Rainbow Blog

During the Holidays we tend to relax on the eating rules. We eat less of the healthy options and more of the not so healthy options…like chocolates, candies, baking and heavy foods like mashed potatoes and gravy! The downside of all that tasty food is that our bodies become tired and taxed. Our immune system relies on us to support it with healthy things like fruits and vegetables! So if you have a cold going around your house one of the best things you can do is ensure that everyone is e

In my Rainbow adventures I’ve come across so many amazing people and businesses…I like to call them my Rainbow Connections! Caring about the food we put in our bodies is something that is really important in our family. Caring about the earth and knowing that our daily choices make a difference is also something that is very important in our family. We don’t just talk about these things we live them. So it was such a treat for me to get to know Suzanne and her amazing earth fri

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 we were designing our new graphics for our rainbow chart and packaging it was really important to me to add in a bee because they play such an important role when it comes to fruits and veggies…in short…we NEED them!!!!  I’m so excited to share this guest blog post all about bees by Joanna Runciman of Actual Organics!  Enjoy… In wonder of bees Eating fresh raspberries this morning I got to wondering about bees.  Birds and bees jokes aside, I rarely stopped and th

Trying to feed a picky eater is not a very fun task…I know because I do it every day…with myself! I’m getting much better because I have made it my goal to become a more adventurous eater! When I was little I’d go so far as to pick the grated carrots out of carrot cake…my poor mom had it rough! It’s challenging to be a picky eater and a parent who knows the importance of setting a good example when it comes to healthy eating. If you aren’t a picky eater

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

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

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

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