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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  1. Food can be so darn pretty! I still need to try that Sweet Potato Graham Cracker “French Toast” Sticks!!

  2. Love the rainbow theme of the recipe round up! It’s hard to pick a favorite color to eat, but my impulse answer is red because it’s probably my favorite color. Red bell peppers and apples come to mind.

  3. I love this post! I’ve heard before how important it is to eat things (fruit and vegetables, mostly, I think) of every colour to get a good balance in your life/diet (and probably to keep from being bored!) – if I could eat all of these things to accomplish that I’d be pretty darn happy!

    1. My grandma who lived to be 90 always encouraged the rainbow-foods approach to eating. And she also ate or baked cookies or desserts or bread almost every day, too!

  4. The avocado banana ice cream sounds good right about now…all of these recipes seem more likely for me to make than one of those rainbow cakes I keep seeing, want to make, but am afraid will turn into some kind of blob.

    1. I havent tried my hand at true rainbow baking because I fear the colors will run together and create a black blob, too!

  5. Favorite color of the rainbow to eat = green, as in guacamole

    Favorite color from this post = lavender, as in Blueberry Banana Recovery Shake

    First color that made me drool today = orange, as in Spicy Doritos Cheezy Dip

    Never heard of Nooch before, but it will be happening in my kitchen SOON.

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      order it there, code AVE630 will save you another 5 bucks, shipping is free over $20 bucks right now and hands down the cheapest place for stevia, nutritional yeast (nooch), probiotics, bulk cinnamon, vitamins, etc. Love that site.

      And I have all kinds of nooch recipes here. It’s a great vegan cheezey flavor and is great in sauces and dips of all kinds. Given all the Mexican and Southwest food you make, you would LOVE IT in your sauces and dips!
      http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2010/03/nutritional-yeast-nooch-info-10-recipes.html

  6. Love seeing all these colors – I think the greens and yellows are my fave to look at. That and when you do pinks. They always look so vibrant. As for favorite color to eat…probably green.

  7. What a roundup…I love colorful food! I think red is probably my favorite color to eat. At least today it is, strawberries are so good right now!

    1. Strawberries and raspberries – can’t go wrong.

      But really, I keep thinking about your cookies from earlier!

  8. Love the cheezy dip. A few years back, I went raw vegan for about three months and cheese was my biggest issue. I was living in the San Francisco Bay area and found this great cashew cheese sauce at Cafe Gratitude that was absolutely the bomb. I tried several recipes but was never able to successfully replicate it; however, I did taste some good cheeze dip during my trials. Thx for the stroll down memory lane!