Rainbow Blog

Hannah and I had the pleasure of being interviewed and photographed by Bruce Kemp for Okanagan Life Magazine…the article is now out in their Spring issue! We really appreciate the opportunity to spread our Rainbow Eating message through this article and we both had a blast hanging out with Mr. Bruce! One of my favorite parts of the article “Hannah is a nine-year-old cutie with a real Pippi Longstocking appeal, making her a natural on camera.”  We agree 100% with Mr. Bruce̵

We are so excited to be included in an article written by Laura Fuentes for the Huffington Post! Head over and read all about adding some healthy color to school lunches just click on this link. Special thanks to my talented husband of Blackfrog Photography for taking pictures for this article. The lunchbox featured in these images are EasyLunchBoxes they are a favorite around here, they make packing a lunch a snap! Happy Healthy Eating Kia

We are very big fans of juicing around here because of watching a great documentary called Fat Sick and Nearly dead by Joe Cross. Be sure to check out his website when you have a moment! Juicing is a great (and fun) way to enjoy fruits and veggies…the combinations are endless. We really like this video by Breville (we have their juicer and love it!) and wanted to share it with you! We also have our own juicing video for you and your kids to enjoy! Happy Healthy Drinking Kia

Hannah had a blast working on this video with her far away friends Tristin and Tyler! If you haven’t come across them before you will definitely want to visit their website TristinandTyler.com Get your kids in the kitchen with this fun and easy recipe for making Rainbow Fruit sticks! Stay tuned for a lot more from these three awesome kids! Happy Healthy Eating Kia

The food we eat plays such an important role in our general health and fitness, our ability to combat illness and disease, as well as our ability to think, reflect, comprehend complex information and make well-informed decisions. The old adage, “You are what you eat,” has been passed down for so many centuries because it rings true. We’re also well aware of the vast array of health benefits offered by consuming fruits and vegetables. They boast so many essential vitamins, miner

This is our final day of our snacks by color series and it happens to be my daughters favorite color…PURPLE!!!!  It can be a challenging color group to eat everyday as there aren’t as many options as the other 4 color groups. Hannah enjoyed snacking on olives, frozen blueberries and purple carrots! Some other purple snack ideas: Eggplant chips *here is our In The Rainbow Kitchen video on how to make them Blackberries Raisins Grapes Cabbage Prunes Dried Figs Purple Pepper Eating a Ra

We have been working away at our new kids cooking series called In The Rainbow Kitchen!  You’ll be able to find this series here on our site and soon it will also be on the Healthy Child Healthy World website! We are so excited that they love our series and will be promoting it on their fantastic site!!  In our first episode Hannah and I make some seriously crunchy and delicious Kale Chips!!!  They make a great healthy snack and it’s a fun recipe to make with your kids!  We beli

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 kal