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Vitamins of the Rainbow

Hello all! Right now I should be out exploring Savannah on my mini-vacation. Hooray! Luckily, Elle from  We Can Begin to Feed  offered to write a guest post for me while I'm away---and I'm so grateful! She never fails to impress me with her healthy and simple recipes. I love how creative she is with fresh, seasonal ingredients. If you haven't visited her blog yet, you must!  I hope you don’t think of nutrition as a Black-or-White issue. Actually it is a whole variety of colors… all the colors of the rainbow!    Red    Orange - Yellow    Green    Blue - Purple   and   White The more different colors we can work into our meal plans, the better off we are, nutritionally. Every color grouping has its own health benefits and the more of them we can take advantage of, the better for us. So here are the colors, some of the fruits and veggies included, and some nutrients and health benefits they offer: Red Tomatoes, strawberr...