Rainbow Blog

This post was submitted by a leading car dealership in Richmond, VA. Capital Automotive in Richmond wants kids to eat healthy even on long road trips! As we head into the final days of summer, you and your family may be considering a road trip. Road trips promise fun, laughter and excitement, and a family road trip is an excellent way to create lasting, precious memories before your kids start school. Road trips generally lend themselves to stops at convenience stores, gas stations and fast-food

Today we have a special treat for you…a delicious guest blog post from another Rainbow Eating Family…Ellie is one of our favorite Rainbow Eating kids!!!  Have fun making and eating these Rainbow Veggie Chips…such a yummy way to earn colors on your Today I Ate A Rainbow kit! My 3 1/2 year old daughter, Ellie is obsessed with Hannah and Mrs. Kia (well, mostly Hannah), so of course, when she discovered the Rainbow Kitchen videos, we had to try all the recipes. And then I started

We are really excited to have a guest blog post by our new friend Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer the creator of www.kitchenclassroom4kids.com be sure to visit her fantastic site after you’ve read her post here! As a parent of a child who has been eating both gluten and dairy-free for five years and counting, making sure that my son is getting the nutrients that he needs to be healthy and strong in his daily diet is of paramount concern to me.  When we first took gluten out of his diet, my son’

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