Rainbow Blog

Today is Hannah’s first day of Grade 4!!!! She just turned 9 on Saturday and had a very sweet surprise from one of our favorite Rainbow Eating families! Check out this adorable video from our pal Ellie, when she heard that it was Hannah’s birthday she wanted to sing her Happy Birthday…how cute is that!? Thank you Ellie!!!!   Make a video – it’s fun, easy and free! www.onetruemedia.com Ever since Hannah was a toddler I would tell her that one person ca

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 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

This weekend Hannah prepared a kamut pasta dish for us, lucky for her, Daddy had just made a batch of pasta sauce so she said it was a very easy meal to make because all she had to do was prepare the pasta and a spinach ceasar salad. Her favorite part was stirring the big pot of pasta pretending to be a witch and cackling loudly!  When kids are in the kitchen you never know what will happen next…or if you’re going to get turned into a frog! Cooking is just like any other life skill

Hannah’s recipe choice this week isn’t a meal but it’s a great snack that we all REALLY enjoyed!  Hannah made granola bars from The Whole Family cookbook by Michelle Stern, we both love this cookbook because it’s full of great recipes that the whole family can prepare together! We’ve made the granola recipe in this cookbook plenty of times (we’d never go back to store bought!) so we were really looking forward to seeing how the granola bar recipe would turn o

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

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

The holiday season is upon us and no matter how you celebrate…getting gifts for friends and family is usually on everyone’s mind right now so I’ve put together a list of a few of my favorite things…every time I type that I hear Julie Andrews voice singing in my head The Six O’Clock Scramble: I have the cookbook and I love it! Lots of great recipes that make cooking fun, easy and delicious! They also have a fantastic meal planning service that you can sign up fo

We are so excited and proud to announce that we are officially Trusted Partners of Healthy Child Healthy World!!!!!  http://healthychild.org/about/partners/ Healthy Child Healthy World is a national nonprofit organization that  aims to educate parents, support protective policies and engage communities to make responsible decisions, simple everyday choices and well-informed lifestyle improvements to create healthy environments where children and families can flourish. Please visit http://www

We are big fans of ZisBoomBah and we were thrilled when they connect with us recently!  If you have kids and haven’t been to their amazing website yet…you’re going to want to head over there!  Before you go enjoy their guest blog post on raising healthy eaters with making them judgmental…it’s a great read!  …or how NOT to create a monster. At a friend’s house the other day, my 5 year old pointed over to the family’s breakfast table, her eyebrows raised hi