RAINBOW RECIPES FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH, & DINNER
Recipes with fruits and vegetables of many colors


Eat a Healthy Rainbow Every Day!
    Rainbow Omelet    
Breakfast
Ingredients:

2 eggs, mixed with a tablespoon of water

3 teaspoons olive oil

Cut up pieces of:

Red tomato

Orange carrot

Yellow string beans

Green spinach

Purple onion

pinch of tarragon, sage, salt, and pepper


Saute veggies in one teas. of oil. In an omelet pan, on the grill, or in a frying pan, heat the other 2 teaspoons of oil. Add the egg mixture. Cook till almost done. Add the sauteed veggie mixture to the top. Cook till done. Use a spatula to fold the omelet in half.

Serve with whole wheat toast.


    Rainbow Mountain of Fruit    
Lunch
Ingredients:

Yogurt

Red watermelon and cherries

Orange cantaloupe and mandarin oranges

Yellow apples and bananas

Green honeydew melon

Blue blueberries

Purple plums and nectarines

Honey roasted almonds



Cut all pieces of fruit into small pieces. Mound on your plate to make a tall mountain. Top with yogurt. Sprinkle the top with honey roasted almonds.

Serve with a small whole grain muffin.


    Rainbow Stew    
Dinner
Ingredients:

Red stewed tomatoes, red potatoes

Orange carrots

Yellow summer squash

Green celery, green peas

Purple onion slices

1/2 pound of beef

A little flour

Cut the fresh veggies, potatoes, and beef into small pieces. Dip in flour. Brown in pan pan coated with a non-fat spray. In a sauce pan heat the stewed tomotoes. Add the browned veggies, potatoes, and beef. Cook until tender. Add water if necessary.

Serve with whole grained bread.

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.

If you're a health teacher who would like to incluce more lessons on exercise and nutrition, we recommend the book Eat Well & Keep Moving by Cheung, Gortmaker, and Dart by Human Kinetics, 1-800-747-4457

Here's a resource book for teachers that has a "Rainbow Recipe" activity. It's called Health-Related Fitness for Grades 1 &2 by Hopper, Fisher, and Munoz. You can purchase it from Human Kinetics. 1800-747-4457

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