Eating the rainbow does a body good. At least that’s what they tell us. Here are some rainbow themed recipes.
Orange: Roasted Sweet Potato Fries
Yellow: No-Bake Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Protein Bars (Vegan, GF)
The recipe uses mashed ripe bananas which seem to get ripe so fast in the warmer months.
Green: Cheater’s Guacamole
Blue: Microwave Blueberry Banana Oat Cakes
3 minutes to make, vegan & GF.
Purple: Ginger Roasted Potatoes
Coconut oil is great to roast veggies or potatoes with. Have you entered my coconut oil giveaway yet?Brown: Yes, brown is in my rainbow.
Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Cupcakes with White Chocolate Icing
I get my daily dose of Brown or Chocolate.And speaking of Rainbows, I am excited because Pride in San Diego is in mid-July which will be here before I know it. It’s such a fun weekend!
Lots of fun Pride Parade 2010 pictures hereFrom my last post Knock It Out & Pileups, it seems that most of you dislike the feeling of letting tasks and chores accumulate and pile up as much as I do. It seems to invoke stress and anxiety in most of us when there’s more tasks and items to accomplish than time in which to do them. But, such is life and the best we can do is try to remain calm.
I’m glad you’ve been knocking out some items from your to-do list lately, though.
Questions:
1. Do you try to eat the rainbow?
Plants have so many vitamins, nutrients, minerals, and trace elements in them and I just feel so much better when I am eating an abundance of fresh, mostly raw, fruits and veggies. I can just feel the goodness entering my cells.
If I am low on eating my rainbow-colored foods and am eating more, ahem white or brown foods, I definitely feel a difference in my energy, moods, and just the overall vibe and am reminded to get back to eating more rainbow-colored foods.
2. What rainbow-colored food or recipe have you enjoyed lately? What color is your favorite to eat?
I think reds and greens are my favorite colors to eat. From juicy red fruits like strawberries and watermelon to red pepper and tomatoes, reds rock.
Greens are probably the most beneficial color for our bodies, in my opinion. Everything from greens leafies, lettuces, kale, chards, cucumbers, broccoli, peas, green beans, sugar snap peas, peapods, and so many more; the green family is probably the biggest and the best for us.
3. Any non-rainbow colored foods or recipes you’ve enjoyed lately?
Half White & Half Dark Chocolate PB Cups with Chocolate PB Center
Not rainbow themed. But that’s ok, too!
Better rainbow foods than rainbow cake!! I love it! :)
Ha! I love that brown is in your rainbow :) I try to focus on veggies more so than the rainbow, but I probably should more!
I love eating the rainbow! The more colorful the food, the better it tastes! I love me some vibrant fruit! Today I cut open the ripest papaya; it was beautiful :)
P.s. rainbow or not, those half white half dark peanut butter cups should be in everybody’s diet
I LOVE stiry -fry because you can make it as many colors as you want. And with brown rice as a back-drop, you can’t go wrong :) I LOVE berries…so reds, purples, and blues <3
Brooke Annessa
http://www.theannessafamily.blogspot.com
Really cool post!
I try to eat a rainbow, It is not that hard if you have a plan of action. :) Purples are what I have the least of…only because I am not that stocked up usually. But they aren’t that hard to incorporate at all, eggplant, cabbage, etc. SO this is a good reminder for me!
i don’t really consciously try to eat by the rainbow, but i’m sure I eat pretty close to it! I love GREEN foods and orange foods, but especially green because it’s such a gorgeous color. :-)
I don’t really pay attention to colors as much the actual veggie. I am pretty sure I eat an overabundance of green though. From salads, kale, green beans, peas, zucc, cuke, brussels, broccoli, etc. Those are my staples. And then there are the peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes. I guess I’m low on the oranges. I’m not too worried though.
Oh and I definitely eat my share of browns.
did you read my mind today? I was JUST thinking about food rainbow today! must be alll the summer veggies.
I try to eat the rainbow! Whether or not that actually happens every day is a different story. :-P I figure it’s good enough to be colorful most days. My favorite rainbow foods: summer tomatoes (winter tomatoes are so blah!), sweet potatoes, bananas, brussels sprouts, & blueberries.
i LOVE eating colorfully (if thats a word!) haha…I also just added frozen avocado to my chocolate smoothie and it made me think of you and your banana avocado smoothie (which I majorly need to try like asap, I just have no bananas right now!)
I am always enjoying TONS of fresh veggies on my salads. I just picked up these orange peppers thta are SO bright orange, theyre gorgeous!! I also love hybrid veggies like purple cauliflower–so much more fun to eat when your food is purple, right?!
the gay pride parade is in boston this weekend! should be loads of fun :)
Great recipe inspiration, I adore the colors or fresh ingredients.
1. Sure, my smoothies are always different colors. :-)
2. Lots of salads and bright stir fries with a variety of veggies.
3. I guess the BBQ tempeh I had last night was non-rainbow.
Those avocados look soooo perfect and buttery!
they were locally grown and hand picked from a tree just for me, not even kidding :)
https://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2011/04/locally-grown.html
Reminds me of my “taste the rainbow” challenge– which I LOVED doing!!!
I remember that WELL. Actually thought of you when I was writing this post… :)
I always try to have a lot of color on my plate. It just doesn’t feel right otherwise! I go through phases where I gravitate toward certain colors—green and orange in particular, sometimes yellow. Weird, but hey, whatever works!
“Eating the rainbow” – I love that phrase! And that’s what I’m trying to do every day. In my opinion, variety is very important for healthy eating. Luckily I like almost every veggie.
My favorite food color is probably orange, as I’ve been eating a ton of carrots lately. I just love them raw as a snack, dipped in peanut butter or hummus.
I love trying new veggies, and I generally eat a pretty varied diet, so I guess you could say I’m a “rainbow eating believer”. ^_^’ I always see your posts about those sweet potato fries and I really *must* make them. They are CALLING TO ME.