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Tropical Treasure Smoothie

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Making a smoothie with your kids is fun and a great way to get fruits and veggies into their diet!  One of our favorites is a tropical smoothie that gets its fabulous green from the baby spinach we put in it!  This smoothie is quick and easy with one cup of every ingredient!  We made this smoothie in our latest In The Rainbow Kitchen video In the Rainbow Kitchen

Tropical Treasure Smoothies

 

Making smoothies with your kids is a great way to have a little fun together and get some fantastic fruits and veggies into their diet!  You can change it up by combining different fruits and veggies and using various liquids as a base.

We generally use a one cup rule…one cup of everything!!!

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Pinapple
  • 1 cup Mango (Ataulfo is our favorite type)
  • 1 cup Cantaulope
  • 1 cup Baby Spinach (or just start out with a couple of leaves)
  • 1 cup Coconut Water (add more based on desired texture)
  • 1 cup Ice

 

Directions:

  1. Wash all your produce thoroughly.
  2. Cut up your fruits and veggies.
  3. Place them all in the blender.
  4. Add coconut water and ice.
  5. Blend until smooth.
  6. Enjoy!!!!!

You can also make delicious popsicles out of your smoothie mix…they are a perfect healthy snack on a hot summer 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 – Green

Monday, August 1st, 2011

This week was supposed to be yellow snacks but certain members of my family ate all my props :) So I will switch things up and do GREEN snacks this week and YELLOW next week!

Getting our kids to eat green fruits and veggies is so important for their optimum health as they are loaded with vitamins, minerals, fiber and phytonutrients!  If that isn’t an easy task at your house I would highly suggest making green smoothies!  It’s an easy way to get those greens into your kids!  We usually put in a few cups of whatever fruit we have on hand, a cup of baby spinach and a cup of either coconut water or apple juice.  If you aren’t using any frozen fruit it’s a good idea to add some ice cubes to make the smoothie nice and cold!  If you think your kids won’t been keen on the green color of the smoothie just add blueberries to cover up that green! You can also start off with 1/2 cup of spinach or kale rather than the full cup! Patriot Power Greens supplements are a go to if, you don’t have fresh greens on hand. The have all the nutrition needed for healthy development.

Green snacks

This week’s Hannah had sugar snap peas, cucumber slices and a tropical green smoothie!  She ate the parsley garnish too :)

Here are some other ideas for healthy GREEN day snacks:

Broccoli
Celery
Grapes
Green Pepper slices
Honeydew Melon
Kiwi

Next week will be YELLOW snacks!

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!