Event Announcement - Gimme GREEN!...

I am super excited to announce the very first event on my blog (Yay!) - Gimme GREEN! Anything green usually invokes feelings of good health, peace, coolness, tranquility and a sense of healing. Recently I came across this article on the Green diet, in a magazine. The Green diet primarily consists of consuming green vegetables and fruits; small amounts of fish, eggs, nuts etc may also be consumed to supply proteins and fats. Green foods are usually rich in fiber, low-calorie, low-fat, low-starch and very nutritious.

Reading this article led me to thinking - how many greens do we normally include in our daily diet and I realised barring few common ingredients like green chillies, curry leaves, spinach etc. the list comes to an abrupt end - well almost 'zilch' considering the frequency of consumption! So I thought why not bring together recipes that use greens - simple and easy dishes which we can incorporate into our diets and reap the benefits of eating green!

How many green foods can you think of - leafy vegetables like spinach, mustard, fenugreek & cabbage, green beans, green grapes, kiwis, cucumbers, zucchini, broccoli, brussel sprouts, green apples, green peppers, parsley, mint, coriander, spring onions....whew! There are plenty more! So hop onto this 'green' wagon and put on your super thinking chef hats to bring in some innovative yet tasty dishes. Hope you will all participate and make this event a success.

The Guidelines:

1. Create any dish using a GREEN vegetable or fruit as the main ingredient and post the recipe by using the Inlinkz tool at the bottom of this post. Can be a sweet or savory dish. All cuisines welcome. Veg and Non Veg entries are allowed.
2. A link to this event page on your blog post is mandatory. Use of event logo is appreciated as it helps to spread the word.
3. Multiple entries are welcome. Previously published posts (not more than 6 months old) may also be included.You need not re-post.
4. Event commences today - Feb 27th. Submission of entries closes on Mar 31st midnight.
5. Please review at least one dish submitted in this event collection and leave a comment on the author's blog. Lets encourage others too while we share our culinary creations :)
6. The most popular posts will appear in the round up at the end of this event. 

And while you are here, do take a moment to browse through my space and leave your comments or feedback. Thanks!

*** Updates: 08 Mar ***

Just to spice up things a bit, at the end of this event I am planning to give away few awards to recognize and appreciate the efforts of below bloggers:

1. Blogger submitting maximum number of entries (entries that do not comply with the theme will not be eligible) will be awarded the title of 'Cooking Green: Master Chef'; after all it is no easy feat to come up with so many healthy recipes involving greens, is it not?
2. The most popular recipe (maximum views) will be awarded the Gimme GREEN! Popular Dish award.
3. All participants will also be offered the Gimme GREEN! participation award.

*** Updates: 13 Mar ***

1. Your votes are anonymous so please go ahead and let me know which are your favourite recipes in this collection - something that struck you as healthy yet delicious to be included in your diet. (I would appreciate it if you enter your votes for others and not your own)
2. There was an error in the voting tool which has been fixed. You should be able to enter your choices now. In case of any trouble please let me know. Thanks! To enter votes for multiple recipes, close the survey pop up window and click on the voting button again.

To submit your votes click here!

Please submit your entries here:

1.	Spinach Dal	42.	Cilantro chicken	83.	Moringa Leaves Salna
2.	Sprouted Moong Chaat	43.	Pineapple & Cucumber Guacamole	84.	Cilantro Chicken
3.	Creamy Broccoli Soup	44.	Aloo matar dry	85.	Palak Pakoda
4.	Gongura Mint Coriander Chutney	45.	Kothamalli Chutney	86.	Palak Soup
5.	Sarso bina Saag	46.	Cucumber & Curd with herbs	87.	Mung beans with Potato
6.	Firangi Kebab	47.	Green pavlova for St Chad	88.	Asian Pineapple Cucumber Salad
7.	Harabhara kabab	48.	Keerai Bataani Masiyal	89.	Coriander Tomato Chutney
8.	Bhindi Aalu : Okra	49.	Cabbage thoran	90.	Fish Corn-Palak
9.	Nepali CucumberSalad	50.	Spinach Dumplings	91.	Paneer Veg Green curry
10.	Drumstick with Raw Mango	51.	Lilva Curry	92.	Palak Ka Saag
11.	Tri-coloured Vegetable Kabab	52.	Indian Spiced Okra	93.	Alu Methi
12.	Spinach Moong dal	53.	Matar Pattice	94.	Snap Pea and Asparagus Soup
13.	HARI BHARI DAAL	54.	Cabbage Paratha	95.	Zucchini Paratha
14.	Healthy bites	55.	BitterGourd Subzi	96.	Asparagus-Coconut Stir Fry
15.	Green Gram Curry	56.	Kothamalli Thokku	97.	Spinach Rice with Feta Cheese
16.	Asparagus soup	57.	Matar Kofta with Coconut Milk	98.	Cucumber Mint Raita
17.	Spinach Sandwich	58.	Brussels Sprouts Pakoras	99.	Edamame Hummus
18.	EggPlant PeanutButte	59.	Baby Spinach Gravy	100.	Cilantro Okra Rice
19.	Toor Dhal PalakSoup	60.	Green Beans Thoran	101.	Spinach & Chana Gravy
20.	Mint and chocolate Ice cream	61.	Spanakopita	102.	Baby Asparagus n Veg Stir Fry
21.	Curry Leaves Powder	62.	Chicken Jalfrezi	103.	Summer Splash
22.	Spinach with Cottage Cheese	63.	Avocado Frozen Yogurt	104.	Millet w/ Spinach & Pine Nuts
23.	Lauki Muthiya	64.	Sprouted Cherupayar Thoran	105.	Garlicky Brussels Sprouts
24.	menthya Matvadi palya	65.	Spinach Subzi	106.	Palak Lamb
25.	Parippu cheera curry	66.	Green Apple Chammanthi	107.	Gongurra Dal / Pappu
26.	Plantain Kebab	67.	Green Fish Fry	108.	Keerai Pakoda
27.	White Kurma	68.	Avocado Ice Cream	109.	Follow Foodie
28.	Puli Kootu	69.	Cilantro fish tikka	110.	Cilantro Dosha
29.	Beans Poriyal	70.	Beet Leaves Thoran/Stir fry	111.	Capsicum Ring
30.	Urad Dal Spinach and Parsley	71.	Pea sprout stir fry	112.	Spaghetti with Spinach
31.	Palak egg burji	72.	Green Sausage Masala	113.	Spinach & Vegetable With Mustard Sauce
32.	Moong dal stir fry	73.	lazy cooks palak chicken	114.	Farro Risotto Kale & Peas
33.	Spinach Rice	74.	Methi Thepla	115.	Chana Palak (Chickpeas With Spinach)
34.	Methi Mutter Malai	75.	Double Pea Stew with Apple	116.	Millet Skillet with Broccoli
35.	Tabbouleh - Arabian Salad	76.	Bhindi Aur Paneer	117.	3-in-1 patties
36.	Healthy Breakfast Salad	77.	Bok Choy-Mushroom Wontons	118.	Vegetable Shawarma
37.	Olive Chutney	78.	Creamy Basil Pesto	119.	Palak Panner
38.	Navratan Korma	79.	Linguini in nutty sauce	120.	Wirsing Rouladen
39.	French Beans Stir fry	80.	'Celtic' Curly Kale Tortilla	121.	Chickpeas and Spinach
40.	Mixed Fruit Avial	81.	Hara Bhara Cauliflower
41.	Eggless Cilantro Ice Cream	82.	Potato And Parsley Parathas

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