HOW TO MAKE YOUR KIDS MEALS COLOURFUL

Making your kids’ meals colorful can be both fun and nutritious! Here are some tips to add color to their meals:

1. Incorporate a Variety of Fruits and Vegetables: Include a rainbow of fruits and veggies in their meals. Think about red tomatoes, orange carrots, yellow bell peppers, green spinach, blueberries, and purple grapes.
2. Create Fun Shapes: Use cookie cutters to cut fruits and vegetables into fun shapes like stars, hearts, or animals. Kids are often more excited to eat foods that look appealing.
3. Mix Up Textures: Include crunchy veggies like bell peppers or cucumber slices alongside softer fruits like berries or bananas. Contrasting textures can make the meal more interesting.
4. Serve Colorful Dips: Pair fruits and veggies with colorful dips like hummus, guacamole, or yogurt-based dips. This not only adds flavor but also adds another pop of color to the meal.
5. Use Colorful Ingredients: Add colorful ingredients like cherry tomatoes, shredded carrots, or sliced avocado to sandwiches, wraps, or salads.
6. Get Creative with Presentation: Arrange the food on the plate in a visually appealing way. You can make faces or patterns with different colored foods to make mealtime more fun.
7. Add Natural Food Coloring: If you’re baking, consider using natural food coloring made from ingredients like beets (for red/pink), spinach (for green), or turmeric (for yellow). This way, you can add color without artificial additives.
8. Make Smoothies: Blend together a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables to make vibrant smoothies. You can even let your kids help choose the ingredients and blend them together.
9. Involve Your Kids: Let your kids help with meal preparation. They’re more likely to eat foods they’ve helped choose and prepare.

By incorporating these tips, you can make your kids’ meals colorful, nutritious, and enjoyable! Download our Little Big Bite Children’s Cookbook to get recipes and ideas to creating a lunch box that your kids will love and look forward to every day!