Rainbow Blog

We were really curious to try this orange fruit that looks like a cross between a tomato and an apple! We each had a slice…it was pretty good! The inside was soft and the skin is kind of tough…almost a bit crunchy! I didn’t find that it had a lot of flavor but it was still enjoyable. I’m sure there are plenty of recipes using this fruit…but the easiest way is just to cut it up and eat it! You could add persimmon slices to salads or puree them to make smoothies, a topping for panca

The biggest reward of eating a rainbow is a healthy body! Of course for kids, having a weekly or monthly celebration or a healthy reward is something more tangible that they can work towards. The way it works in our house is, if our daughter eats a rainbow for 6 days in a row, she then gets to choose a fun activity for the family to do together on the 7th day. Here are some celebration ideas we’d like to share with you: 1. picnic at a park 2. family bike ride 3. going for a hike 4. making

In our ongoing quest to be food adventurers we decided to try Longans. They are a cousin to the more popular Lychee and they just look so cute. Their light brown skin encloses delicious translucent, juicy soft flesh that is similar to a peeled grape. They have a large black inedible seed in the middle so you just eat the flesh around the seed. We weren’t sure if we’d like these so we all gave them a tiny nibble…and then we couldn’t get enough! It has a very nice sweet t

When we think about eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables it’s fairly easy to get in your green, red, orange and yellow…but the blue/purple color group can be trickier to work into your diet every day! I am always on the lookout for purple produce. Purple happens to be my daughter’s favorite color so when we go grocery shopping she is always the first to spot anything purple! We were both excited when we came across some purple kale!! We’ve been enjoying our green

March is a favorite month around here because it’s Nutrition Month and because there are so many creative Rainbow ideas around St. Patrick’s Day! Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest are all buzzing with great food ideas. We’ll be blogging at least once a day for this month in order to share ideas, recipes, picky eater tips and so much more! So here’s our challenge to you…at least once a week try a new fruit or vegetable or try preparing them in a new way! Let’s ta

 We are always looking for ways to incorporate fruits and veggies into every meal and snack so that we eat a rainbow of produce everyday. Eating blueberries as a delicious way to get our purple/blue magnet on our rainbow chart! One of our favorite desserts happens to feature one of our favorite fruits…blueberries!!!! Blueberries have been called a superfood…in our house we call them brainfood! So what better to include in a dessert?! This is an quick and healthy dessert to whip up!

  I have been a huge fan of Today I Ate a Rainbow for ages and was so excited to be asked to contribute as a momma trying to teach a lot of Kia’s principles to my babe. So it’s almost Valentine’s Day, and I was planning on making recycled collage Valentines with my 3 year old daughter today. I got out the glue & cool paper, lace, even got heart shaped paper cutters…. to find that she had done amazing collage cards at her pre-school program today, and I didn’t think sh

When you have a little chef in your kitchen it’s fun to keep you eye out for cute and creative kitchen utensils that make cooking even more fun!  Cute aprons, colorful bowls, chefs hats are just some of the items you can get to help inspire your budding chef to enjoy the art of cooking! We won these adorable mice measuring cups last year from a Better Together BC contest and these are the ONLY measuring cups Hannah will use because the other ones we have just aren’t as cute! We b

It’s time to hear from our favorite Music Therapist…Rachel See Smith…her song this month is so cute! This month’s “eating a rainbow” song inspiration comes from my good friend, Ginny Driscoll (http://notablemusique.com), who is also board-certified music therapist (Thanks, Ginny, for sharing your song!). What I like about “Crunch my Carrots < click the name to listen ” : 1. It is repetitive (Great for reinforcing key words and providing multiple opportunities for

We loved reading all the comments that everyone left in our Cookin’ Greens Giveaway!!! Clearly there are a lot of families excited to try some delicious veggies Our winner is….. Joelle! Congratulations…we think you’re going to really enjoy your Cookin’ Greens!!! For our American friends that didn’t qualify for this giveaway we have a winner for our Today I Ate A Rainbow kit! The winner is…Teresa!! For those of you that didn’t win, Cookin’ Gr