Rainbow Food: 50 Recipes Color-Coded and Vitaminized
Easy dishes for all occasions for colorful health.

It's been known for some time that colorful foods and spices help to boost nutrition and promote good health, but how do we do this without crunching our way through yet another boring salad of peppers and carrots? Rainbow Food has the answer: 50 easy and delicious recipes for all tastes using standard grocery foods. The only change to make will be fewer potatoes in the grocery bag and more vibrant fresh fruits and vegetables.

The book opens with a brief description of the three most powerful nutrients in colorful foods—chlorophyll, carotenoids, polyphenols—and what their roles are in good health. This is followed by instructions on how to create natural food coloring for food, featuring the 50 recipes, many of them using vegetables and fruits past their prime yet nevertheless edible and nutritious.

In this colorful and healthy book you will find recipes for:

  • Appetizers: e.g., Aperitif mix with dried fruits; Pickled roasted peppers; Marbled eggs; Lacto-fermented vegetables; Carpaccio of root vegetables and gremolata sauce; Colored cabbage tabbouleh; Marinated grilled peppers; Rainbow crudité; Spring rolls
  • Main Dishes and Accompaniments: e.g., Roasted heirloom carrots with balsamic, yogurt and pomegranate sauce; Wonderful oven ratatouille; Winter veggie bowl with lentils; Colorful tagliatelle; Heirloom tomato tart; Rainbow pizza; Gnocchi; Hasselback potatoes, roasted corn and candied tomatoes; Omelette with arugula, zucchini and borage flowers; Harlequin bean salad; Rainbow maki sushi; Vegetable skewers with smoked tofu
  • Desserts: e.g., Summer-winter fruit platters; Chia pudding; Sweet veggie bowl; Panna cotta with fruit; Mini pavlovas; Tutti frutti clafoutis; Mixed fruit cheesecake; Citrus tartlets; Tiramisu rhubarb, peach and raspberry; Fruit leather; Colorful meringue
  • Frozen and Liquid: e.g., Fruit popsicles; Dried fruit ice cream; Fruit Iced rooibos tea with fruit; Mojitos.
  • "Unicorn food" recently hit Instagram, Starbucks and other food providers but little of it gets its color or nutrition from nature; it could be said that the synthetic colorings are downright garish. Rainbow Food, however, uses beautiful, naturally colorful foods that attract the eye and stimulate the appetite. It makes it easy to put a truly nutritious rainbow—not an artificially colored unicorn—on everyone's plate.

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    Rainbow Food: 50 Recipes Color-Coded and Vitaminized
    Easy dishes for all occasions for colorful health.

    It's been known for some time that colorful foods and spices help to boost nutrition and promote good health, but how do we do this without crunching our way through yet another boring salad of peppers and carrots? Rainbow Food has the answer: 50 easy and delicious recipes for all tastes using standard grocery foods. The only change to make will be fewer potatoes in the grocery bag and more vibrant fresh fruits and vegetables.

    The book opens with a brief description of the three most powerful nutrients in colorful foods—chlorophyll, carotenoids, polyphenols—and what their roles are in good health. This is followed by instructions on how to create natural food coloring for food, featuring the 50 recipes, many of them using vegetables and fruits past their prime yet nevertheless edible and nutritious.

    In this colorful and healthy book you will find recipes for:

  • Appetizers: e.g., Aperitif mix with dried fruits; Pickled roasted peppers; Marbled eggs; Lacto-fermented vegetables; Carpaccio of root vegetables and gremolata sauce; Colored cabbage tabbouleh; Marinated grilled peppers; Rainbow crudité; Spring rolls
  • Main Dishes and Accompaniments: e.g., Roasted heirloom carrots with balsamic, yogurt and pomegranate sauce; Wonderful oven ratatouille; Winter veggie bowl with lentils; Colorful tagliatelle; Heirloom tomato tart; Rainbow pizza; Gnocchi; Hasselback potatoes, roasted corn and candied tomatoes; Omelette with arugula, zucchini and borage flowers; Harlequin bean salad; Rainbow maki sushi; Vegetable skewers with smoked tofu
  • Desserts: e.g., Summer-winter fruit platters; Chia pudding; Sweet veggie bowl; Panna cotta with fruit; Mini pavlovas; Tutti frutti clafoutis; Mixed fruit cheesecake; Citrus tartlets; Tiramisu rhubarb, peach and raspberry; Fruit leather; Colorful meringue
  • Frozen and Liquid: e.g., Fruit popsicles; Dried fruit ice cream; Fruit Iced rooibos tea with fruit; Mojitos.
  • "Unicorn food" recently hit Instagram, Starbucks and other food providers but little of it gets its color or nutrition from nature; it could be said that the synthetic colorings are downright garish. Rainbow Food, however, uses beautiful, naturally colorful foods that attract the eye and stimulate the appetite. It makes it easy to put a truly nutritious rainbow—not an artificially colored unicorn—on everyone's plate.

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    Rainbow Food: 50 Recipes Color-Coded and Vitaminized

    Rainbow Food: 50 Recipes Color-Coded and Vitaminized

    by Linda Louis
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    Overview

    Easy dishes for all occasions for colorful health.

