Vegetable marathon Event Announcement and an entry..

Cranberry Chutney

http://konasaniskitchen.blogspot.com/2010/01/cranberry-chutney.html
Cranberry chutney goes to Nithu's Think Beyond the usual-Fruits of Nithu's kitchen

Coming to Event Announcement..


As all you guys know that an event named Vegetable Marathon is going on in my blog.  The current event-Vegetable marathon-Eggplant has completing its journey in vegetable marathon by 11 of this month.. So another vegetable is getting ready for its place to race in marathon..
This vegetable is  low in Saturated Fat and Sodium, and very low in Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Vitamin B6, Pantothenic Acid, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Potassium, and a very good source of Protein, Vitamin C, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Folate, Copper and Manganese. This vegetable  belong to the legume family of the vegetable group. Its none another than Beans...
Beans can be eaten raw, sprouted or cooked, ground into flour, curdled into tofu, fermented into soya sauce, tempi and miso. They are excellent in chilis, soups and salads. Main thing i love about beans is--  ZERO CHOLESTEROL

Types of Beans:

Adzuki Beans

Black Beans

Black eyed Peas

Broad beans-fava Beans

Butter Beans

Calico Beans

Cannellini Beans

Chick Peas- Garbanzo beans

Cranberry Beans

Edamame

Great Northern Beans

Italian Beans

Kidney Beans

Lentils

Lima Beans

Mung Beans

Navy Beans

Pinto Beans

Soy Beans

Split peas

White Beans

Green Beans

I am including types of beans as per of my knowledge. If i am missing any kind of beans, please let me know..

Beans - Bean Calories & Nutritional Information on Varieties of Beans

Calories in Beans Based on 1 Cup of Cooked Beans

Bean Variety	Calories	Protein	Fat	Carbs	Fiber	Calcium	Iron	Potassium
Fava Beans (Broadbeans)	187 cal	12.92 g	0.68 g	33.40 g	9.2 g	61 mg	2.55 mg	456 mg
Lima Beans, canned	176 cal	10.10 g	0.72 g	33.06 g	13 g	70 mg	4.00 mg	706 mg
Mung Beans, canned	15 cal	1.75 g	0.07 g	2.67 g	0.16 g	18 mg	0.54 mg	34 mg
Navy Beans	258 cal	15.8 g	0.10 g	15.8 g	10 g	128 mg	4.5 mg	670 mg
Pinto Beans	235 cal	15.8 g	0.10 g	44 g	7 g	81 mg	4.5 mg	495 mg
Shellie Beans	74 cal	4.31 g	0.47 g	15.17 g	8.3 g	71 mg	2.43 mg	267 mg
Green Beans, Snap	36 cal	2 g	0.24 g	8.40 g	3.6 g	58 mg	2.16 mg	220 mg
Lima Beans	209 cal	11.58 g	0.54 g	40.19 g	9.0 g	54 mg	4.17 mg	969 mg
Adzuki Beans	294 cal	17.30 g	0.23 g	56.97 g	16.8 g	64 mg	4.60 mg	1,224 mg
Black Beans	227 cal	15.24 g	0.93 g	40.78 g	15.0 g	46 mg	3.61 mg	611 mg
Cranberry Beans	241 cal	16.53 g	0.81 g	43.29 g	17.7 g	88 mg	3.70 mg	685 mg
Great Northern Beans	209 cal	14.74 g	0.80 g	37.33 g	12.4 g	120 mg	3.77 mg	692 mg
Kidney Beans - all varieties	225 cal	15.35 g	0.89 g	40.36 g	11.3 g	50 mg	5.20 mg	713 mg
Pink Beans	252 cal	15.31 g	0.83 g	47.17 g	9.0 g	88 mg	3.89 mg	859 mg
Chick Peas (Garbanzo Beans)	269 cal	14.53 g	4.25 g	44.97 g	12.5 g	80 mg	4.74 mg	477 mg

Source: Dietbites.com

Coming  to rules for Participation:
1) Prepare any dish with Beans as main ingredient. It can be either Vegetarian or non-vegetarian.
2) You can send as many recipes as you want.
3) I will accept the old entries, if they are updated and reposted with the logo n link back to Vegetable Marathon-Beans event. 
4) Vegetable Marathon is an interminable event.. So i would like to take help from my fellow  bloggers to host this event. If you would like to host this event starting from MAY 1st . Please send an email to anitakonasani@gmail.com or drop a comment here with your BLOG URL. I will update it regularly. Check here for host line up
5) Pls link your post to the event announcement and please feel free to use logo.. Post's without link back to this event would not be a part of the roundup.
6) Round up will be done after first week of event end date. 

7) With a wide variety of beans to choose, i am extending this event for 2 months, i.e From March 10 th to May 10th
8) Send Your entries to anitakonasani@gmail.com with subject as Veg-Mar-Beans with following details:

Your Name:
Blog's Name:
Blog's URL:
Recipe Name:
Type of Beans:

Link to the Recipe or URL:
Snapshot of the Recipe:

I would appreciate a lot, if you name the picture of the dish by the dish name, and the category it belongs,that you are sending me in email. 

 Recipes from those who do not blog are accepted. Pls do mail them to my email id-- anitakonasani@gmail.com with your recipe details n a picture of the dish.

*** Those who are hosting vegetable marathon, please announce the event 2-3 days before 10 th of every month and they need to publish logo on their blog.