Rainbow in My Tummy Family Cookbook

Download or read book Rainbow in My Tummy Family Cookbook written by Rainbow In My Tummy Verner Cen Learning and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rainbow In My Tummy(R), a nutrition-enrichment program created in 2008 by Verner Center for Early Learning in Asheville, North Carolina, provides early care and education care centers the vision, training, tools, coaching and resources needed to change the food culture surrounding the young children (age birth to kindergarten) in their care and sustain changes made. RIMT is based on widely accepted best practices in early childhood education and nutrition including recommendations from the Institute of Medicine, USDA, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Head Start, and the NC Division of Child Development and Early Education (NC-DCDEE). Our three-phased, multi-pronged approach addresses the food culture from four perspectives: the kitchen, the center, the classroom and the home. Rainbow In My Tummy(R) is no longer just for child care centers. Finally, all of your child's favorite Rainbow In My Tummy(R) recipes are family-sized so you can make them in your own kitchen! You will be amazed at how much your child LOVES foods like Sweet Potato Hummus, Carrot Cake Oatmeal, Sautéed Kale with Caramelized Onions and Turkey Meatballs. Find these and 50 other healthy kid-approved recipes inside! Rainbow In My Tummy(R) recipes: * Focus on the consumption of high-quality, nutritious, whole foods cooked from scratch. * Eliminate ingredients such as trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, and arti?cial sweeteners and colors from the diet. * Minimize amounts of sodium, sugar, and saturated fats. * Increase intake of essential vitamins and minerals through a diet rich in a rainbow of colors.