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Archive for July, 2011

Healthy Snacks by Color – ORANGE

Monday, July 25th, 2011

Last week we talked about putting together snacks based on color as a fun way to keep things interesting! This week we focused on creating a healthy snack with just orange produce!

Orange Snack

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

Next week will be YELLOW snack day!

Happy Healthy Eating,
Kia

 

Kia Robertson is a mom and the creator of the Today I Ate A Rainbow kit; a tool that helps parents establish healthy habits by setting the goal of eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables every day. Kia is passionate about creating tools that help parents raise healthy kids!

Healthy Snacks by Color – RED

Monday, July 18th, 2011

I sometimes find it helpful to give myself a theme when coming up with healthy snacks for my daughter!  Since we are always working on eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables I decided to serve up daily snacks based on color! So for the next few posts I’ll be posting snacks ideas based on color groups! Today is RED day!!!!

Red Snack Day

Hannah had watermelon, raspberries and strawberries for her RED day snack!

Here are some other ideas for healthy RED day snacks:

Red pepper slices
Radishes
Apples slices
Cherries
Grapes
Pomegranates
Rhubarb

Next week will be ORANGE snack day!

Happy Healthy Eating,
Kia

 

Kia Robertson is a mom and the creator of the Today I Ate A Rainbow kit; a tool that helps parents establish healthy habits by setting the goal of eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables every day. Kia is passionate about creating tools that help parents raise healthy kids!

 

Making Kale Chips In The Rainbow Kitchen!

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Kale is one of those veggies that are SO good for you…but for people like me who are really sensitive to bitter flavors…kale can be quite a challenge to eat!  At least they used to be a challenge…that was until I discovered making kale chips!!!!  They end up being these crunchy pieces of goodness that I cannot get enough of and they’re a healthy snack!  The other thing I love about making kale chips is that it’s the perfect recipe to make with kids!

Ingredients:
• Bunch of kale
• Olive oil
• Sea Salt
• Garlic Powder (optional)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Wash and dry the kale leaves.
  3. Remove the leaves from their stem by holding the base of the stem and with your other hand slightly pinch and rub up the stem. Just like we do in our video
  4. Rip the kale into smaller bite size pieces.
  5. Place the kale on a baking sheet and pour on the olive oil.
  6. Be sure to really massage the oil into all the leaves or have your kids paint it on!
  7. Sprinkle with Sea Salt. We also like to add a pinch of garlic powder.
  8. Spread the leaves around so that they aren’t touching – you want a single spaced out layer on your baking sheet.
  9. Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 – 15 mins. Every oven is different so for your first batch keep a close eye on them so they don’t start to burn!
  10. After they’ve cooled down you can easily earn your green magnet enjoying by your healthy, crispy, tasty Kale Chips!

Here is our new video on how to make a delicious batch of kale chips with your kids!  In the Rainbow Kitchen

Happy Healthy Eating,
Kia

Kia Robertson is a mom and the creator of the Today I Ate A Rainbow kit; a tool that helps parents establish healthy habits by setting the goal of eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables every day. Kia is passionate about creating tools that help parents raise healthy kids!

Making Healthy Apple Sauce!

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Making your own apple sauce is really easy and it’s another great thing to make with your kids!  They can wash the apples, peel the apples and if they are comfortable with a knife then they can help you chop up the apples too!  We sometimes like to have apple sauce as a treat after dinner and sometimes we just love having it as a little snack :)

We prefer to make our apple sauce without sugar, we just choose a naturally sweet and juicy variety of apple like red or golden delicious!

All you need:

1 pound of apples
5 -6 tablespoons of water
cinnamon (to taste we like to use a lot of cinnamon!)

Wash the apples.  Peel them, remove the core and then slice into small chunks. Place your apples into a saucepan and bring to boil. Reduce the  heat to a simmer and sprinkle in your cinnamon. Simmer the apples until t soft. Be sure to stir often to prevent burning!!!  We learned that the hard way :)   Once they are nice and soft you can serve warm or cold!

Happy Healthy Eating
Kia

Kia Robertson is a mom and the creator of the Today I Ate A Rainbow kit; a tool that helps parents establish healthy habits by setting the goal of eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables every day. Kia is passionate about creating tools that help parents raise healthy kids!