RAINBOW RECIPES FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, & DINNER Recipes with fruits and vegetables of many colors Eat a Healthy Rainbow Every Day!     Emily's Rainbow Smoothie     Healthy Snack From Ultimate Cycling Instructor Bob Mills: Ingredients: 1/4 cup frozen blueberries 1/2 cup frozen strawberries 1/2 cup frozen sliced carrots ( . . . can't taste 'em) 1 ripe banana 1 cup purple grape juice 1 cup vanilla yogurt (or lime yogurt to complete the rainbow) Thaw the fruit and veggie a bit in the microwave, then toss everything in a blender (1 at a time) for about 1 minute. For an adult version, I also use flavored/sweetened protein powder (vanilla or strawberry). The taste is awesome!     Rainbow Pancakes     Breakfast Ingredients: Your favorite pancake mix and all that goes with it (milk, eggs, oil etc.) 2 Tbs. whole wheat flour Thin slices of strawberries, peaches, bananas, kiwi, blueberries and plums Maple syrup Prepare mix but substitute 2 Tbs. of whole wheat flour for 2 Tbs. of the mix. Add some very thin slices of the rainbow of fruit. Cook on a griddle. As you get used to the taste of whole grain in your pancakes, you'll want to substitute more whole wheat for mix or you may choose to buy whole wheat pancake mix at the store. It's more healthy for you and yummy too! Top your pancakes with a tablespoon of maple syrup and the leftover fruit.     Rainbow Salad     Lunch Ingredients: Red cherry tomatoes Orange slices Yellow pepper slices Romaine lettuce, baby spinach Blueberries Purple cabbage Mix all ingredients and top with a couple of tablespoons of your favorite dressing. You may want to mix the fruit right in with the veggies or you may prefer to put them around the edge of your salad as a garnish. If you wish you can add some turkey, beans, or shrimp to make a complete meal.     Rainbow Stir Fry     Dinner Ingredients: Red pepper slices Carrot slices Summer squash slices and baby yellow corn Pea pods, and leek slices Purple onion slices Very thin chicken slices Stir fry all of veggies in two teaspoons of oil (or you may use a spray such as PAM). When the veggies are almost cooked, add the thin chicken slices. Cook until done. You should experiment with the seasoning you like. Some favorites are a little soy sauce or teriaki sauce. Or maybe some tarragon, and a little salt and pepper. Have fun and stay healthy at the same time. Eating a rainbow every day will help you stay healthy. Add some running and or exercise to each of the recipes above and you're on your way to becoming a KidsRunning.Com Fit and Healthy Kid! For more information on healthy eating, please visit the United States Department of Agriculture's Web page for kids. Do you have a very special rainbow recipe that you would like to share with KidsRunning.Com? Send by snail mail to:KidsRunning.Com, PO Box 209, Fiskdale, MA 01518. With a PIN, send by email to goodrow@infionline.net. PIN Application PIN Explanation Privacy Policy of Kids Running