍋
- Black pepper
- Fresh herbs – optional 🌿
👩🍳 Method
- Prepare and cook the Bobby Beans.
- Cool them after cooking.
- Add to a bowl with the tomatoes.
- Add the sliced red onion.
- Crumble over the feta.
- Drizzle with olive oil and lemon.
- Finish with black pepper.
- Add fresh herbs if desired.
- Toss gently and serve.
✨ Fantastic for BBQs, picnics and summer lunches.
🌱 Why Choose Our Fresh British Bobby Beans?
✔ Fresh British produce 🇬🇧
✔ Tender green pods
✔ Crisp, fresh texture
✔ Mild flavour
✔ Quick to prepare
✔ Fantastic steamed
✔ Excellent in stir-fries
✔ Delicious in salads
✔ Naturally provides fibre
✔ Carefully selected for freshness
✔ Plastic free
Our Fresh British Tender Bobby Beans are an easy everyday vegetable that’s equally delicious served simply with butter or added to salads, stir-fries and family meals.
❓ Fresh Bobby Bean FAQs
What are Bobby Beans?
Bobby Beans are a type of fresh green bean with tender edible pods. They’re harvested young and eaten whole after trimming and cooking.
Are Bobby Beans the same as Green Beans?
The term Bobby Bean is commonly used for certain types of green beans, so you’ll often see the names used interchangeably.
Do Bobby Beans need stringing?
Most modern varieties have little or no string. Trim the ends and check the edges before cooking.
How do you cook Bobby Beans?
They can be steamed, boiled, sautéed or stir-fried until tender.
Can Bobby Beans be frozen?
Yes. Briefly blanching prepared beans before freezing generally helps maintain their quality.
What goes well with Bobby Beans?
Garlic, butter, lemon, almonds, parsley, tomatoes, feta, potatoes and olive oil all work particularly well.
How should Fresh British Bobby Beans be stored?
Keep them refrigerated and use while the pods remain crisp, green and fresh.






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