Rainbow in My Tummy Family Cookbook

Rainbow In My Tummy®, 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® is no longer just for child care centers. Finally, all of your child's favorite Rainbow In My Tummy® 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® 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."

Rainbow In My Tummy® early childhood nutrition program is a creation of Verner Center for Early Learning, in Asheville, North Carolina. For over 14 years, Verner has been a leader in the ?eld of early care and education. Our educational practices, both in our centers and home visiting program, integrate cutting edge research with the ageless principles of respect, encouragement and nurturance. As a result over 200 children annually, more than 70% of whom receive some type of scholarship, are equipped with the skills and con?dence to succeed. In addition, their families receive the support needed to be strong and resilient. Thousands more young children in the United States are healthy and thriving, in part because of the outreach and advocacy programs of Verner. Learn more at www.vernerearlylearning.org. Learn more about Rainbow In My Tummy at www.rainbowinmytummy.org.