Rainbow Blog

Our friends at Eat Cleaner have put together some pretty cute gift baskets for Earth Month/Mother’s Day or any special occasions like birthdays, grad gifts, etc.  They are beautifully bundled and affordably priced between $15-40…you can see all the fabulous baskets they have created by visiting their website. They have been kind enough to offer a free basket to one of our Rainbow Readers!!! Leave us a comment below and let us know why you’d like to win the Sustainable Snack Basket

In our house we do our best to make everyday Earth Day, we are always learning and adding new ways to be more earth friendly but one thing we haven’t changed is our yearly garbage walk on Earth Day! Since we moved to this neighborhood when Hannah was 4 we have made a point of taking time every Earth Day to pick up the trash beside a busy road by our place. It’s only a small 3 km stretch of road but it’s enough to remind Hannah of the importance of taking care of the environment

Do you know what’s awesome!? Getting a message from Food Network Star and author Melissa d’Arabian about our Today I Ate A Rainbow kits!!!! Not only is she a big fan, she uses our rainbow chart at home with her 4 girls, she also mentions us in her classes and events!  It was such a thrill for us when she asked if we’d like to team up for a wonderful event she was involved in last month called , “Kids in the Kitchen” a Coronado SAFE Fundraiser.  I wish we could have b

This month, I’ll address a topic that was brought up by one of the “Today I Ate a Rainbow” blog readers. The question was, “How can music therapy get kids to eat fruits and veggies?” Love this question and thank you for inquiring! First things first, let’s talk about the basics – what a music therapist is, where we work, our education, etc.! Without going into ALL of the details, (but if you are interested in more information, which is AWESOME, I recomme

Have you ever read a book and been so inspired that you immediately take action on what you have learned? That is exactly what happened when I read the new book “French Kids Eat Everything {and yours can too}” by Karen Le Billon. This book is a delightful read that lets you follow a family on their move to France for a year and learn 10 simple rules for raising happy, healthy eaters…and isn’t that what every parent wants!?! Not only does Karen share the 10 food rules, wel

I’m not sure who decided that every holiday needs to revolve around candy and chocolates…but regardless that’s the way it is and I think one of the best ways to cope is to find ways to incorporate fruits or veggies into holiday occasions to help balance out all that extra sugar! At Easter Hannah and I like to make this cauliflower bunny as part of our centerpiece…add a little dip and it’s gone by the end of the evening! We just cut up a head of cauliflower (we buy

Do you struggle with picky eaters, whining at the table, being a short order cook and feeling like you’ll never be able to get your kids to happily eat healthy food?  If so, we have an amazing book to tell you about that will give you hope and 10 simple rules to follow to help you get your family on the right track…it’s called French Kids Eat Everything {and yours can too} by Karen Le Billon. This book is a beautifully written story that follows one family’s journey to F

Hannah wanted to try making a breakfast meal for us this week and let me tell you it was well worth the effort!  And there was definitely a lot of effort! I am getting much better at just letting her do things on her own without chiming in with my advice on how to do it easier or faster!  It’s been a fantastic lesson for me in letting her find her own ways of doing things in the kitchen…in fact it’s also carried on outside of cooking…I’m finding it easier to let h

When Hannah has a friend over we’re always sure to put together a little snack for the girls to enjoy together.  They all know that when they come over to the rainbow house the snacks will be fruits and veggies!  We don’t have the typical and popular “kid snacks” around here (we find it’s just easier to not bring that kind of food into the house…less temptation that way) so we make sure to always have a good variety of produce so that her friends can choose

When we feed our kids (and ourselves) healthy food it is an expression of love because it shows that we give importance to good health. Being healthy and having healthy kids is something that we can easily take for granted…it can be one of those things that we don’t appreciate until it’s gone! My dad passed away 23 years ago on this day, he had cancer and a number of other health issues…healthy eating was never tops on his list. I think losing him when I was at such a you