Today I Ate a Rainbow

I saw this in Family Fun this month and am seriously considering buying it for the family.

"Today I Ate A Rainbow" is a fun chart that tracks your children (or yourself) progress during the day for eating as many colors of the rainbow as possible.

 

Here is more info about it:

“Today I Ate A Rainbow!™” is an interactive nutritional chart that makes eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables fun! Designed for children ages 3 and up, this product is made up of a colourful rainbow chart and bright coloured magnets that allow up to 4 children (or two children and their parents!) to easily track the fruits and vegetables they eat throughout the day. Also included are four achievement magnets and a rainbow colour-coded shopping list. 

Sometimes it can be challenging to get children to eat their fruits and vegetables – especially the 5 or more servings a day that is recommended. This chart provides a tangible and fun way for children to track their intake of fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables contain vitamins, minerals and powerful phytonutrients.

Many phytonutrients give fruit and vegetables their bright colour… the brighter the better! Our chart is made up of these major colour groups: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green and Blue-Purple. The different bright colours signify the different phytonutrients that each fruit or vegetable contains, therefore we use the Rainbow colours as a guide to getting a wide range of phytonutrients and nutrients in your children’s diet. Young children don’t need to know what specific nutrients each fruit or vegetable features: this chart makes it really easy for them – they just need to Eat a Rainbow every day!

How great is this?! I love it. I really think that WE ALL need to eat more of the rainbow. I try. Really I do try but sometimes I come up really short. Take last night for example. I made a great recipe of chicken breasts (or tenders - whatever) marinated in salsa, brown rice and broiled broccolini. My son at the rice and chicken and would not even taste a little TINY taste of the broccolini. Well, I did. And I loved it so much I ate the entire serving of broccolini. I love it broiled. I shake it in a bag of olive oil, salt and pepper and broil it for 5 - 7 minutes. It's soooo good.

The picante sauce has tomatoes, peppers and onions ... but my son had not one green item. Argh.

One can only do their best, though. So maybe this calendar will be the trick to help him at least TRY more foods. One can only hope too!

Enjoy.