Rainbow Fruit Salad

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Ingredients

1/4 cup red fruit (strawberries, watermelon, or red grapes*)
1/4 cup green fruit (honeydew, green grapes*, or kiwi)
1/4 cup blue or purple fruit (blueberries, plums, or blackberries)
1/4 cup orange or yellow fruit (cantaloupe, pineapple, or mandarin oranges)
1/4 cup tan or white fruit (bananas or brown pears)
1/4 cup orange juice

*Grapes are a choking hazard for young children. Cut them into small pieces.

To learn how to select, store and prepare different fruits, go to Real Life, Good Food.

Equipment

Colander
Bowl
Sharp knife for adult
Table knife for child
Measuring cup
Spoon
Cutting board

Directions

Fruit cut up in bowls sitting around a large clear mixing bowl.

Step 1

Rinse fruit. Cut into bite-sized pieces.

Step 2

Put the red fruit in the bowl.

Mandarin oranges on top of blackberries and raspberries in a clear mixing bowl.

Step 3

Add the orange/yellow and green fruits to the bowl.

Blackberries and raspberries in a clear bowl.

Step 4

Add the blue/purple and white/tan fruits to the bowl.

Orange juice in clear mixing bowl with raspberries, blackberries and mandarin oranges.

Step 5

Add the orange juice. Stir all the fruits together.

Step 6

Enjoy!

As you put the different colored fruits into the bowl, talk with your child about what else in the room is the same color.

Watch the recipe video

For caregivers and curious kids

Fun facts💡

Kiwis grow on vines like grapes.
It takes about 4 oranges to make 1 cup of orange juice.
The world's heaviest watermelon weighed about 350 lbs. Now that’s a lot of watermelon!

Table talk💬

What does the rainbow fruit salad look like? How does it smell? How does it taste?
What other foods could you add to the rainbow fruit salad?
If you could slide down a rainbow, where do you think it would take you? What do you think you would see?
Tell me about something that made you happy today.

Make every bite count 🍽️

Encouraging your child to eat a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables is good for their health. Dark green fruits and vegetables are good for brain development, red fruits and vegetables help build a strong immune system to fight colds and infections, while orange fruits and vegetables are good for the eyes.

When shopping, have your child find fruits and vegetables of different colors. Let them pick out a fruit or vegetable they have not tried before.

Bee active👟

Jump over the rainbow.
Crawl under the rainbow.
Hug the rainbow with your arms.

Explore more 🔎

Follow Rusty as he explores fruits and vegetables of different colors. What colors of fruits and vegetables can you find in your house?

🖨️ To request a printable version of the monthly packet, email

rustyscooking@umn.edu

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