Today I Ate A Rainbow Interview

Kia Robertson is a mom and the creator of the Today I Ate A Rainbow kit; a tool that helps parents establish healthy habits by setting the goal of eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables every day.

Kia is passionate about creating tools to help parents raise healthy kids. You can visit her site
Today I Ate a Rainbow





Could you give a word of advice for moms who are trying to get their kids interested in eating healthy?
My biggest word of advice for moms who are trying to get their kids interested in eating healthy is to have FUN!!! One of the best parts of having kids is getting to see life through their bright eyes! So when you want to get your kids on board for something like healthy eating try making a game out of it!

Look at your kitchen through the eyes of your little one and suddenly the salad spinner becomes a merry-go-round for lettuce and the sink turns into a carwash for vegetable shaped vehicles! Use mini cookie cutters to cut out fun shapes in fruits and vegetables. Involve them in selecting and preparing their food as often as possible! Kids are far more likely to try a new food if they helped to prepare it. Forcing our kids to eat healthy isn't fun for anyone...besides it far more effective in the long run to inspire our children to want to make healthy eating choices.



What is your favorite way or a way that helps you get kids to eat 5 a day?

Our favorite way to get kids excited about eating 5 a day is to think in terms of color! By using a rainbow as a guide we can get kids thinking about eating fruits and vegetables based on color groups! Eating the 5 colors of a rainbow everyday is a fun and easy way to get kids eating their fruits and veggies!



You have several products available that can help kids get involved in eating healthy and eating 5 a day. Can you tell our readers about them?

We love creating tools that help parents set healthy eating habits in fun ways! Our make product is called the Today I Ate A Rainbow kit! The interactive chart gets kids excited to eat their fruits and veggies because as soon as they eat one they get to put up the corresponding magnet color on their chart with the goal of eating 5 colors every day!

This gives kids a sense of achievement, hands on fun and it helps the parents keep track of what their child has eaten! Also included in the kit is a color coded shopping list (so that parents remember to Buy a Rainbow!) and our book called The Rainbow Bunch which is about a group of 5 kids that go from not eating any fruits and veggies to kids that eat rainbows and feel great!

We will be adding more books to the Rainbow Bunch series in the next year, eventually each of the rainbow bunch characters will have their own story in the series! Our goal is to inspire parents and children to come together with tools that make it fun and easy to make healthy eating choices!


Do your kids help cook in the kitchen? If so what are some of their favorite tasks.

Oh yes! My daughter has been helping out since she was a toddler! She is very comfortable in the kitchen and loves helping out! She washes our fruits and veggies, helps pour ingredients, sifts and stirs, sets the table, the older she gets the more helpful she becomes!

When your child first starts "helping" out in the kitchen it tends to make things take longer and be more messy but it is very worth it because down the road they really do become helpful! There are some things like making smoothies that my daughter now does all on her own!

When we make our favorite snack Kale Chips. I end up being her helper! I think getting kids in the kitchen is a great way to spend time together, pass on cooking skills and foster a love and appreciation for healthy food!