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    Home » This and That » Eat the Rainbow. Colorful Fruits and Veggies List.

    by Kathy Patalsky · updated: Mar 14, 2020 · published: Feb 4, 2010 · About 3 minutes to read this article. 4 Comments

    Eat the Rainbow. Colorful Fruits and Veggies List.

    Every winter I like to step back and remind myself to eat the rainbow by perusing my colorful fruits and veggies list. Farmer’s Market, or not, it is up to each of us to seek out a wide variety of healthy fruits and veggies every single day.

    “Healthy” isn’t Seasonal. Even though the sun may be hiding behind a soggy gray stack of snow-filled clouds or maybe there is just an extra bite of chill in the air – eating a colorful assortment of produce is a year-round commitment to make for your health. Lean away from consuming too much of your favorite beige foods. Fill in the gaps with colors. Lots of beautiful, juicy, sweet, ripe colors. But don’t make yourself crazy trying to restrict your diet – focus on adding in the good stuff: living plant-based foods. Let the rainbow guide you. Pretend that every day you wake up, you are an artist painting a beautiful rainbow of health. You can’t paint a rainbow with beige. So here is a handy list of produce to keep your artists “paint palate” full of colorful fruits and veggies…


    Vegetarian Diet – Boring?! I love reading over this list to remind myself how many diverse fruits and vegetables there are to eat. I hate it when people ask me “So, what do you eat anyways?” or “Don’t you get bored?” Anyone who says eating a vegetarian or vegan diet is boring – needs a bit of a wake-up call by reading this list. And just think, this is just some of the fruits and veggies (I’m sure I missed a few) – and I’m not even including all the various grains, beans, seeds and nuts out there as well.

    The “Eating the Rainbow” idea has definitely caught on for kids and adults. Everyone from the CDC to Oprah has embraced the idea of eating a wide variety of colorful fruits and veggies on a daily basis. What colors will you eat today?…

    You know red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple – but don’t forget white, black and even pink fruits and veggies…

    Colorful Fruits and Veggies List

    RED
    Beets
    Cherries
    Chili peppers
    Cranberries
    Pomegranate
    Radish
    Raspberries
    Red Apple
    Rhubarb
    Red bell pepper
    Strawberries
    Tomatoes
    Watermelon

    ORANGE
    Apricot
    Butternut squash
    Carrots
    Fuyu
    Kumquats
    Mango
    Minola
    Nectarine
    Orange
    Peach
    Persimmon
    Pumpkin
    Satsuma
    Sweet Potatoes
    Tangerine

    YELLOW
    Corn
    Canary melon
    Crenshaw melon
    Lemon
    Passion fruit
    Pears
    Pineapple
    Plantains
    Quince
    Starfruit
    White grapefruit
    Yellow apples
    Yellow onion
    Yellow squash

    GREEN
    Artichokes
    Arugula
    Asparagus
    Avocados
    Basil
    Bell Pepper
    Bok choy
    Broccoflower
    Broccoli
    Broccoli rabe
    Brussel sprouts
    Cabbage
    Celery
    Chard
    Chayote squash
    Cilantro
    Collard greens
    Cucumbers
    Edamame
    Endive
    Escarole
    Fennel
    Green apples
    Green beans
    Green cabbage
    Green grapes
    Green olives
    Green onion
    Green pears
    Green peppers
    Honeydew
    Jalapeno
    Kale
    Kiwifruit
    Leafy greens
    Leeks
    Lettuce
    Limes
    Mache
    Okra
    Parsley
    Peas
    Poblano Pepper
    Snap Peas
    Sno Peas
    Spinach
    Sprouts
    Sugar snap peas
    Tomatillo
    Watercress
    Zucchini
    other leafy greens
    assorted green herbs

    BLUE*
    Blueberries
    *Blue and Purple represent a similar color category

    PURPLE
    Acai
    Boysenberries
    Eggplant
    Fig
    Purple grapes
    Purple plums
    Radicchio
    Shallots
    Turnip

    WHITE
    Asian pear
    Banana
    Cauliflower
    Coconut
    Garlic
    Ginger
    Jicama
    Lychee
    Mushrooms
    Onion
    Parsnips
    Potato
    Soy beans, mature
    White asparagus
    White corn
    White peaches

    BLACK
    Blackberries
    Dates
    Mushrooms
    Truffles
    Black currents
    Black grapes
    Black olives
    Black plums

    PINK
    Grapefruit
    Guava
    Papaya

    Read last year’s winter reminder.


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