Rainbow Recipes

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Here’s my take on the Rainbow and some recipes showcasing each color:

Red

Cranberry & Orange Ginger Mango Chutney

Cranberry & Orange Ginger Mango Chutney

Salsa & Cheezey Baked Beans & Vegetables (vegan, GF)

Salsa & Cheezey Baked Beans & Vegetables

Stovetop Hot Pepper Jelly

Stovetop Hot Pepper Jelly

Raw Taco Nut “Meat” (vegan, GF) – One of the best raw vegan recipes in my entire archives and it takes 30 seconds to make. Use it in wraps, over salads, or eat by itself.

Raw Taco Nut “Meat”

Raw Taco Nut “Meat” in blender

30 seconds later

Blended Raw Taco Nut “Meat”
Raw Taco Nut “Meat”

Orange

Orange PushUp Smoothie (GF with vegan option)

Orange PushUp Smoothie

“Spicy Doritos” Cheezy Dip (vegan, GF)

“Spicy Doritos” Cheezy Dip
 
“Spicy Doritos” Cheezy Dip

Caramel Pumpkin Whip Dip (GF)

Caramel Pumpkin Whip Dip with crackers

Sweet Potato Graham Cracker “French Toast” Sticks

Sweet Potato Graham Cracker “French Toast” Sticks

Yellow

Creamy Cookie Butter White Chocolate Banana Smoothie

Creamy Cookie Butter White Chocolate Banana Smoothie

Pineapple Banana and Coconut Cream Smoothie

Pineapple Banana and Coconut Cream Smoothie

Peach Banana Colada Smoothie

Peach Banana Colada Smoothie

Green

Avocado, Cream Cheese, and Salsa-Stuffed Puff Pastries (with a vegan option)

Open Avocado, Cream Cheese, and Salsa-Stuffed Puff Pastries

Avocado, Cream Cheese, and Salsa-Stuffed Puff Pastries

Cheater’s Guacamole (Vegan, GF) – 3 minute recipe

Guacamole on chips

Tempeh and Cucumbers on a Stick with Brown Sugar Balsamic Reduction Dip (Vegan, GF option)

Tempeh and Cucumbers on a Stick with Brown Sugar Balsamic Reduction Dip

Raw Pasta Salad with Creamy Lemon & Herb Dressing (Raw, Vegan, GF)

Raw Pasta Salad with Creamy Lemon & Herb Dressing

Cheezy Kale Chips (Raw, Vegan, GF) – Bake them if you don’t have a dehydrator

Cheezy Kale Chips
Cheezy Kale Chips

Spicy Baked Eggs and Hash Brown Casserole (GF)

Spicy Baked Eggs and Hash Brown Casserole

Vanilla Avocado Banana Smoothie in a Bowl

Vanilla Avocado Banana Smoothie in a Bowl

Vanilla Avocado Banana Ice Cream (Raw, Vegan, GF) – You cannot “taste” the avocado. Trust me on this one; rich, creamy, sweet, and very ice cream-like.

Vanilla Avocado Banana Ice Cream

Blue

Ginger Roasted Tri-Color Potatoes

Ginger Roasted Tri-Color Potatoes
Ginger Roasted Tri-Color Potatoes

Microwave Blueberry Banana Oat Cakes (vegan, GF)

Microwave Blueberry Banana Oat Cake

Indigo

Blueberry Streusel Muffins (vegan, GF)

Blueberry Streusel Muffin mix
Blueberry Streusel Muffins in pan

Violet

Purple Rain Smoothie

Purple Rain Smoothie

Blueberry Banana Recovery Smoothie

Blueberry Banana Recovery Smoothie

What’s your favorite color of the rainbow to eat?

Feel free to link up any great, rainbow bright and colorful recipes you make. I love rich, intense, and vibrant-colored food.

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Have a great weekend!

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  1. Averie, those colors talk Summer to me! Brilliant! I was thinking of you when I made some spicy jam, come see it. :)

  2. I love all the colors!!!
    I like having green, it looks refreshing and beautiful. And it’s usually good for you :) The smoothie looks amazing… :P

  3. This is a fascinating question and one that I haven’t really considered when I am choosing what I want to eat. That is, what colors do I crave? But when I think about it, I go for:

    1) Green: love me my green smoothie, zucchini pasta, kale chips and salad of any kind
    2) White: coconut water (frozen, of course), anything white chocolate
    3) Blue: blueberries in muffins, oatmeal, bread, pancakes
    4) Red: tomatoes, sliced up or over my zucchini pasta, strawberry jam or fresh
    5) Yellow: banana bread, muffins, pancakes, ice cream and NOOCH! :-)

    Now I am craving one of these:

    http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2012/04/marshmallow-candy-stuffed-white-chocolate-cupcakes-with-fluffy-buttercream-frosting.html

    Yes, please! :-)

  4. I made some compost cookies today. Oats, mini Andes and Hershey bars, leftover crushed up sugar cookies, and a package of almonds and crunchy noodle things that came in a salad kit. Kinda sounds horrific but….they’re good and I had fun cleaning out my pantry!

    1. Sounds like a very productive pantry cleanout! Did you use the overall dough base that I gave in this recipe or did you make another dough? How big did you portion them, i.e. 1/3 cup of dough per cookie like the compost cookie recipe or a more modest amount? Would love to know what dough recipe you used and if it was mine, thoughts?

      1. Ok–here is the lowdown. I followed your recipe almost exactly. I didn’t have any karo so I don’t know how that may have affected the dough. I made 14 cookies and I only did the 1 hr min. refrigeration. I also shortened the baking time to approx 12-13 min since they were smaller–I just kept an eye on the edges. Next time I try it, I’ll refrigerate at least overnight and make sure I have some karo to add and see if there is any difference.

  5. Well, the springtime pumpkin week I’ve been doing on Scrumptious Gruel has been delightfully orange, but I am a huge fan of purple, an realized I think I only have this lavender concoction:
    http://scrumptiousgruel.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/not-a-purple-people-eater/
    And Okinawa purple sweet potatoes: https://scrumptiousgruel.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/purple-ftw/
    To represent this love, so I better get cracking on some new purple dishes. I really liked this post, it’s fun I have multicolored foods…

  6. Yum! Violet was my favorite group. I just love my purples!
    Thinking of all the colors I ate today, I think I’m having a yellow day – bananas, pineapple, turmeric rice, yam, eggs.

  7. lately its all been green, yellow and orange for me. kale, brussels, sweet potatoes, and eggs!

  8. A very pretty roundup! Picking one color is difficult. I make tomato sauce frequently, so perhaps red. But I also really love citrus, so maybe yellow or orange? And who could forget about green?! Arugula, ramps, butter lettuce, avocado, green tomatoes, asparagus, limes. The choices!

    1. You have amazing looking red sauce and green food recipes…if there was a clear for the infusions, that’s your specialty :)