Like most siblings, my kids are as different as night and day.  This is really evident in their eating habits.  We jokingly call my son “Mikey.”  Remember the commercial back in the day about the little boy would would eat anything?  My son is willing to try anything and likes most foods.  My daughter, on the other hand, is really picky and has to really get geared up to try a new food.   We especially struggle with getting veggies into her.   We are growing a garden full of delicious, nutritious vegetables and my daughter declared that she wouldn’t eat any of them. That’s why I was so interested in trying Today I Ate A Rainbow when we received it for review.

This kit makes eating a variety of colors into a game of sorts.  It comes with a cardstock sheet with color categories.  Each category has fruits and vegetables listed under it.  You also receive coordinating color magnets in different shapes for up to 4 members of your family.   My personal favorite was the notepad that comes with the set—-it is divided into colors so that your grocery shopping can be more purposeful.  You can intentionally buy foods of different colors to provide for your family.  The website has a lot of supporting resources, including the In the Rainbow Kitchen video series.  Fun!   There are freebies, too, like the “Today I Tried” chart and printable certificates.  This is a company that is obviously devoted to helping you help your kids eat healthfully.

My kids instantly wanted to look at the kit.  We put the chart on the fridge and they each claimed a shape.  They were diligent about marking the colors they ate at each meal and celebrated when they ate the rainbow.   I was surprised that something this simple was so effective!!  They loved the magnets and I loved how easy it was to get them excited about eating vegetables. Yes, this is something I could probably make at home, but for the quality of the materials and convenience, I would say that it’s completely worth it.   I would pay any day to get my daughter to willingly try a slice of zucchini!!   Ever the perfectionist, she was so interested in getting her chart completed that she gladly ate yellow squash and zucchini coins.   !!!!!!!!!!!  My only suggestion for Today I Ate A Rainbow would be to put the chart on a magnetized sheet instead of on cardstock.  Any time the chart is lifted even the slightest amount, all of the magnets fall off.   A magnetized chart would make it so much easier to keep track throughout the entire day.

Possibly the best moment of this review was when my son saw a rainbow on my screensaver the other day.  He said, “Mommy!  Look!  Those are the colors I eat!”   And that, my friends, is why I recommend Today I Ate A Rainbow to you.

Buy It:   Use code SAVE to get 15% off your purchase of Today I Ate A  Rainbow!  This code is good through July 1, 2012.  You can also purchase the kit on Amazon.

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(Disclosure: I received a sample of this product to preview. The opinions are 100% mine.  This post contains an Amazon affiliate link which doesn’t cost you a penny but helps support the Savings in Seconds website.)