    It's been known for some time that colorful foods and spices help to boost nutrition and promote good health, but how do we do this without crunching our way through yet another boring salad of peppers and carrots? Rainbow Food has the answer: 50 easy and delicious recipes for all tastes using standard grocery foods. The only change to make will be fewer potatoes in the grocery bag and more vibrant fresh fruits and vegetables.

    The book opens with a brief description of the three most powerful nutrients in colorful foods—chlorophyll, carotenoids, polyphenols—and what their roles are in good health. This is followed by instructions on how to create natural food coloring for food, featuring the 50 recipes, many of them using vegetables and fruits past their prime yet nevertheless edible and nutritious.

    In this colorful and healthy book you will find recipes for:

  • Appetizers: e.g., Aperitif mix with dried fruits; Pickled roasted peppers; Marbled eggs; Lacto-fermented vegetables; Carpaccio of root vegetables and gremolata sauce; Colored cabbage tabbouleh; Marinated grilled peppers; Rainbow crudité; Spring rolls
  • Main Dishes and Accompaniments: e.g., Roasted heirloom carrots with balsamic, yogurt and pomegranate sauce; Wonderful oven ratatouille; Winter veggie bowl with lentils; Colorful tagliatelle; Heirloom tomato tart; Rainbow pizza; Gnocchi; Hasselback potatoes, roasted corn and candied tomatoes; Omelette with arugula, zucchini and borage flowers; Harlequin bean salad; Rainbow maki sushi; Vegetable skewers with smoked tofu
  • Desserts: e.g., Summer-winter fruit platters; Chia pudding; Sweet veggie bowl; Panna cotta with fruit; Mini pavlovas; Tutti frutti clafoutis; Mixed fruit cheesecake; Citrus tartlets; Tiramisu rhubarb, peach and raspberry; Fruit leather; Colorful meringue
  • Frozen and Liquid: e.g., Fruit popsicles; Dried fruit ice cream; Fruit Iced rooibos tea with fruit; Mojitos.
  • "Unicorn food" recently hit Instagram, Starbucks and other food providers but little of it gets its color or nutrition from nature; it could be said that the synthetic colorings are downright garish. Rainbow Food, however, uses beautiful, naturally colorful foods that attract the eye and stimulate the appetite. It makes it easy to put a truly nutritious rainbow—not an artificially colored unicorn—on everyone's plate.


    Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9780228102243
    Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited
    Publication date: 09/27/2019
    Pages: 144
    Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.40(d)

    About the Author

    Linda Louis is an author and the creator of the blog cuisine-campagne.com, which focuses on wild foods. Her books have been translated into several languages, and include a reference on organic cooking, another on wild foods and a guide to dehydrating fruits and vegetables. She lives in Berry, France.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction

    Eat the Rainbow! 8

    The Colors of Life 10

    Plant Pigments and Their Influence on Our Health 12

    Homemade Natural Food Colorings 18

    Appetizers

    Dips and Spreads (Chickpea/Pea Hummus, Tomato or Green Olive Dip, Tzatziki) 22

    Trail Mix 24

    Root Vegetable Carpaccio with Gremolata 26

    Soy Cheese Open-Faced Sandwiches 28

    Marinated Grilled Peppers 30

    Colored Cabbage Tabbouleh 32

    Salad in a Glass 34

    Spring Rolls 36

    Savory Waffles 42

    Marbled Eggs 44

    Lacto-fermented Vegetables 46

    Pickles 48

    Main Courses and Side Dishes

    Crudités Sandwiches (Crudités on a Bun, Tea Sandwich Surprise) 52

    Balsamic Roasted Heritage Carrots with Yogurt and Pomegranate Sauce 56

    Roasted Winter Vegetables 58

    Hasselback Potatoes with Roasted Corn and Tomatoes 60

    Beautiful Baked Ratatouille 62

    Winter Veggie Bowl with Lentils 64

    Heritage Tomato and Parmesan Tart 66

    Veggie and Smoked Tofu Skewers 68

    Harlequin Bean Salad 70

    Maki 72

    Colored Tagliatelle 76

    Peace Flag Farfalle 78

    Rainbow Pizza 82

    Arugula, Zucchini Blossom and Borage Blossom Omelet 84

    Gnocchi 86

    Desserts

    Fruit Platters (Summer Platter, Winter Platter) 90

    Fruit Skewers 94

    Chia Pudding 96

    Fruit Bowl 98

    Fruit Panna Cotta 100

    Yogurt and Fresh Fruit with Raw Buckwheat Granola 102

    Tutti-Frutti Tart 104

    Mini Pavlovas 106

    Multi-Fruit Tart 110

    Citrus Tartlets 114

    Fruit Cheesecake 118

    Rhubarb, Peach and Raspberry Tiramisu 120

    Fruit Leather 122

    Colored Meringues 124

    Frozen Snacks and Drinks

    Fruit Ice Pops 128

    Dried Fruit Ice Cream 130

    Fruity Ice Cubes 132

    Fruit and Vegetable Smoothies 134

    Fruity Rooibos Iced Tea 136

    Mojitos 138

    Index 141

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