We talk about eating a rainbow of colors often with our kids – at the grocery store, at the farmer’s market and when we’re planning our weekly menu. I’m not sure they really understand why it’s important to include all the colors, but they do like the challenge of including as many colors as they can.

Today we might have set a Rau Family record. Between all of our meals and snacks, and our 8-Veggie Stir Fry dinner, we did it! Here’s how it looked:

White – onion and garlic (stir fry dinner)

Yellow – lemons (lemonade with lunch)

Orange – peach (dessert)

Red – strawberries & tomatoes (lunch), red bell peppers and more tomatoes (stir fry)

Green – beet greens (lunch), green beans (from our garden) and rainbow chard (picked out by my son for dinner – to make sure we ate the full rainbow)

Purple/Blue – plums (dessert)

Thankfully we had a nice mix of vegetables and fruit so we won’t have upset bellies tomorrow (compared to days where we’ve eaten the whole rainbow in fruit!). The kids are pretty proud of their record-setting day…and I’m one proud mama.

Rainbow chard

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