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I can almost hear the beans bubbling in anticipation of the October Fest Carnival of Super Foods, Bean and Legume Edition in two days!  I, for one, am quite excited to expand my repertoire of healthy bean recipes.  Beans are such an inexpensive, healthy option to fill our dinner plates.

Expect a short bean cookin’ primer this Thursday and a bazillion bean recipes from all over the blogosphere.  (And maybe a little giveaway to boot!)

Non-blogging readers:  You can participate too! Just leave your recipe in the comments, or email it to me and I’ll post it as a linked page.

Why Join the October Fest Carnival?

Be the first to experience the new plug-in that allows you to leave an anecdotal description of your recipe, which will entice more people to click on your link.  You will also receive two links, one to your homepage and one to the recipe, and they should score higher for Alexa rankings than Mr. Linky-type links.  See more info on Super Foods here.

Bloggers, here are some guidelines as your prepare your posts:

• Link up with healthy recipes only – no trans fats allowed, for example.
• You may click on and save the image above to display in your post (but you’re certainly not required to).
• Feel free to link up old posts – who am I to exclude the best super food recipe in the world just because you posted it last year?
• If you have an old post to share, the carnival can be an easy “new” post for the day – just write a post linking to the carnival and to your old post, and you have “something new” to say that day.  See how I did this with my homemade chicken stock for two new carnivals here.  (I don’t expect this; it’s just an added bonus option.)
• Do link back to the carnival so your readers can benefit from the wealth of recipes.  I’ll provide an easy-to-cut-and-paste line for you the day of the carnival if you’d like to use it.
• If you want to prove how frugal your recipe is, cost out the ingredients.  People love that! 
• Take the time to click on other recipes, leave comments, Stumble/Digg/Tweet about the carnival.  More traffic for the carnival is more traffic for you!
• The plan is to have the carnival up by about 10:00 EST each Wednesday night.  I’ll tweet it when it’s ready!
• Upcoming themes for your recipes - put ‘em in your calendar:
  • October 1:  Beans and Legumes
  • October 8:  Broth/Stock (not just soups!)
  • October 15:  Super Foods
  • October 22:  Un-processed Foods (make at home what most people buy in the store)
  • October 29:  Healthy Fats

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Kitchen Stewardship is dedicated to balancing God’s gifts of time, health, earth and money.  If you feel called to such a mission, read more at Mission, Method, and Mary and Martha Moments.

Hungry for more? Related posts:

1. October Fest Carnival of Super Foods: Beans and Legumes Recipes
2. October Fest Carnival of Super Foods: Un-Processed Foods Edition
3. October Fest Carnival of Super Foods: SUPER FOODS Fest
4. October Fest Carnival of Super Foods: Broth/Stock Recipes
5. October Fest Carnival of Super Foods: Healthy Fat Recipes