Put a little fun into your kids breakfast by giving them choices of their breakfast fruits!  The amazing thing about fruits and vegetables is the color!  The amazing Kia from Today I ate a Rainbow said about her own daughter:

We knew that if she ate produce from all the main color groups every day, she would be getting a good variety of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients

Different colors in our fruits and veggies provide different nutrients.  So, why not give kids the opportunity to eat a variety of colors of fruits and veggies, all for breakfast!

So, for letter R week, we've made a rainbow bar of oatmeal. The idea was easy. I used a BIG bowl, and cooked 2 1/2 cups of quick oats in the microwave.  It took altogether about 6 minutes (in intervals of stirring in between).  Then I prepared bowls of fruit using fresh, frozen, or canned (peaches).  The kids can scoop out some oatmeal, and then add whichever fruit they are interested in. I thought it would be fun to use the muffin tin idea, to put it altogether.  Here are some fruit ideas that go well with oatmeal:

Red

• Strawberries
• Raspberries

Blue/Purple

• Blackberries
• Blueberries
• Grapes
• Plums
• Raisins

White/Brown

• Bananas
• Apples
• Nuts

Green

• Kiwi
• Lime
• Honeydew

Orange/Yellow

• Peaches
• Cantaloupe
• Oranges
• Carrots
• Mango
• Pumpkins
• Lemon
• Grapefruit
• Papaya
• Apricots

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• Rainbow research