"Cranberry beans" refers to a type of edible bean that is named after its reddish-brown color, which resembles that of a cranberry fruit. Full definition
The idea here was to build a salad around some beautiful dried cranberry beans I found at the market. (101cookbooks.com)
I've made this twice in two weeks (in half batches because I only have a small pot), once with cranberry beans and once with kidney beans. (isachandra.com)