ORANGE, Eating the Rainbow – Chicken Meatballs

Are you looking for a fun new way to get your kids to eat better? Eat, Drink, Play by color: Orange. Check out my Rainbow Dinner Project where we ate a meal featuring every color of the rainbow.

Eat, Drink, Play by color: Orange

This post is all about the color ORANGE.

Here are quick links to the other colors/dinner ideas, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW , GREEN, BLUE and PURPLE.

This plate turned out to be my favorite. And was the easiest color for me to come up with food ideas for, I guess I just love orange food!

I tried to have around 5 things for each color/meal including a meat, starch, fruit, veggie and dairy item (we are dairy farmers you know!).

The main dish for this plate was my recipe for Orange Chicken Meatballs. A more kid friendly twist on a classic. Kids love meatballs and that was my reasoning for making this recipe the way I did.

The sides were butternut squash, cantaloupe, oranges and carrots. We used alphabet cookies cutters in american cheese to spell out the word Orange.

The verdict? Our oldest son (3 years old) was all about the meatballs but was a little taken back by the orange flavoring. After I explained that’s how they were supposed to taste for Orange Day, he ate them. I loved them and would make them on a regular basis but my picky eater husband was less than impressed. All the sides were gobbled up by all of us!

Orange Plate:

Orange Chicken Meatballs (Recipe coming soon)
Cooked Butternut Squash
Cantaloupe
Oranges
Carrots

 Other orange foods you could use: 

Dried Apricots
Grapefruit
Mangoes
Nectarines
Papayas
Orange Peppers
Pumpkin

Looking for a fun Orange Drink for your meal? My friend Leah at Farmwife Drinks has you covered with this Orange Crush Shirley Temple!

Need an Orange treat to complete dinner? Jent from Farmwife Feeds has these Orange Soda Cupcakes!

Sarah from Farmwife Crafts has the perfect Orange craft to make after dessert, an Orange Bird Feeder.