Rainbow Blog

Welcome to Green snack day!! Getting our kids to eat green fruits and veggies is so important for their optimum health as they are loaded with vitamins, minerals, fiber and phytonutrients!  If that isn’t an easy task at your house I would highly suggest making green smoothies or juice (if you have a juicer)!  It’s an easy way to get those greens into your kids!  We usually put in a few cups of whatever fruit we have on hand, a cup of baby spinach and a cup of either coconut water

I remember watching Jamie Oliver’s TED talk and being absolutely mesmerized and motivated by his passion for kids eating healthy food.  His food revolution tv show was fantastic and really helped spark a lot of conversation and action! The energy behind the show has carried through onto twitter via the Food Revolution team and their weekly twitter parties that are fun and full of great information. So I’m sure you can see that I am a big Jamie Oliver fan…well imagine how thri

Next up on our food rainbow is Yellow such a cheerful color and oh so yummy!!!!  It’s usually pretty easy for everyone in our family to get their yellow for the day because we love so many fruits and veggies in this color group! Hannah had a great time eating her mini corn, yellow pepper slivers and pineapple chunks! Here are some other ideas for healthy YELLOW day snacks: Bananas Pears Squash Starfruit Apples Wax Beans Join us tomorrow for GREEN snacks! Happy Healthy Eating, Kia

We are working our way through our food rainbow! Today is Orange day!!! Hannah enjoyed sliced orange peppers,  cubed up cantaloupe and orange slices!  It can be fun to come up with different ways of presenting fruits and veggies! Sliced, cubed, crinkled cut, grated…there are a lot of options. Here are some other ideas for healthy ORANGE day snacks: Carrots Mangoes Apricots Peaches Squash Nectarines Papaya Come back tomorrow for YELLOW snack day! Happy Healthy Eating, Kia

I sometimes find it helpful to give myself a theme when coming up with healthy snacks for my daughter!  Since we are always working on eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables I decided to share some daily snack ideas based on color! Today is RED day!!!! Hannah had watermelon, raspberries and strawberries for her RED day snack! Here are some other ideas for healthy RED day snacks: Red pepper slices Radishes Apples slices Cherries Grapes Pomegranates Rhubarb Come back tomorrow for our Or

I wanted to start off this monthly post with a HUGE thank you to Kia, who asked if I would like to talk about my new songbook – I’m so grateful! My e-songbook, “Children’s Songs for Therapy”, is a compilation of songs designed to be used by a therapist (music therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, etc.) to address the goals of the child: feeding goals (healthy foods, encouraging eating), behavioral, speech/language, physical, cognitive, or other areas of need.  This bein

When my daughter comes home from school she’s usually ready for a snack, and in our house, that means either fruits or veggies!  We like to make it a little fun buy using mini cookie cutters, toothpicks, cute dishes and most importantly we make it colorful!  We like to think of fruits and vegetables as being part of an edible rainbow so everyday we aim to eat a variety of fruits and veggies that are Red, Orange, Yellow, Green and Blue!  The phytonutrients in fruits and vegetables give t

By breaking produce into color groups of fire-engine red, bright orange, sunshine yellow, emerald green, and rich purples you can make eating fruits and vegetables fun and easy for your kids!  Even at a very young age, kids can easily grasp the concept of eating a rainbow. So what can we do as parents to encourage our children to eat more fruits and vegetables?  Here are 8 suggestions: 1. Keep Fruits and Vegetables in Sight: Stock your fridge full of washed and ready to eat fruits and veggie

I must admit that I bought these little eggplants because they were so darn cute!!! I’ve never seen such tiny eggplants. I wasn’t sure what to do with them so I decided to keep it simple. I just tossed them in a pan along with some zucchini, white onions, olive oil, sea salt, and a little bit of pepper for about 10 mins and served them with some rice and Spanakopita. It was pretty tasty! So if you’re at the farmer’s market or grocery store and happen to come across t

We have fun taking turns creating Hannah’s school lunch, sometimes she makes it with me and sometimes with her Daddy! We enjoy putting together different combinations and since we’re the Today I Ate A Rainbow family we’re always sure to include colorful fruits and veggies!!! We use mini cookie cutters to cut out fun shapes because it just makes everything taste better! I like to involve Hannah in the lunch making process because I think it’s important for her to feel co