Rainbow Blog

Hannah and I were shopping the other day and we came across a bin of prickly pears. Now for some reason it didn’t occur to us that these little babies would actually be prickly…so we picked a couple up, finished our shopping and came home eager to give them a try. It wasn’t until we started washing our hands that we started to feel like we hand slivers! And these aren’t just any slivers…these are practically invisible ones so trying to find them requires lighting an

When you take the time to make your own food you can easily turn a not so healthy meal into something that’s delicious and much healthier than it’s fast food version. We all love pizza at our house so we decided to find ways to enjoy it without filling our bodies with unnecessary preservatives and cheap ingredients. We found a great whole wheat pizza dough recipe online, there are plenty to choose from, here is one that we have tried. Hannah had fun helping us make the dough! Then w

Whenever we go grocery shopping Hannah is always drawn to anything that is her favorite color…PURPLE!!! So it didn’t surprise me when she squealed with delight at some gorgeous purple peppers and asked if she could get one. It is such a vibrant color and was the perfect topping to add to our homemade pizzas! We also spent the rest of our shopping trip doing our best to recite the Peter Piper Picked A Peck of Purple Peppers tongue twister! Colorful peppers are generally more expensive than

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

Hannah has been helping out in the kitchen for years so we decided it was time for her to take on a bigger role once a week and prepare a meal for us. We are around to offer a helping hand or answer a question but for the most part the whole thing is up to her.  Every Sunday we all sit down together and write our grocery list by planning out all our meals for the week, at this time Hannah picks her weekly recipe from one of her cookbooks and lets us know what ingredients we need to add to our s

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!